Andrew's 122 turbo project - Page 35

AndrewNance · 09-18-2021, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by evolvo67

Andrew, car is coming along like a boss. I'm out of the loop on this Mountain Meet, when and where?

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Originally Posted by doucheNozzle

Next Week. Balsam Lake Lodge, NC

Yep. It’s pretty much a weekend at an old Boy Scout lodge near the blue ridge parkway. Always a really fun time and very relaxed. Here’s the thread:

https://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=359366

evolvo67 · 09-19-2021, 01:43 AM

That's a long way from the PNW. Maybe next year, with a bit more time to plan!

propav8r · 09-19-2021, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by evolvo67

That's a long way from the PNW. Maybe next year, with a bit more time to plan!

It's almost always the last weekend of September.

MikeJr. · 09-22-2021, 08:40 AM

I can't wait to see this thing in person, and hopefully take a ride in it.

AndrewNance · 09-22-2021, 09:35 AM

It should be there barring any catastrophes on the way. I thought I had a weird driveline vibration but I checked the angles and adjusted it a little and there’s still a little something there. Not a wobble or shimmy or anything. Just a low vibration. I’m starting to think the car just vibrates a lot.

Gonna swap my cheap rear brake pads for some Akebonos, get my spare tire mounted, tidy up the trunk and call it done. Kyle’s gonna stop by here Friday morning and we’ll head that way.

AndrewNance · 09-27-2021, 10:43 AM

Mountain Meet was awesome again this year. It's always nice to see everyone's cars that keep the inspiration going. Had one issue with the DB37 connector body somehow pinching the main MS power wire and just killing everything. Brock drug me back to the lodge with the JDM Hiace. A bit of fiddling about from several kind folks and it was running again. I'm feeling pretty confident in this thing now. It's got some oil leaks on the front of the engine but aside from that it's pretty solid.

Came home to find my VP order waiting for me. Got the trunk all tidy now and fuel system covered.

qwkswede · 09-27-2021, 11:11 AM

Sooo good. Good job getting everything up and running! My Amazon is in a sad state. This is good motivation...

Harlard · 09-27-2021, 11:27 AM

AndrewNance · 09-27-2021, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by qwkswede

Sooo good. Good job getting everything up and running! My Amazon is in a sad state. This is good motivation...

Do it dude! This thing is a blast and it’s not even fast. Yours will surely be an absolute riot.

MikeJr. · 09-27-2021, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by AndrewNance

Had two issues

Fixed

blkaplan · 09-27-2021, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeJr.

I can't wait to see this thing in person, and hopefully take a ride in it.

I heard you saw it up close.

MikeJr. · 09-28-2021, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by blkaplan

I heard you saw it up close.

This is true, and I never did take a ride in it.

propav8r · 09-28-2021, 09:31 AM

Can confirm, good noises and a cool car.

AndrewNance · 09-28-2021, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeJr.

This is true, and I never did take a ride in it.

I was more mad that it broke than anything

propav8r · 09-28-2021, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by AndrewNance

I was more mad that it broke than anything

Broke is relative. That was a minor inconvenience. Broke would've been a vented block.

JohnMc · 09-28-2021, 11:58 AM

Yeah, that was just some entertaining troubleshooting for a bit at the lodge.

AndrewNance · 09-28-2021, 12:16 PM

True. Not really something I could've prepared for in any way, especially since it worked fine for months until it just didn't.

blkaplan · 09-28-2021, 12:20 PM

Did you find something wrong inside the MS system or was it more just an exercise of unplugging and replugging all the connections?

AndrewNance · 09-28-2021, 12:24 PM

It was the DB37 cover apparently pinching the main MS power wire. It runs fine with the cover removed

Harlard · 09-28-2021, 01:17 PM

Sounds like mine 2 months ago. It was working until an injector driver decided to stick open and flood a cylinder with gasoline.

vwbusman66 · 10-06-2021, 03:22 PM

AndrewNance · 10-06-2021, 03:36 PM

I mean there’s no reason to believe that isn’t what got it working again

RolinOldies · 11-16-2021, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by AndrewNance

Do it dude! This thing is a blast and it’s not even fast. Yours will surely be an absolute riot.

How so not fast? i am running a 'tiny' 15G max. 15 PSI and it does the 0-100km/h in less than 8 seconds. If yours is not even fast it needs a tune or other hardware. What injectors are on?

AndrewNance · 11-16-2021, 10:58 PM

I guess it’s subjective. It’s no slouch and it makes twice as much power as it did from the factory but, relatively speaking, I wouldn’t call it fast. It does have a lot of room for improvement though.

MikeJr. · 12-02-2021, 11:07 AM

So when I crashed into this car at Mountain Meet

I had to make it right so I went to a local Volvo junkyard here in Atlanta that I knew had tons of old Volvo parts sitting on shelves collecting dust.

Sure enough when I went the owner climbed to the top of a giant shelf and grabbed the best of a stack of 122 deck lids.

He found me a super clean one and only charged me $100

There was only a few minor imperfections that needed to be fixed and then primed

Then I had a hard time finding the color in our database, so I had to go to the PPG store and they were able to find it

What they mixed was a solvent based. We are only set up for water based at the shop so we had to do a spray out of the color then use our camera to find the color in our Axalta water based

Then we did a spray out in our brand and it matched pretty good, so we started messing around with the clear. We dulled the clear down on the top side so it would somewhat match the rest of the sheen on the car. We used full gloss clear on the jambs/underneath.

Then we painted it

And then I drove it up to Andrew and he installed it.

Definitely not a 100% color match, but its hard to do when you don't have the car. Usually we use the camera on the car somewhere, get a code, and even play with it a little more before we paint. We sometimes even blend adjacent panels to ensure color match.

Hopefully you like it man. Sorry, and thanks again for being so cool about it.

09-19-2021, 01:43 AM	#852
evolvo67 Board Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Port Hadlock, Wa	That's a long way from the PNW. Maybe next year, with a bit more time to plan! __________________ Bored member

09-22-2021, 08:40 AM	#854
MikeJr. Gloss Boss Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Acworth, GA 30102	I can't wait to see this thing in person, and hopefully take a ride in it. __________________ My other projects http://www.pbase.com/mikejr

09-27-2021, 11:11 AM	#857
qwkswede faster than you think Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Denver, CO	Sooo good. Good job getting everything up and running! My Amazon is in a sad state. This is good motivation... __________________ -Ken 1967 Volvo 122S 1992 Volvo 745 driver - B230/16v/Turbo Instagram: lanhammer

09-28-2021, 11:58 AM	#866
JohnMc PV Abuser Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis	Yeah, that was just some entertaining troubleshooting for a bit at the lodge. __________________ '63 PV Rat Rod '93 245 16VT Classic #1141

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09-22-2021, 09:35 AM	#855
AndrewNance Amateur hour! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	It should be there barring any catastrophes on the way. I thought I had a weird driveline vibration but I checked the angles and adjusted it a little and there’s still a little something there. Not a wobble or shimmy or anything. Just a low vibration. I’m starting to think the car just vibrates a lot. Gonna swap my cheap rear brake pads for some Akebonos, get my spare tire mounted, tidy up the trunk and call it done. Kyle’s gonna stop by here Friday morning and we’ll head that way.

09-27-2021, 10:43 AM	#856
AndrewNance Amateur hour! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Mountain Meet was awesome again this year. It's always nice to see everyone's cars that keep the inspiration going. Had one issue with the DB37 connector body somehow pinching the main MS power wire and just killing everything. Brock drug me back to the lodge with the JDM Hiace. A bit of fiddling about from several kind folks and it was running again. I'm feeling pretty confident in this thing now. It's got some oil leaks on the front of the engine but aside from that it's pretty solid. Came home to find my VP order waiting for me. Got the trunk all tidy now and fuel system covered.

09-28-2021, 09:31 AM	#863
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Can confirm, good noises and a cool car.

09-28-2021, 12:16 PM	#867
AndrewNance Amateur hour! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	True. Not really something I could've prepared for in any way, especially since it worked fine for months until it just didn't.

09-28-2021, 12:20 PM	#868
blkaplan 50 shades of beige Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rockville, MD	Did you find something wrong inside the MS system or was it more just an exercise of unplugging and replugging all the connections?

09-28-2021, 12:24 PM	#869
AndrewNance Amateur hour! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	It was the DB37 cover apparently pinching the main MS power wire. It runs fine with the cover removed

09-28-2021, 01:17 PM	#870
Harlard Hurlurd?Harland?Bueller? Join Date: May 2007 Location: PDX	Sounds like mine 2 months ago. It was working until an injector driver decided to stick open and flood a cylinder with gasoline.

10-06-2021, 03:36 PM	#872
AndrewNance Amateur hour! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I mean there’s no reason to believe that isn’t what got it working again

11-16-2021, 10:58 PM	#874
AndrewNance Amateur hour! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I guess it’s subjective. It’s no slouch and it makes twice as much power as it did from the factory but, relatively speaking, I wouldn’t call it fast. It does have a lot of room for improvement though.

12-02-2021, 11:07 AM	#875
MikeJr. Gloss Boss Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Acworth, GA 30102	So when I crashed into this car at Mountain Meet I had to make it right so I went to a local Volvo junkyard here in Atlanta that I knew had tons of old Volvo parts sitting on shelves collecting dust. Sure enough when I went the owner climbed to the top of a giant shelf and grabbed the best of a stack of 122 deck lids. He found me a super clean one and only charged me $100 There was only a few minor imperfections that needed to be fixed and then primed Then I had a hard time finding the color in our database, so I had to go to the PPG store and they were able to find it What they mixed was a solvent based. We are only set up for water based at the shop so we had to do a spray out of the color then use our camera to find the color in our Axalta water based Then we did a spray out in our brand and it matched pretty good, so we started messing around with the clear. We dulled the clear down on the top side so it would somewhat match the rest of the sheen on the car. We used full gloss clear on the jambs/underneath. Then we painted it And then I drove it up to Andrew and he installed it. Definitely not a 100% color match, but its hard to do when you don't have the car. Usually we use the camera on the car somewhere, get a code, and even play with it a little more before we paint. We sometimes even blend adjacent panels to ensure color match. Hopefully you like it man. Sorry, and thanks again for being so cool about it.