Well some already knew the deal about my newest mishap w/ the flywheel. Turned out that parts of tranny was damaged, too. Just when I thought i could simply change out the damaged parts and get away with it, volvo does not sell the manual tranny parts. They only sell the whole tranny as one unit. This is absurd.
I can understand maybe the complexity of the tranny might discourage Volvo from selling components by components to just anyone. But this is still a bit ridicules regardless. This leaves me no choice to hunt around for an used tranny.
There is still other parts to the story about upgrading the flywheel, clutch, and the pressure plate from non turbo 70 series. That's for another time.
This whole journey has drained away every last bit of my patient and enthusiasm about doing more work on the car. I can say that I'm satisfied with what I have achieved, but the pain, suffering, and the obstacles I've encountered so far is just almost unbearable now.
I knew Volvo was never meant for high performance. I was pushing the limit and I had to pay the price for it. Man, if I knew this whole thing was going to be this tough, I would of just act like one of those vendors - come online and start throwing unrealistic hp figures and gains.
Having said all that, I still love my car no matter what. But I guess I won't be doing more work to it. It's just not worth it. This is where I stop...I know I have been to the point where not many if only a handful of people have achived.
I can understand maybe the complexity of the tranny might discourage Volvo from selling components by components to just anyone. But this is still a bit ridicules regardless. This leaves me no choice to hunt around for an used tranny.
There is still other parts to the story about upgrading the flywheel, clutch, and the pressure plate from non turbo 70 series. That's for another time.
This whole journey has drained away every last bit of my patient and enthusiasm about doing more work on the car. I can say that I'm satisfied with what I have achieved, but the pain, suffering, and the obstacles I've encountered so far is just almost unbearable now.
I knew Volvo was never meant for high performance. I was pushing the limit and I had to pay the price for it. Man, if I knew this whole thing was going to be this tough, I would of just act like one of those vendors - come online and start throwing unrealistic hp figures and gains.
Having said all that, I still love my car no matter what. But I guess I won't be doing more work to it. It's just not worth it. This is where I stop...I know I have been to the point where not many if only a handful of people have achived.