Hey Drew, from the article I linked Kai's message called The List in the C70 forum. You'll find discussion on the car there.
As for the fog, it's steam. Where we shot the car, there were some leaking steam pipes, one underneath that grating, and another on a pipe just behind the hood of the car. It made for some interesting photos.
The shoot was actually done at an abondoned facility that was once an army base, a monestary, an Inn for Washington elite and an all girls school.
If you look at the shots more straight on of the car, down the road, you'll see the building I shot the C70 Convertible for our road test there. It's very picturesque and pretty cool for those who are curious about such things.
It's actually right off the DC beltway and about a half mile from Rob's (Volvo Rules) garage.
Superb work done there Kai!
Very nice.
I only wonder how you want to get the 340HP's to the street.
Did you replace the intercooler also?
A rally driver in our area ordered a custom fit intercooler for their 850 which should fit the C70 also.
That place really gave me the creeps. Man...especially when we were walking through the whole complex. Did I have a field day or what?!!! It was like exploring a haunted house or something.
Originally posted by Johann: Superb work done there Kai!
Very nice.
I only wonder how you want to get the 340HP's to the street.
Did you replace the intercooler also?
A rally driver in our area ordered a custom fit intercooler for their 850 which should fit the C70 also.
340 FWHP is never gonna put down to the ground all that nicely. Hopefully, with enough lag, the car is not all that unstreetable. Torque steer is there..even at some higher speed, but not something you can't manage.
Intercooler upgrade will be the last...maybe I'll get that taken care of during the summer when I start to feel the heat.
I think ya need to drop her a lil more Kai. I will send you pics when I have mine on the floor, just need to get a good coil over kit made. I know the guys at Junk2 I mean Skunk, maybe I could get them to make a kit... doubt it though.
Nice ride Kai. I've seen pics before, but I never knew the whole story.
Question - did you ever consider increasing the displacement while you worked over the motor? I know that increasing the bore of the 5-cyl is not a good idea, and stroking it would only lead to higher stresses under boost, but I was wondering if you ever looked into this in more detail?
I just know there's not much room to work on that particular engine. The wall might be too thin for any higher stress application, of course, unless you resleeve the cylinders. I just didn't think there was much of anything for me to play with for the bottom end of the engine. I'm pretty sure I can get more than enough power from the other upgrades alone.
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