🇸🇪 Driving a 1971 MEGASQUIRT Big Bore B20 Volvo 142 Rocket! 🚀

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2022 National Meet in Hickory, North Carolina: • VCOA Volvo Club of Ame...
🚀Joel "Doc" Glasson has built a really cool rocket of a Volvo 140. Here he shares some of the story while I rip roar around the town of Gettysburg, with photos from his facebook of the work that went into it these few past years. I'm so glad he got to make it out to the Volvo Club of America VCOA National Meet with this 142. Thanks to friend and Patron Colville for recording this.
Some specs: +0.060 overbore B20 built by Vintage Performance Developments (VPD)
Forged pistons, zero deck height with the 0.032" head gasket achieving a 10.5:1 compression ratio
VPD Stage 2 ported and polished head, 45mm intake, 36mm exhaust valves
Double valve springs with a hot cam
Megasquirt 2 fuel and spark management with Ford EDIS-4 ignition coils getting input from a 36-tooth-minus-1 VR-sensed crankshaft pulley.
9 lb lightened flywheel
Remote oil filter, electric cooling fan, IPD front and rear sway bars and lowered competition springs
Polyurethane bushings, Bilstein shocks
Detroit Truetrack Torqued biased rear differential with a 4.10 ratio
15x6 Minilite wheels with 205/60 BF Goodrich Advantage T/A R15 tires
Stainless braided brake lines
100 amp alternator using Ron Kwas conversion bracket
Stainless Steel exhaust with two flowmasters and an electric cutoff valve
a 400 hour body restoration and best of all... he's had the car since 1976 and acquired 250,000 miles on it all these years!
Estimated horsepower is 175. Nice!
See more of the car on the facebook page run by Joel for the RWD 140/160/240/260 models: / 252587301582191
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#VCOA #Volvo142 #Megasquirt

[@owendodd5687]

“You can take it up to the redline just don’t let it hang there” What a guy that was awesome

[@-IE_it_yourself]

check out driving 4 answers, they mention the b20 engines when being developed ran red line and full load for 500hours and non failed the test. but this car doesnt need to prove it.

[@johanvangelderen6715]

I drove a 1973 145 wagon during the mid 80s to 1996. I had both the Bosch D-jet fuel injection and the Webber 2 barrel carburetor on it.. I drove that car about 70,000 miles. I was able to drive the car hard. I had the IPD swaybars on it. I'm in my late 60s now. I really enjoyed watching the interaction between the 30ish driver and the 80ish owner. Mutual respect. The driver enjoyed the car and understood what the old man did to the car. While the old man respected the younger man's driving ability.

[@MaggieKeizai]

I knew a guy who got his hands on a 142E, and he let me hoon around in it on back roads much like this video. He'd just picked it up with the intent of making a rally car of it. I have to say, I've driven many a volvo but none that put that big a smile on my face. Working on outdoing that with my 240. Thanks for making this vid, it's bringing back some good memories. And thanks to Joel for building it and letting you make this video. What good fun!

[@MrTruth111]

I had a 142E as well, omg what a ride, four speed manual, short ratio, it was fast and furious

[@craazyy22]

This man makes me smile. Loved the entrance music. I am really happy he isn't one of those old folks saying electronic fuel injection is garbage just because they don't understand it. This man knows how to learn and thinker. I recently slap together a haltech on my car and the experience of doing something special for your own car is such a pride.

[@billhill1384]

Met Joel at the National met and he is a charming guy with great passion for this car. I am happy you were able to drive the car and feature it here on youtube.

[@fredrikjacobsson25]

There you drive the best car ever made. Greatings from Sweden

[@thomasteigen2793]

Good looking Volvo. 😊

[@walterwheeler6497]

I had a smile on my face the whole video and I wasn’t even the one driving. Love that car.

[@Wreckerboy]

This is not just any ‘71 142, it’s a E. Allegedly less than 1500 were built in three colors, the gold this one was originally, the less common blue it is painted now, and the very rare white. Unique high compression engine with a bigger cam. OD and leather were included. All the SCCA ITB racing Volvos were clones of these. I had a gold one and of all the Volvos I’ve owned, it was by far the best.

[@MathiasHeinel]

Bosch D Jetronic, if memory serves. A bliss when it works.

[@DavidBello]

I’ll have to keep my eyes open for more. Thanks for the info 🥳

[@robertmyles211]

@@DavidBello I’ve still got the green book for mine.

[@thevanman4498]

Mine was blue, still miss it.

[@MrJearley6]

This is NICE NICE NICE !!!!!

[@tomtrana3449]

Fantastic performance!

[@davidferreira7243]

What a great build. Wish you had some video footage of the engine bay.

[@matthewhogan5266]

That thing looks fun! And what a lovely guy Joel is. Hope I’m as generous and good-natured at that age!

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

What anawesome 142, it looks like 142,GT model it is nice inside & outside☝️👍👌👌👍☝️now there is a car you don*t see or barely see it in top A-1 condition.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

"Cashing in my life insurance policy" caught my attention -- that's an unusual move. Basically means he either has no more dependents, or decided they'd be on their own.

[@zacklance7798]

Whole life policy, old dude probably maxed it out and borrowing against it. Dependents will be fine

[@iaguilera67]

what a sweet looking ride, I never looked at volvos twice, until my son got a 91 240

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Great choice, last year for the 240

[@mountaincat23]

close, actually that would be 1993

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Nice, nice, nice!

[@David.Colvin]

We should have taken the wagon out!

[@DavidBello]

Missed opportunity!

[@RoyalEnfield-BELARUS]

Hi, David! I like your volvocars stories very much!!! greetings from Belarus!🚗

[@DavidBello]

Thank you for watching!

[@goteandersson7313]

Nice 140 not Many in Sweden that looks so cool!!!

[@MathiasHeinel]

And that GT instrumentation is not too common.

[@eriks825]

@@MathiasHeinel Not GT, they are Ralley! GT= 4 Gauges and Ralley= 5 Gauges ;)

[@MathiasHeinel]

@@eriks825 Haha, I stand corrected!

[@delukxy]

I suspect that the steering box is just a teeny bit tight, maybe an 1/8 turn of the screw. Nice car.

[@joelglasson2362]

You are absolutely correct. I took 4 minute looser and now it is perfect!

[@ingvarcarlsson5386]

I had a Volvo 142 in the 80s 180 hp. Max rpm 8000

[@timomcintosh8997]

Awesome!

[@NorthernChev]

Megasquirt the world

[@DavidBello]

😂😂

[@yankeenimrod2063]

nice ride

[@237323731]

Nice ride and I’ve had several of those. Presently I have a “06” XC90 turbo that’s been modified and I believe it would give that coupe a fit. I probably will never sell it!

[@markizgonzales4677]

I would drive that Volvo hard.

[@juanosorio]

I could find a ticket in that so easy it's not even funny.

[@HGSolberg]

I miss my 142. It wasn't an E though.

[@iansmith6728]

Your 164 has so much more potential to go better than this. If 220hp is possible from a B20, it is possible from a B30.

[@HGSolberg]

They are nice cruisers, but way to front heavy for active driving on twisty roads. And the 142 is a much better looking car too.

[@kellypaws]

The car is good, but your hair is amazing.

[@DavidBello]

Haha thanks! I miss it from time to time

[@sspadair1675]

Nice! Is that something I can do to my ‘73 164e’s B30?

[@RodBeauvex]

That Kirby ditty at 12:14, though....

[@TheNismo777]

Volvos & Saabs :) If I live old I surely get 240 volvo with B23K

[@-IE_it_yourself]

drive it like you hate it.

[@sickpunch1]

Alexa. Alexa. Alexa! ALEXA LISTEN TO ME!!!

[@joelglasson2362]

The build was brand new, without engine fine tuning or ergonomics adjusted. Once I moved the microphone closer to me, Alexa gives me amazing selectivity of music by voice. And now the new American car ads are featuring Alexa connectivity like my 50 year old car. Has.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

I need an overview of what megasquirt is

[@iansmith6728]

Fuel injection.

[@DavidBello]

A fuel injection system you can build Yourself from the circuit board up. It’s purportedly very simple and has great potential for customisation

[@HGSolberg]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaSquirt

[@avarjodoe8590]

The young man is driving completely irresponsibly!

[@bobjohnson205]

I think law authorities call it 'dangerous' or 'reckless/careless' driving.

[@Drzingo]

✌✌✌✌

[@FirstnameLastname-pe5ib]

Funny the guy driving is acting all arrogant making assumptions about car parts he doesn't know about and just gets politely told he's wrong over an over 😂

[@eriks825]

Budget Buildz just got a 1969 145 :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGOsoqV-fa95itU