JUNKYARD RESCUE - Saved from the Crusher - 1959 Volvo PV544 Build Intro -

[@michaelmcknight6488]

Tee shirts are awesome but stickers would be awesomer :) I need a 6>8 sticker for my truck project

[@Calvin-Nelson]

We're so far in the hole with the T-Shirts. Lol. We'll have to prove there is demand first!

[@lunkydog]

You should look at the fast turbo VW drag bugs and see their rear wing solutions. Very similar situation. Look at the Ron Loomis (RLR) rear wings for a very popular one.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yup. Already been down that path. Smart thinking.

[@Splungers]

The may be some of the Nascar "Csr of tomorrow" fully adjustable wings floating around the used race parts places here in Mooresville N. C. . It could happen. They were carbon fiber. "Weight is the enemy".

[@michaelb5330]

Will be amazing Chopping and laying back the screen even more would bring and interesting element especially if it was like sectioning the front and laying it back and not the rear No matter what you do it’s going to be iconic

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Thanks. Unfortunatley, can't shop per the class rules.

[@dragdriverepeat]

Yes!! I love this project!!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Thanks man! Going to be a fun one!

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE IT!!!! THANK YOU FOR SAVING ONE MORE CAR FROM THE CRUSHER!!!! GREAT VIDEO AND EDUCATION. THANKS FOR SHARING!!!! I AGREE WITH YOU 100%!!!!

[@danielcarroll5667]

The brilliant Colin Chapman said "add lightness" They made that body in an "Estate" (what we call a Station Wagon) also , I've always wanted to build one of them , good luck finding one though ! That's going to be amazing , a six into the sixes ! I love that !

[@raylarkin5004]

What gem of a car! So glad you rescued it. Look forward to you doing your magic.👍🏼

[@1emt95]

Being a Volvo guy myself I can appreciate this alot. Dont know if you have plans for body work but rp fiberglass out of sweden makes alot of fiberglass stuff for these, ie. Door skins, fenders. Would help with weight

[@jamesgeorge4874]

Awesome. Cool cars, The 122 / Amazon is one of my favorites, and my last 4 dailys have been '84 245 GLT, an '89 745 Turbo wagon, a 99V70XC, and now a 2001 V70T5 with a Hilton tune. Wish I still had the 245.....

[@Calvin-Nelson]

My Dad used to have an Amazon. They're really cool cars.

[@jamesgeorge4874]

@@Calvin-Nelson Indeed, the 544 was also called the Duette, IIRC....

[@andrewnelson3733]

​@@jamesgeorge4874 the duette is the wagon. My buddy has a pair of them.

[@thomaslynch2083]

I always wanted to install a 289ford drive train in one

[@volvobrynk]

Being a Danish Volvo Guy and a INLINE guy, this is epic. And it’s cool to see an American take on a Swedish car! It would be cool to have a straight six Volvo 24valve engine, massive turbo and M90 box .

[@PreparationH1]

One heck of a score on that clean of a 544 main body

[@markgriffin847]

You guys are awesome. I have learned so much about the 4200 from you guys. I bought a Trailblazer with the 4.2 in it and I m preparing to rebuild a replacement engine for it. The 4200 is such a cool engine. I love the racing stuff to. God bless.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Thanks!

[@domenicomonteleone3055]

@@Calvin-Nelson Calvin i want to see what you are going to do with this Volvo you will be putting in vortex Engine and with two trubos do you think you could put another trubo in the Volvo or not hi Calvin from Canada #YSW your whole family is Wonderful respect back to you all

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@domenicomonteleone3055Thanks. Plan is single turbo for now. It's going to be an awesome car.

[@domenicomonteleone3055]

@@Calvin-NelsonCalvin you give me ideas 💡 to think about respect back to you Calvin bye 👋 Nivlac

[@ericflower9855]

Loving it ....Just about everything you do is something I did ,do or really want to do!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Thanks!

[@johnbehneman1546]

I AM CONSIDERING PUTTING MY EDSEL ON A SERIOUS DIET AS THE TRANSFORMATION BEGINS!!! THAT IS WHY I AM LEARNING ABOUT CARBON FIBER. AND A LS MOTOR. AND EVEN IMPROVE THE AERODYNAMICS!!!! BUT ONE STEP AT A TIME. I STILL NEED TO FINISH UPGRADING MY BRAKES.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

COOL

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

9:48 This is the more aerodynamically efficient way to tail it as apposed to an open flying wing that produces leading edge & separation drag.

[@GhostToes1]

This video is so exciting to me on multiple levels. I'm a huge Volvo wagon guy(bought the wife a V70 wagon), a huge Atlas fan (boosted envoy project) and I live in Florida and will be at sick week. So getting to meet you and the ol' man is going to be extremely awesome Calvin. Stoked to see this project come into fruition. Coming across your channel is the reason I am working on my boosted Envoy project. Keep it up and thank you for all the extra thorough info you give us.

[@jord9308]

Love some Volvo PV!

[@my357mags]

Can't wait to see more content on this build! 👍

[@r1lark]

Neat project, both the car and the 6-banger power! That's what I like about your projects, a lot of them are refreshingly different from the other boring Camaro/Chevy II/Fox body with turbo LS power cars seen elsewhere. (Plus, you have Studebakers too :-) )

[@Calvin-Nelson]

We love the odd ball stuff.

[@Beth.Colvin]

I love me a vintage Volvo!! 😊

[@slicedbread9003]

Damn. I was thinking that a Chevy Monza would be good since you had some aerodynamically challenged cars and then you got the Sunbird. Next I was thinking of an Amazon, but this is brilliant and good save! The car is in good condition and the parts are available. As you may be aware, Volvo enthusiast have a loyal following. Having separate rear fenders (wings) means that these can be made or bought in fiberglass too. I am a big Volvo fan and a 4200 Vortec fan. While the 6 cylinder Volvo engine would be awesome, it would require more $$$. The Swedish-American combination is the best bet by far. I guess you will have to let some other projects sit to get on this Volvo to get to the finish line. I am subscribed and will be waiting for each new episode. By the way, there is no end to the cars that I, and probably many of your viewers, dream up to put this 4200 Vortec into.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yup For sure. Hopefully someday there is enough of an aftermarket that we start seeing more swaps in the wild.

[@DaneSaysStuff]

Pretty neat vehicle. Would have been a good candidate for a Vortec 4 cylinder build, although I'm curious to see how the i6 fits.

[@xozindustries7451]

My buddies father in law built one of those, looked like a chopped Ford when he was done. Very cool build for your channel, definitely slam it on the ground and tube chassis will make it cool as hell

[@Tikicar]

The trunk lid was an option on the Henry J and standard on it's Sears version the All-State.

[@Go4BrokeOffroad]

That's rad. Always liked these old cars.

[@fishywishyfishfisk]

Super excited to see how this turns out! Love the PVs, here in Sweden we call them hunchbacks lol. Used to be really popular in rallycross / folkracing back in the days!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Thanks!

[@fasteddie4294]

excited about this project i have one also, will make a cool mini 40s ford hotrod. I'm sure your going to have success with this project

[@loganbjork104]

I'm putting together a ~300 whp volvo B230 turbo engine for my 64 pv sport. 90 hp is fun but triple that is funner

[@BigFun4Life]

Awesome,I look forward to the future videos of this coming together…

[@michaelblacktree]

What a cool project! But yeah, the aero will be a challenge. If it were me, I'd put a big ole drag spoiler high up on the trunk. Like you mentioned, it should correct some of that rear end lift (and maybe reduce drag).

[@RoadkillCustoms]

This sure has the makings of an interesting build! Looking forward to it!

[@dionrau5580]

That's cool, Cal! Ya got some work to do... It's going to be interesting to see you build it up! I'll be watching 👀

[@cobaltlukather9045]

super excited for this build! would Lancer Evo-style Vortex Generators be allowed in your class? they swirl the air to keep it held to the slope of the rear end, and would reduce the lift and increase your wing's effectiveness.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

They should be. Could you send me a link of what you are referring to?

[@fredbadgett7962]

VW beetles on the strip get really light in the rear at high speed. There are videos with the rear wheels almost off the ground. A well placed and sized wing will fix that. Bernoulli's (sp?) principle.

[@hartiaacres]

Cool car rode in one once. Have you seen Tim Blights build for sick week??? Not sure if it's a Triumph. But it's a build with a similar chassis as you posted. And using a light weight car to begin with. Those Volvo's where damn light. They are even lighter than the Vega. Mind you the Vega is a newer era car. That started to incorporate crash safety with bumper and door bars.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

I haven't. I'll have to check it out.

[@homerepairguy1]

Smooth firewall and open engine bay it !!!!!!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

We're going to smooth the firewall, but for the class I want to participate in, it needs the body panels.

[@homerepairguy1]

@@Calvin-Nelson that sucks. A stainless rail front end all polished up, would be amazeballs. Great project ! Will be watching !!!

[@robertmagni7201]

Awesome video can’t wait to see how this turns out !

[@dilsher12]

This thing would be so much fun with a 13b turbo keeping with the lightness theme but for now I'll be happy with more 4200 content . Like the odd ball builds!

[@RLRSwanson]

Again, what you guys did saving this car from the crusher was a "kulttuuriteko" as some of my ancestors like to call it or "en akt av kultur"(or is it kultursakt? My Swedish is rustier than a derelict Saab). And that is in surprisingly good nick, wow. Now, I'm really curious to see what it's going to look like once it's done, people have built some wicked looking and fast small tire cars and gassers out of 444s and 544s over the years.

[@KaptenS1]

Can you transfer the low pressure under the wing thru the trunk to under the car ,like a diffuser?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Hm... probably not.

[@InNeedOfSpeed]

Love it, a bit of a different direction than mine, I doubled the weight...

[@Levibetz]

In regard to aero, if you haven't already look up Julian Edgar on youtube. He has tons of excellent videos on aero. Based on what I've learned from his videos you'll be pretty good with an undertray and a rear spoiler. Probably right above that trunk opening, but you'll need to ensure you have attached flow over the rear to the spoiler. This will back up the airflow and increase pressure on the rear both reducing lift, and reducing drag by the forward component that high pressure at the rear can generate. The big thing will be smoothing airflow under the car, especially preventing turbulent air under the engine bay and rear suspension. Turbulent air at the back of the car can act like a wall in the back causing air to stack up under the car and create lift and drag. Think of that turbulence as increasing your frontal area.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Makes sense

[@Levibetz]

@@Calvin-Nelson I meant to note, in regard to attached flow you can test that by wool tufting the back of the car once it can drive down the road. If flow detaches you can use vortex generators to reattach it.

[@saabbo1958]

Love it!

[@Gothamauto]

Interesting choice! I'm astonished that the car is as rust-free as it seems. Being a huge Volvo fan, I knew these are very strong for their intended purpose...being a road car with 100 hp. Will there be an elongated front to accomodate the 4200? Or a massive engine setback? And will you run alcohol? It will be interesting to watch the development of this project.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

The 4200 fits surprisingly well. We'll probably run a small amount of alcohol.

[@robin_marriott]

I’d love to see you apply everything you’ve done with the 4200 to the 3500 or 3700. It must be lighter than the 6 cylinder, it’ll be shorter and it’ll make a better noise while still making good power.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Personally I like the inline 6 scream better. I bet the 5 cylinders with their twin balance shafts are similar in weight. We'll probably mess with one someday.

[@davidreed6070]

If you were going to run twins on a 6 liter on the street. What pair would you use

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Depends what you're going for. 6262s light pretty fast.

[@davidreed6070]

@@Calvin-Nelson how do the gt35s compare to the 7578s.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@davidreed6070 gt35s spool so fast they are hard to control. 7875s are a touch on the laggy side, but not a bad choice. S369s would be ideal but are can be a little pricey.

[@davidreed6070]

@@Calvin-Nelson yeah the 6262 are about 1000.

[@davidreed6070]

@@Calvin-Nelson I have a 4000 converter and 410 gears it's a 6 liter with rec heads and a wide LSA

[@roadrunner4404]

I like that old body style Nose is a bit clunky but the rest is stylish.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yeah. It has charm though.

[@russellzacharias3535]

You do have some basis for ideas from what is already being done with this car (Swedish drag videos shown) so that should be a help. Is there a formula related to frontal area regarding chopping a top? Is it just a matter of doing the math and seeing if the result is worth the effort? For example is it worth going from a 2" chop to a 3" chop? Or is it more about how all the various shapes contribute to the total frontal area, as in what a more upright windshield angle would do?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yeah. You basically will take the change in frontal area and plug that in. I doubt the coefficient of drag would change a whole lot. We aren't allowed to do a chop top for the class I want to participate in.

[@RLRSwanson]

A quick and dirty way of calculating the approximate, mileage may vary frontal area of a car is that it's 85% of area of the rectangle you get by multiplying the height of the car with the width. The angle of the windshield affects how the air flows downstream over the roof of the car. Simplified more vertical means more turbulence and the air not "sticking" to the roof, means more drag and probably even more negative lift(EDIT:not negative but positive) at the rear of the car. One would probably get more improvement to the drag coefficient in terms of how much work is needed with managing the airflow through and out of the engine bay and especially the front and rear wheel wells and within the constraints of the chassis and suspension and exhaust etc, under the car. But most important is the flow separation or whatever it's called at the rear of the car just like a Beetle or a 911.

[@russellzacharias3535]

@@Calvin-Nelson I did not bother to look at precise rules, however if you did it carefully what do they figure to compare it to? Ha, ha.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@russellzacharias3535 Unless I showed it on a video on the internet.... They might catch us then.

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

“Add lightness” - Lotus

[@chrisestill8825]

Following the Colin Chapman philosophy of ‘Simplify, then add lightness’. Everything else is unnecessary. Don’t forget about lightening all the rotating parts and u sprung weight in a car like this. Can’t wait to see what twisted, creative solutions you and your Dad come up with

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

Did you get allmajor body components?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yes. They were sitting in the car. Incredible.

[@bilarobus6762]

This has to have a volvo aluminium straight six from a s80 or a 960 🇸🇪 there are a few builds here in sweden pushing 800-1000hp from six and five cylinders And in swedish: Det här ska bli kul att följa = this is going to be fun to follow

[@Calvin-Nelson]

That would be cool. We already have a formula that makes good power for not a lot of money, so we will keep using it.

[@a4000t]

Hmm 1971-73 chevy vega, 2155lbs factory weight + 632 big block :) Brute force simplicity :)

[@daniesalex7073]

That's very light , infact too light , you will be unstoppable , you can maybe go sevens ( don't quote me on that) but 8s are definitely a possibility . You can also weigh the car after you are done with the build . I don't know how much weight a cage will add

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yup. We'll be weighing it a bunch. Lol

[@daniesalex7073]

@@Calvin-Nelson 🤣

[@barrelsurfergirl4614]

You should put a Barra in it

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Planning on it..... The Ameri-Barra that is!

[@barrelsurfergirl4614]

@@Calvin-Nelson I mean the Australian barras are pretty badass and pretty much bulletproof. You should get a Australian barra for a project someday

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@barrelsurfergirl4614 weve had great luck with the 4200s. Wish the Aussie Barras were more affordable. Lol. If I'm going to spend $5k on an engine it's going to be two 4200s with forged rods and pistons and cams. Lol. Might be able to get 3 done for that price actually. Lol

[@Mr._Flunky]

My vote is the 3.5L Vortec 3500 5cyl! Would continue the tradition of glorious Volvo 20v 5cyl sound and power from an affordable domestic source. And it would be "lighter" than the 4200 and shorter which means easier to package!🤔

[@Calvin-Nelson]

I appreciate what you're saying, but by the time you add the balance shafts and Drive assembly, the 5 cylinder it probably pretty close in weight. We'll probably mess with a 5 someday, but I need as little stress per cylinder on this one.

[@Mr._Flunky]

@@Calvin-Nelson you should remove the Shasta, tap and plug the oil feed holes, leave of the drive and run it as a true 5cyl. But i understand reliability is your goal for this build, and rightly so after the trans failures. I find the 5 cyl sound and uniqueness a perfect fit for that chassis, that is just my suggestion. Keep up the amazing work you guys do!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@Mr._Flunky Yeah. I've heard of people removing them on a 4 cylinder, but not a 5. Can you do that?

[@Mr._Flunky]

@@Calvin-Nelson you can remove them on a 5cylinder too. You just get a bit of "rocking" of the engine at low rpms. The balance shafts are there to smooth out the rocking motion(forward to backward) to the interior of the vehicle for that "not running" feeling inside the vehicle. I prefer oil pressure reliability gains over perfectly smooth running. Good engine mounts and a decent tune help alot. Want more 5cyl balance needs? Look up audi S2 2.2 turbo engine design and why they don't use balance shafts.

[@daniesalex7073]

Since this is going to be a drag and drive car it will be cool if the Car had A/C ,but is it worth the hassle of installing it in the car

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yeah. Thought about it, but I can take the heat. Florida is pretty nice in February anyways.

[@daniesalex7073]

@@Calvin-Nelson Fair enough, but I would like to see you people do atleast one car with A/ C , with the vortech 4200 and using a compressor from a large Chevy truck , could be a fun video to watch

[@sg34qw]

since you guys are into 6 cylinders. any future plans to do anything with a 3800?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Probably not. I want to mess with an old school 250 inline 6 someday though.

[@jmyd83]

👍

[@firstrespondergarage]

👍👍

[@rickardfuzzboylindahl1571]

Hell yheeeeeeee ! Sverige builds light cars.... Hahahaha

[@kutitkustomz2584]

Do u think it's possible to have a stock 400+hp 4200 that could be daily driven

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Absolutely. That's not even making it sweat. I drove 700whp for 800 miles. Very streetable.

[@kutitkustomz2584]

@@Calvin-Nelson very interested in that project I can give u a great customer build content. I have a custom one off lifted trailblazer... I build custom suspensions for a living. I'm actually in the process of building a marketable bolt on 6/7.5 lift (no body lift) to mass produce because we have nothing available on the market except a leveling kit for a trailblazer. I love my lil truck i just hate how sluggish it is... especially compared to my beloved infinti vq platform cars that I have. I would love to get that feeling of my q50 out of my trailblazer.... everyone is telling me "just ls swap it" that's not going to get it for me. A little to cookie cutter for my liking, I don't consider myself to be a conventional guy lol... I like different. Finding ur channel was like discovering a new favorite food to me... I never new that it existed but now that I've tasted it, it's my new favorite dish. I was actually looking at doing an ats-v swap but now I'm interested in knowing more about what is truly available for my stock 4.2

[@dagazenterprise]

you know you want to do a 5 cyliner out of a T5-R, turn it to rwd and have that amzing sound out of the exhaust under high boost.... just sayin. I swapped a Volvo B230FT into a 73 Nova hatchback, it's not 1000hp like your 74 but it's a great daily during the summer.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

It's tempting, but need to stick with what I know for now. Have check marks I need to put on the page

[@blackericdenice]

I was thinking about changing my 2004 Trailblazer 4.2 pcv valve. I don’t see one and AutoZone doesn’t list one. Where is it?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

I don't think it has one.

[@blackericdenice]

@@Calvin-Nelson Thank you for getting back. I thought every engine had one.

[@blackericdenice]

7:50 What’s the drag of a trailblazer? I was looking for the answer the other day and didn’t find it.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@blackericdenice I can't imagine that info is easy to find. I'm sure it's better than this, but the frontal area is way larger, so this is probably better.

[@blackericdenice]

@@Calvin-Nelson I dream about putting a 2.7 ecoboost in my TB so it can get 18 mpg city and still do 0 to 60 in 6.8 seconds. My 4 door F150 is only 60 pounds heavier than my TB.

[@young11984]

Looks like an extended cab VW🤣

[@Luminaring]

6t > 8t

[@mattmaulfair4169]

bmw e36 lightest car ever

[@Calvin-Nelson]

If only they looked as good as this thing! Good luck at the Challenge bud!

[@bladenrexroth2555]

S10 chassis swap with AWD!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Sorry. Too heavy and complicated. Want to keep the stock framrails in the front.

[@aliciaANDanthonySandoval]

Why not try the 2.9l 4 cylinder in there?🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Need the power. Don't want to stress the cylinders too much. Has to survive 800+ street milese

[@dipstiksubaru3246]

why don't you guys do a 5cyl version of the vortec inline series in this car? volvo has a history of 5cyls and it would be lighter and shorter so it would fit better 😉

[@Calvin-Nelson]

A couple reasons. By the time you add the weight of the dual balance shafts system, the 5 cylinder is probably similar in weight. Also, while it would be really cool to keep the 5 cylinder theme, I'd like to put the Ameri-Barra up against the real Barras which will be attending Sick Week. Lastly, I'd like to make a fair amount of power and having as little stress per cylinder would be ideal

[@dipstiksubaru3246]

@@Calvin-Nelson you could remove the balance shafts like most people do

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@dipstiksubaru3246 I've heard some people say you can do that and others say you can't. Most people that say you can do it on 4 cylinders. Not sure who to believe. The engines have a 102mm stroke so that's a lot of weight swinging around.

[@dipstiksubaru3246]

@@Calvin-Nelson I've seen it done with 4 and 5cyls. They're more for people who would bitch about a engine that you could feel is alive vs keeping it together. My buddy use to be an engineer in the powertrain division of gm when they were making the inline series.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

@@dipstiksubaru3246 Ok. I will do some more research.

[@conceptalfa]

Pitty to mess this bodywise very nice car with some custom built as it'll probably will be worth a lot more restored to original condition!!! Not even talking of preserving it!!! riginal condition!!!

[@devildon1969x]

I have a 1963, would you be interested in building a chassis for me?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

No, sorry.

[@davian157]

🤌🤌Swiss meets American power

[@bilarobus6762]

Swiss??😂

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Swedish.

[@Bauke78]

What hacksaw performance says: search/Fordon:europaiska cars - volvo duett/pv - bagagelucka med vinge. I'm self working on a duett, similar but station, turned in to a pick up. With about 100hp, so i don't need a wing i guess.