Why Not a 1970 Volvo as a Cool Track Toy!?

While looking to get some wheel-to-wheel racing experience, Zach Grant found this 1970 Volvo 144. Some sorting and testing yielded an affordable and fun track car
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[@stephenhenion8304]

My 73 144. Lava Orange... had it a couple years . Great car ...so cool to see one as a racer!!!....the mechanic said People like Volvo's, but they don't like Volvo Prices....

[@moosemekaniker]

Just picked up a 142 to have some fun myself. Good to see other old Volvo's out on the track!

[@garagecedric]

Cool car choice, there's so much tuning knowledge around the b20 over here its mad, its still being tuned and raced today, a legendary engine here in sweden. 142s are very common in historic racing and rallyes, you see many of them at every race :)

[@alfamaize]

Great car! I had plans to do the same thing (autocross and road race) with an Alfa, but ran out of energy... But one of my targets was vintage racing. I'm sure that your car would be 100% welcome into any vintage BS or U25 Trans Am race series. The options you have for a car like that is enormous.

[@marianogarcia8154]

A flying brick! Congrats!

[@dougiesadventuresreviews2167]

Also planning to take my classic Volvo turbo out to the track and test out the Lotus-designed handling. Great build!

[@secularnevrosis]

Do a complete full balance on the engine and get good quality pistons (like Mahle) and H-beam rods. Maybe it already have this? If not there are several shops in Sweden that sell this kind of parts along with special profile cams. Balancing the engine will help you push it to 8.000 rpm and above...with an ordinary K-profile cam. If you can get a hold of a Raceman head it would be superb. But they are as rare as unicorns..

[@aw614]

awesome, I was waiting for this feature after reading jg co-drove it at dixie.

[@TURBOMOOSE]

Hey thats Zach!! Florida Volvo Community Family!!!

[@GSeferian]

Very cool car, Consider running it in vintage. VRG runs a great value at their events and some of the other sanctioning bodies (HSR, SVRA ) have great racing. Despite what some people think, there is some pretty hard racing at these events.

[@p0intdk]

Very cool car front engine, rwd, square just like the Norse gods intended

[@johnnyturbo8460]

LOVE THE OLD VOLVOS!! Thanks to the Corona virus, I'm living the racing year season threw KZbin.. so far all of my SCCA race event's are canceled 😢

[@cwhip00]

2040lb is super light!

[@rogermetzger7335]

My 1970 144 came from the factory with 121 cu in engine (factory claimed 119 hp), 51/49 front/rear weight distribution and great 4-wheel disk brakes. I added Michelin tires and Koni shocks (and screwed the Konis down tight). I can see how Heim joints would improve that car some but I also think a world class driver (which I don't claim to be) in my 144 would be competitive on a road course with any normally-aspirated 2.0-liter sport sedan driven by Mr. Average Joe (no matter how good Mr. Average thinks he is). How much stronger would a "regulation" roll cage be than that 1970 fa

[@AW_DIY_garage]

Very cool

[@rogermetzger7335]

My Chromebook froze up. How much stronger would a "regulation" roll cage be than what the 1970 144 had from the factory, i.e. (claimed capable of supporting 10 times the weight of the car)?

[@KristofferEk]

the old Volvo redblock is basically bulletproof you can turbo that thing and it will happily take it.

[@larshenningvaggesten3446]

You need larger webers : 48 . Better cam 👍🏼 Nice car.

[@silverpairaducks]

Light stiff rwd....great engine....

[@leonardorojas5329]

Como puedo conseguir una trasmicion manual para un volvo 144 1972

[@TheJimmy3960]

Buying pricec in sweden isnt cheap for those

[@jamieeedden777]

Same for England I've been looking at one today that is literally hanging still a thousand pound