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91 B230FT Swapped in to 83 245 200

posted by  North Shore Brick on  Sun Sep 25 16:53 CST 2005
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Finished with the b230ft swap last night and managed to get it to the Cates Park Meet here in North Vancouver today.
Didn't do any major performance mods at this point or "pretty" work, just needed to get it in and running. And even stock, (ok, 2 degree advanced Cam and a 2 1/2 inch custom exhaust), this thing goes...I love it...the low end grunt and pull is amazing...I have a posi rear end with 3:53 gearing and it just mates so wonderfully with the new motor. Highway driving is absolutely a blast. With the old B23E I had to change gears so often, but with the b230ft no need to change gears, just drop the peddle and go...I am getting a tiny bit of pinging under full throttle when the revs start low, but I am also only running 89 octane, going to 91 tomorrow and hopefully that will clear that up.
Also going to install the calibrated boost gauge this week and the Manual boost controller so I can start tuning a little more power. Maybe this winter I will grab the IPD Turbo cam and see what difference it makes...
Pictures can be found here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/692769
Really looking forward to playing with the new toy!
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Phil Sinnott Restored 81-84' 245 was 630,000kms now 1000kms http://www.cardomain.com/id/volvoluvin






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