not surprised in the slightest with how many views this has in only a few days.. 600hp is for most people the goldilocks zone. Perfect mark for high power without laying down REAL money. This is going to be an amazing series and i love you for this :)
This is a fantastic video series! Can’t wait for the next part. Seeing how easy it is to get 600hp out of a redblock is making me consider taking my 400hp 350ci SBC out and giving my 240 redblock power again! Cheers from Georgia, USA!
Awesome! Looking forward to seeing how you used the o-ring tool. Also brought up a good point on the torque plate. I think I may be looking for one here as I'm getting my B23 prepared for some 96.5mm RSI pistons. Don't think I didn't see that 16V head behind you in the beginning! I'm also using a 16V head on my B23. Love the videos in your native language and I watch them all! its just so much easier to understand in English, THANK YOU! You're doing great!
Greetings from Canada! I'm going to follow your guide to build a 1994 turbo engine for my '79 242 GT someday. Thanks for putting in the effort to document the process and share your expertise!
Just yesterday got on my mind these engines and that i want to build some b230 overboosted machine someday and right after that i found ur channel. BIG BLESS! :)
You don't need E85 to make power or run big boost. Can happily run 2.5bar on pump vpower. Just need to alter a few minor things like compression ratio to suit.
New sub from Australia. Dont know if this is same engine but they raced these turbo Volvos in Australia and New Zealand touring cars in the 80s and they went pretty good. Liking the more technical aspects of your channel. Plenty of plug n play channels out there but these guys wouldnt have a clue how to use machine tools. Keep it up from retired toolmaker.
In the USA, many people called the Volvo 240 "The Swedish brick." Some people also called the 740 that. They were called that because they were square and lasted for ages. During the 1980s, the 3 toughest cars sold here were probably: 1. Benz diesel 2. Ford Crown Vic 3. Volvo brick Many Americans have doubts about turbo engines. Since cars aren't taxed on displacement, many people preferred buying larger NA engines. Also, some turbo engines weren't good. When someone is uncertain about turbo engines, I say "Volvo and Nissan figured out how to do it in the 1980s. If an NA engine can be made wrong, so can a turbo engine." The biggest key is reading your user manual and doing maintenance ahead of schedule. That in mind, there were certainly reasons to doubt turbo engines, the Mazda RX7TT and Mitsubishi Eclipse weren't very good. 9:05 This is why people should talk to their automotive machinist when having an engine rebuilt. 15:10 I do find it interesting that many engines that could take boost increase had squish chambers. I thought it was interesting that the VW 16:39 If the middle of the piston is lower than the crown, it is called a dish piston. It is when the middle is higher that it is called a dome piston. The big block Chevy engine usually had dome pistons for example. 21:40 That was probably because some variants of that engine were OHV. Eventually Volvo made a SOHC engine out of it, but needed something to fill the space the OHV cam took up. Some engines have odd quirks when there are major design updates to an existing design.
Absolutely love your videos great info and your English is very good I've been bricking sine 98 and I've finally got my 16 valve build parts almost all together and your videos are just what I needed to light a confident fire under my ass Thank you so much for your effort it is appreciated 👍
I know machinists use a plate to simulate the assembled engine when honing, but I'm not sure how much difference it would make on a cast iron 4 cylinder engine like you have there. It's certainly a possibility that things will show up when you're running the compression you talked about. Thanks for thoroughly cleaning the engine before painting. It drives me crazy when I see an engine built to precise specifications only to have the builder not clean the engine fully before laying on a coat of paint. Thanks for the English. Many lazy Americans like myself only speak one language and don't speak that language very well.
I'm not sure how effective it is either, However, the Mitsubishi 4G63T is an iron block 4-cylinder. Many evo builders have torque plates for all out engine builds.
I built a similar engine recently. I can tell you the difference in using a torque plate is pretty large. If you hone the cylinders without a torque plate, they won't be round when the head is bolted up. I took measurements of my bores with and without a head torqued in place, and the difference was quite significant, I wish I could remember the numbers, but I don't. Whether it was enough to cause a functional problem, I cannot say, because I imagine the rings can adapt fairly well to an out of round bore.
Wow nice work I have an 1989 240 DL with about 350k and it has never been apart and i purchased a camshaft for it from IPDUSA, its is suppose to be the same as the K camshaft that was standard equipment on the European built Volvo 240 engines B230F from 87-93 what can I get out of my engine without turbo charging it, this car is my daily driver and will continue to be, great video 👍
B230F always used the M camshaft (the "plant stake"), K camshafts was only found in some B23E. In the Swedish Wikipedia article "Volvo B23" you can find good data on all the camshafts used.
And would love more videos of Volvo redblocks in English please, I have old 242 gt on back burner, And bout a 1989 Volvo GLE b234f 16v wagon And would like to build the engine/ boost some day. But now engine runs no blow by/ burning oil and one cylinder has 0psi on compression and my guess would be stuck valves…?
@17:22 To cleanup bolts and small parts with rust I soak in hydrochloric acid when clean and rust free rinse with acetone and soak in Phosphoric acid until they start to turn black then rinse with acetone an let dry on a cloth or paper, for larger pieces passivate the hydrochloric acid with a water/potassium hydroxide solution and rinse with fresh water
on the subject of torque plates... You can use an old cylinder head as a torque plate if you machine some holes through it, driving 4 answers has a video on it.
im plannig to use speeduino for my redblock build. I was gonig to have something machined to fit on the distributor drive for a cam sensor pick up. If have the fuel pump drive machined for this will it put it off balance? I assume what you said at the end there was to cut the cam into a single tooth?
I still drive the 1985 245 my parents bought new and i got my license in it. 330000+ miles and counting. Head and pan have never been off of it. I need to do something like that to mine instead of doing a swap of some sort.
Thanks a lot for these videos in English. I'm a Volvo enthousiast from the Netherlands, driving and maintaining my 240 B230F myself. I'm thinking of creating a sleeper 940 together with my son. I have all the tools to pull and (dis)assemble the engine, but don't have any machining equipment. What would be a good starting point?
Hi been watching your vids to help me with my 600hp build! There awesome! Just a question how much of a gap do you put between the cylinder and the oring groove? I’m making my own tool (copying yours? So need to know how much of a gap between the cylinder and oring groove
How would the non turbo pistons run with this? Those are flat top, right? Here is why I'm asking. I want to take my spare B230F, build the bottom end how you are, and replace my current B230FT with it. I'm not going for big gains, just making it a bit more peppy. But I want to negate lag as much as possible. I wanted to do higher compression block with small/stock turbo.
Nice engine. Pistons are stock and connecting rods forged? How many boost are you planning? Pistons from the b204ft engine would do 600hp after replacing the connecting rods? greetings from Poland
trevlig video, kul att vi gör samma sak samtidigt :P en fråga hur breda är dina stakar i storänden? Mina stakar är 29,5mm och fick påbackning att det lär inte fungera till org kolvar med styrningen i kolven
Ja jag såg att du håller på med maskinen. Kul 🤩 jo det går fint med styrning i kolven, det går egentligen bra utan någon styrning alls. Men kolven funkar bra. Provat det många gånger.
So you are using forged rods, but stock pistons and bearings, am I right? And is it necessary to machine the block surface and cylinders if they are in a very good condition?
i think you need to give it more compression ratio to get more hp without break the motor ... close the ratio is better for aspirated ... turbo engines need larger ratios for more turbo psi or you risk to break it ..
correct me if im wrong but this seems like a relatively simple and stright forward engine. would this be a good candidate for a first build? volvos arent super expensive and i can feasibly buy one with a manual in decent shape already.
jag gjorde en exxtreme turbo på b20 11.7 bar ja du ser rätt elva coma sju bar övertryck rullkam 11500 varv tre tum avgas system hela vägen + vatten insprutning massor av vatten 0 - 100 på 3,2 sekunder
Hi Tommy, I have a question about the crankshaft and conrods bearings, are you using a stock ones (like Glyco) or a 'racing' ones (king or acl)? Thanks! Keep it going!
Something about you Scandinavians… you and Peter Bjorck are two of my favourite channels
Many thanks for doing these in English as well. At what power level would you add o-rings to the block?
350
@@L39Tor u can use better headgasket
Thanks my man, and what a man. I've owned 240's for 20 years and never have I seen the appreciation you have for them. Love it.
not surprised in the slightest with how many views this has in only a few days.. 600hp is for most people the goldilocks zone. Perfect mark for high power without laying down REAL money. This is going to be an amazing series and i love you for this :)
Checking in from Hong Kong, love old Volvo’s and loving this content
I’m from the US and really appreciate the videos in English!
This is a fantastic video series! Can’t wait for the next part. Seeing how easy it is to get 600hp out of a redblock is making me consider taking my 400hp 350ci SBC out and giving my 240 redblock power again! Cheers from Georgia, USA!
well do not be STUPID ! = just put a TURBO on the 350 ! i mean it is not that hard !
Dan J: very funny ah ah
Just bought my second Volvo. It’s a 1997 940 B230FK saloon M90. Please keep the series going. Liking the videos
I feel like Neo from Matrix, in that scene when he is learning martial arts. We want MORE Tony! Thanks!
Awesome! Looking forward to seeing how you used the o-ring tool. Also brought up a good point on the torque plate. I think I may be looking for one here as I'm getting my B23 prepared for some 96.5mm RSI pistons. Don't think I didn't see that 16V head behind you in the beginning! I'm also using a 16V head on my B23. Love the videos in your native language and I watch them all! its just so much easier to understand in English, THANK YOU! You're doing great!
why did you use 96,5 instead of 96mm? did you hone the block out?
Thanks for your videos specially in English. Greetings from Portugal.
Once again it was a very nice episode. It was interesting to see what you did with the pistons and your tool to make the grooves for the O rings!
Nice I need a friend like you over here stateside. I have two B20 blocks that I need to get up and running again so I can get my 145 out of the garage
loving the english content! can't wait to get stuck into my B230F with the knowledge from these videos
Thanks for the English videos! Gold for us guys in the us interested in building these motors. Excited for episode 3!
Thank you for English videos 🥰
Greetings from Canada! I'm going to follow your guide to build a 1994 turbo engine for my '79 242 GT someday. Thanks for putting in the effort to document the process and share your expertise!
Fantastisk video! Skulle vara super intressant om du gör en video kring o-ringning av block osv allt från verktyg till montering 👍
Just yesterday got on my mind these engines and that i want to build some b230 overboosted machine someday and right after that i found ur channel. BIG BLESS! :)
Thanks again for these awesome videos! Much appreciated in English, looking forward to the rest of the series
Great job. Great Info for all Redblock Heads. And all in english for all. Keep going. We are looking for. Odins children the World need...!!!
We need more of these videos in English! I've been waiting 2 weeks since last post. Keep up the good work.
i love this, just wish we had E85 around here
You don't need E85 to make power or run big boost. Can happily run 2.5bar on pump vpower. Just need to alter a few minor things like compression ratio to suit.
I just love the FACT you SPEAKISH the ENGLISHS! Dude, SUBED and will be checking out the rest of the build! RED BLOCKS ARE LIFE!
This is excellent stuff! Thanks for teaching us all this.
Wow, just starting off my build aiming for 500hp, but after watching this, I think I could safely go for higher😂👌
You’re genius man! That’s an awesome workmanship. I would be happy with 400 hp on my 92 sedan 😂 keep it up 🤙🏾
New sub from Australia. Dont know if this is same engine but they raced these turbo Volvos in Australia and New Zealand touring cars in the 80s and they went pretty good. Liking the more technical aspects of your channel. Plenty of plug n play channels out there but these guys wouldnt have a clue how to use machine tools. Keep it up from retired toolmaker.
B230 block is the most common
It's the newer version of the group a car
In the USA, many people called the Volvo 240 "The Swedish brick." Some people also called the 740 that. They were called that because they were square and lasted for ages. During the 1980s, the 3 toughest cars sold here were probably:
1. Benz diesel
2. Ford Crown Vic
3. Volvo brick
Many Americans have doubts about turbo engines. Since cars aren't taxed on displacement, many people preferred buying larger NA engines. Also, some turbo engines weren't good. When someone is uncertain about turbo engines, I say "Volvo and Nissan figured out how to do it in the 1980s. If an NA engine can be made wrong, so can a turbo engine." The biggest key is reading your user manual and doing maintenance ahead of schedule. That in mind, there were certainly reasons to doubt turbo engines, the Mazda RX7TT and Mitsubishi Eclipse weren't very good.
9:05 This is why people should talk to their automotive machinist when having an engine rebuilt.
15:10 I do find it interesting that many engines that could take boost increase had squish chambers. I thought it was interesting that the VW
16:39 If the middle of the piston is lower than the crown, it is called a dish piston. It is when the middle is higher that it is called a dome piston. The big block Chevy engine usually had dome pistons for example.
21:40 That was probably because some variants of that engine were OHV. Eventually Volvo made a SOHC engine out of it, but needed something to fill the space the OHV cam took up. Some engines have odd quirks when there are major design updates to an existing design.
how dare you. the rx7 isn't bad because it's turbo. I mean, it's not bad for any reason. Maybe apex seals, but that's just one thing lol
@@daftnord4957 The SA RX7 and a NA FC RX7 managed to hold together for a decent amount of time.
Absolutely love your videos great info and your English is very good I've been bricking sine 98 and I've finally got my 16 valve build parts almost all together and your videos are just what I needed to light a confident fire under my ass
Thank you so much for your effort it is appreciated 👍
It makes me feel so good to see n hear people who fear n obey God. Congrats n be blessed
I love that o ring tool. Thats brilliant
Also I've been watching TH-cam forever and ur the first dude I have sub to
Sir I respect anybody that drinks ATF from a Makita cup. :-) I have a 5 cyl. 850R but I love red blocks tooooo. Kind Regards....
Thank you for making videos and sharing information. Great knowledge man! Keep the videos coming
Riktigt bra videos du gör! väldigt utförligt. det uppskattas!
Great video! Thanks for doing them in English, I’d love to see more!
Takk for nok en topp kvalitet video😀👌🏻 Dette er interessant 👊🏻
Thank you for this, great content!
I know machinists use a plate to simulate the assembled engine when honing, but I'm not sure how much difference it would make on a cast iron 4 cylinder engine like you have there. It's certainly a possibility that things will show up when you're running the compression you talked about. Thanks for thoroughly cleaning the engine before painting. It drives me crazy when I see an engine built to precise specifications only to have the builder not clean the engine fully before laying on a coat of paint. Thanks for the English. Many lazy Americans like myself only speak one language and don't speak that language very well.
I'm not sure how effective it is either, However, the Mitsubishi 4G63T is an iron block 4-cylinder. Many evo builders have torque plates for all out engine builds.
The king !,?!?!?
Kisses from france.
I will try to prepare a B200 on 250 Hp, and your tips are great
Yes English please I really enjoy your videos
I built a similar engine recently. I can tell you the difference in using a torque plate is pretty large. If you hone the cylinders without a torque plate, they won't be round when the head is bolted up. I took measurements of my bores with and without a head torqued in place, and the difference was quite significant, I wish I could remember the numbers, but I don't. Whether it was enough to cause a functional problem, I cannot say, because I imagine the rings can adapt fairly well to an out of round bore.
Yes i know they distort with tq plate. If it is a problem without we will find out. I make one spare block later on
Good video. I used a groove-o-matic tool to makes o-ring grooves in my block, similar to your home made tool.
great you have done this in English, and great content.
Heja! I love this old Volvos and i drive them. Realy cool stuff you make!!!
thankyou very interesting hope you all well ;)
Lika intressant och lärorikt som vanligt tack. Och god fortsättning på julen och gott nytt år Tommy.
Can you show us the tool you use fór the o-ringing thank you 🙂
This must be the channel for me!
Super excited for the next video!
Big tip for painting outside is to water down pavement so it wont dust as much
I was painted outside in the snow:)
@@Overboostracing even beter ;)
Yes finally been waiting
Riktigt intressant, tack för delningen 🇸🇪
Innan jag ens visste hur du låter på svenska så tänkte jag på inslag av norsk dialekt i din engelska. Fortsätt med dina videos grymt material 👍
Wow nice work I have an 1989 240 DL with about 350k and it has never been apart and i purchased a camshaft for it from IPDUSA, its is suppose to be the same as the K camshaft that was standard equipment on the European built Volvo 240 engines B230F from 87-93 what can I get out of my engine without turbo charging it, this car is my daily driver and will continue to be, great video 👍
B230F always used the M camshaft (the "plant stake"), K camshafts was only found in some B23E.
In the Swedish Wikipedia article "Volvo B23" you can find good data on all the camshafts used.
Oh yes 👍 very interesting stuff and in English
And would love more videos of Volvo redblocks in English please, I have old 242 gt on back burner,
And bout a 1989 Volvo GLE b234f 16v wagon
And would like to build the engine/ boost some day. But now engine runs no blow by/ burning oil and one cylinder has 0psi on compression and my guess would be stuck valves…?
@17:22 To cleanup bolts and small parts with rust I soak in hydrochloric acid when clean and rust free rinse with acetone and soak in Phosphoric acid until they start to turn black then rinse with acetone an let dry on a cloth or paper,
for larger pieces passivate the hydrochloric acid with a water/potassium hydroxide solution and rinse with fresh water
Great info Thank you..
rocking my lazy stock B230A from 86
Lika intressant som vanligt 👍👍
Önskar er en god fortsättning på julen
/Lars 🎅🏻
on the subject of torque plates... You can use an old cylinder head as a torque plate if you machine some holes through it, driving 4 answers has a video on it.
Great video!!! I want to build a 700hp 16v redblock for my 262 dl. Can you help? Thank you!
Overboostracing where did you learn all you know about the mechanics of cars?
im plannig to use speeduino for my redblock build. I was gonig to have something machined to fit on the distributor drive for a cam sensor pick up. If have the fuel pump drive machined for this will it put it off balance? I assume what you said at the end there was to cut the cam into a single tooth?
Why not use the yoshifab cas sensor?
@@Low760 cost
removing the masking tape with the file, whoa, mind, blown, why did I never think of that before.
I still drive the 1985 245 my parents bought new and i got my license in it. 330000+ miles and counting. Head and pan have never been off of it. I need to do something like that to mine instead of doing a swap of some sort.
Thanks a lot for these videos in English. I'm a Volvo enthousiast from the Netherlands, driving and maintaining my 240 B230F myself. I'm thinking of creating a sleeper 940 together with my son. I have all the tools to pull and (dis)assemble the engine, but don't have any machining equipment. What would be a good starting point?
Nice work man.
Random question. What brand trousers do you have ? They look very utilitarian and useful with so many pockets
I have an 88 240 I'm retrofitting motorcycle carbs on 👌
Hi been watching your vids to help me with my 600hp build! There awesome! Just a question how much of a gap do you put between the cylinder and the oring groove? I’m making my own tool (copying yours? So need to know how much of a gap between the cylinder and oring groove
So cool man!!!!
Whoa. Bro! Thx for that masking tape trick with a file.. Genius! :D
How would the non turbo pistons run with this? Those are flat top, right?
Here is why I'm asking. I want to take my spare B230F, build the bottom end how you are, and replace my current B230FT with it. I'm not going for big gains, just making it a bit more peppy. But I want to negate lag as much as possible. I wanted to do higher compression block with small/stock turbo.
NeXT video?
Could I get some dimensions on the the o-rings? How far from the cylinder, how deep is the groove, how big is the wire?
Nice engine. Pistons are stock and connecting rods forged? How many boost are you planning? Pistons from the b204ft engine would do 600hp after replacing the connecting rods? greetings from Poland
Tjena Tommy. Hur mycket jobb har du. Hur lång tid framöver är du bokad oftast?
Kommer du visa växellåda bakaxel och sånt med?
trevlig video, kul att vi gör samma sak samtidigt :P en fråga hur breda är dina stakar i storänden? Mina stakar är 29,5mm och fick påbackning att det lär inte fungera till org kolvar med styrningen i kolven
Ja jag såg att du håller på med maskinen. Kul 🤩 jo det går fint med styrning i kolven, det går egentligen bra utan någon styrning alls. Men kolven funkar bra. Provat det många gånger.
@@Overboostracing med 29,5mm stakar storände?
Jag har 29,5mm ja samtidigt som dom styr i kolvarna
its like getting scripture from Redblock Jesus himself. thanks for sharing the ancient knowledge.
Hello. What is the weight of the engine with all equipement ?
Hi, why does the Auxiliary shaft has timing marks on the pulley, as it only drives an oil pump and maybe a fuel pump?
So you are using forged rods, but stock pistons and bearings, am I right?
And is it necessary to machine the block surface and cylinders if they are in a very good condition?
thanks a lot !
im going to try that file on tape ,i like that
i think you need to give it more compression ratio to get more hp without break the motor ... close the ratio is better for aspirated ... turbo engines need larger ratios for more turbo psi or you risk to break it ..
Good and seruos video..👌👌
Can I ask what you used in the drill to clean the thread holes in the block ?
correct me if im wrong but this seems like a relatively simple and stright forward engine. would this be a good candidate for a first build? volvos arent super expensive and i can feasibly buy one with a manual in decent shape already.
They are absolutely good first engines. Very easy to work on and reliable.
jag gjorde en exxtreme turbo på b20 11.7 bar ja du ser rätt elva coma sju bar övertryck rullkam 11500 varv tre tum avgas system hela vägen + vatten insprutning massor av vatten 0 - 100 på 3,2 sekunder
Hi Tommy, I have a question about the crankshaft and conrods bearings, are you using a stock ones (like Glyco) or a 'racing' ones (king or acl)? Thanks! Keep it going!
Stock ones
Godt job . . Good job
Härligt bygge. Är du från karlstad? Undrar ifall man vill ha något gjort med motorn nångång? 👍🙂
Arvika
Grymt avsnitt Tommy
Do you have fh5? Drag Raced a Supra with your same name
How much would this be for my 96' 960, and where would I take it?
16:55 This is funny to me. Subbed.