1968 Volvo project Pure Volvocity by 68EFIvert

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We have the oil and transmission coolers mounted. I will have to put some sort of protective screen on it still but is should work well.

Here is a close up picture of the upper shock mount. It has a pretty heavy duty sleeve in it for strength.

Ron Sutton brought up a concern today. He questioned the long-term durability of the aluminum lower link bars and panhard bar. Some new bars are now in the way with the help of Dave over at Ron Sutton Race Technologies. Those guys, along with the fellas at Rhom Innovations have been fantastic to work with.

7-20-2018

Not much progress on the car over the past 3 months. The chassis guys have been very busy with race season and Mom car went on the back burner.  

This week was pretty productive though. The rear sway bar is mounted. It is mounted in the same spot I originally placed it because a better spot could not be found. Since we moved to a smaller diameter bar we also used a smaller diameter mounting bar. This allowed up to tuck the bar in closer to the fuel tank.

It has 3 mounting holes that correspond with the holes on the bar. The should allow for some tuning as needed.

Nice progress was made on the headers. This was a real PITA due to space. Glad I wasn’t doing it! Jon over at Rhom Innovations has done a great job. There is hardly any clearance . We are now waiting on a couple tight bends and then it can come out for final welding.

Hon also made an X pipe that will mount right under the transmission mount and in front of the torquearm mount. We weren’t sure a X pipe would work but it did.

We hope to finish up the headers next week as well as the exhaust. The final bits to fabricate will be the radiator and a cold air intake. The cold air intake will pull air from the hood scoop.