Projects thread

[STKR]

Please share any projects you're working on.

I bought a turbo to test fit on my project car. Sadly, it didn't suit my needs. I was planning to sell it but instead I bought a pod filter and turned it into a desk lamp.



The light I purchased came with a remote and has multiple colour options. Looks sweet on my work desk at night.

 

[Silver Soul]

Expensive lamp

 

[STKR]

Expencive lamp

Haha that's exactly what I think when I look at it.

 

[Shlomo Goldberg]

Does it go ziiiiiiiiiiiing psssssssssshhht when it changes colours?

 

[STKR]

Does it go ziiiiiiiiiiiing psssssssssshhht when it changes colours?

Haha not quite. But I was thinking I could get a small motor to turn the exhaust turbine so the compressor wheel spins slowly for more visual effect.

 

[STKR]

I have a project car I've been building for longer than I care to admit. I go through waves of being heavily invested to losing interest and it just sits there for months and months at a time. Anyway, I'm back into a phase of heavily invested and I'm redoing all the wiring, installing some nice aftermarket parts along with a new Haltech ECU.

My latest issue: I was getting some battery drain. Because it's just a project car, I never really cared because I barely drive it and disconnect the battery when I parked it up. But because I'll be doing so much work soon, I thought I'd get the multimeter out and start investigating. Well, I isolated the problem to fuse 14. Looked up what fuse 14 did and...

Fuse 14:

Courtesy light, luggage compartment light, glovebox light, ignition switch lighting, central locking system, cigar lighter and clock

Well fck. It happens to be the fuse with the most associated accessories. After an hour of investigation, it turned out my boot light was staying on for some reason

Here's the beast. I bet nobody can guess what it is

 

[ozcopper]

Some sort of Alpha?

 

[STKR]

Some sort of Alpha?

Nope, but you're close. Like the Alpha from this time period, this also has a rear mounted transmission (transaxle).

 

[Serial]

lol i was going to say saab but couldnt locate it online, the lines give it away as european, but volvo right?
i think i found a similar model

 

[dollars]

Lancia ??? Just a guess

 

[Shlomo Goldberg]

Does it come with a straw hat & crochet tissue box holder to be displayed on the rear parcel shelf?

 

[STKR]

lol i was going to say saab but couldnt locate it online, the lines give it away as european, but volvo right?
i think i found a similar model

It is a Volvo. Do you have an idea of model?

 

[STKR]

Does it come with a straw hat & crochet tissue box holder to be displayed on the rear parcel shelf?

It comes with 20psi of booooost-tu-tu-tu

 

[Serial]

Volvo 240 turbo

 

[STKR]

Volvo 240 turbo

Nope. The 240 is it's larger cousin that comes in a sendan or wagon. This little cracker is quite rare compared to the popular 240. I'm happy to tell you if you like? But you're so damn close it would be a shame to take it from you

 

[ozcopper]

Volvo 345?

 

[STKR]

Volvo 345?

Pretty much, yes. It's called the Volvo 360 but the 340 (343 and 345) was it's predecessor in Europe. Australia only received the 360GLT models, and they were available in Australia from 1984 to 1989. There are sedan versions and 3 door versions, but we only got the 5 door hatchbacks. Very few 360's are left on the roads these days.

 

[Serial]

I love these old school front rear light cars, can be so much fun to drive if you don't mind sinking $$ into them without hope of return

 

[Silver Soul]

I hope you don't leave that red pocket rocket in a public car park do you? In my neck of the woods that thing would be stripped down for parts faster than a blink of an eye and the only evidence of its existence would be an oil stain it left.

 

[Serial]

It's a volvo, they probably won't touch it