I can't read any of this....

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:48 pm

...but i wish i could! And by the post date of the last update, it's a project in progress. Look really cool i think! One for all you technical people i think though...

http://www.zatzy.com/projekt/221516-b18 ... -proj.html

esta · Post by **esta** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:05 pm

He picked an interesting colour!

Looks like a lot of time and effort went into it tho...

And what is it about 480 project people always living in fantastic surroundings

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:17 am

I bloody must have that car!!

I'd have that over a cabrio.

That will be so wicked!!!

ARGH I WANT IT!!!

Van · Post by **Van** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:43 pm

4x480

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:17 am

yeah, interesting colour, but i like it. Whats with the circle holes on the front bumper?

Thot i'd post some pics for the people who can't be bothered flicking through the pages ...

Notice the ECU strapped to the centre console.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:04 pm

The one i was looking at was undergoing a RWD conversion?!

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:41 pm

I thought it was RWD too...

It does look the poodles privates imo-i wouldn't want it like that if it was a daily driver, but as a track car it looks so nice. It was quite clean when it started out in standard guise!

With regards to the holes, perhaps they were to feed cold in when the intercooler was there-i'd guess the bumper beam would have been ripped out to save weight? So holes put there as a direct feed maybe

I hope he keeps posting picture updates, i'd like to see how it pans out....and as i won't be learning any new languages in the near future...

480_rocket · Post by **480_rocket** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:23 pm

I'm guessing its a 9xx series rear diff/suspension? I think those pictures answers the "how difficult is it to make a rwd 480?" question.

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:48 pm

Nice find!

Stuff should be on this forum IMHO

It is a BMW E30 rear axle from what I can read (and my Swedish isn't best either)

Van · Post by **Van** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:20 pm

I think these are actually two cars because after the foto's of the finished blue car with standard drive come pics of the other an ongoing project with rear wheel drive conversion and a Volvo 16 valve DOHC engine with turbo compressor.
The differential is from a BMW 525TDS for as much as I can understand.

The finished blue car does not have the big center console seen in the ongoing project images.

Or the finished blue car is now converted to rear wheel drive which I cannot really believe cause it looked so clean and the to be converted car is rather dirty. Plus it would be a waste to destroy most of the beautiful finish of that car.

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:33 pm

esta wrote:He picked an interesting colour!

Women...

gltease · Post by **gltease** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:32 am

Brasco wrote:
esta wrote:He picked an interesting colour!
Women...

LOL Oh well I guess the ladies are here to keep us balanced.
ESTA are you the first lady of Volvo 480 land ?

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:09 pm

Cor, don't let Joolz, SallySal, Rachel, Katie Felicity and....(i'm sure there are more!) hear you say that...you've made your bed!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:57 pm

Haha!! Don't forget Sophie!

Also Eve from Lincoln meet Mk1 has just bought another! (mallory_roxx)

esta · Post by **esta** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:58 pm

gltease wrote:
Brasco wrote:
esta wrote:He picked an interesting colour!
Women...
LOL Oh well I guess the ladies are here to keep us balanced.
ESTA are you the first lady of Volvo 480 land ?

What do you mean by "am i the first lady of Volvo land"?

sorry, being amazingly dense today

O...and as far as the colour goes its not just cos i am a woman! Its my carrer in auto design-honestly!!!

esta · Post by **esta** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:01 pm

O i see as in woman who own a 480

Jeez wake up Esta you've had since 5am!!!!

There are a few...sophie, chelle (the one with the clusters!

) maisy (?) think i spelt it right...there are a couple (heads gone blank...), just they dont jabber rubbish like me on a daily basis!

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:21 pm

Don't forget my Sam and her TT

C

esta · Post by **esta** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:22 pm

Yes lots of other gals!! I am terrible with names so when i didnt mention someones names please dont take offence!!

B18_A · Post by **B18_A** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:01 am

Hallo!
My name is Fredrik Edvardsson and i am the bulider and owner of this blue 480 with rwd. I do not write so where good in english but i should try : )

The car is a -88 turbo and i start to build on it in 2005. The first version of it was fwd. My goal was to tune the standard eninge, but i was afraid that it would broke all the time with standard parts (gearbox as a exempel). ItÃ‚Â´s also hard to get the horsepowers down in the ground with fwd. I have always think that the volvo 480 should have been build as rwd as standard. So i began to build it in 2007. And now the car is "finish". And i have real fun with it as rwd.

The holes in the bumper is to cool down the intercooler.
And it is not two diffrent cars : )

If you have any question i would try to answer them in my bad english = )
You can also try to use google translate to understand swedish. I often use it!!! ItÃ‚Â´s great.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:24 am

Don't forget Mrs LaserOwl

Volvo 480 Club Europe

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I can't read any of this....

Volvo 480 RWD