New Shop is being built. As soon as it's completed, work on SMöR öL will resume...

My windshield washer is not squirting (on the windshield). I hear the pump working, and when it's on the fluid leaks down by the tire, so it's obviously the hose near the pump. How does one access this section of hose? It seems deep down in the bowels of the fender region, with no obvious visible ...

Contemplating sale. All docs. All receipts. All parts. Stage 4 tune from Hilton already paid in full. Clean title. Owned outright. Minor completion work for anyone that knows there way around P1 platform. approx. 44K on Odometer, and approx. 12k on motor. Thoughts? Really hate to see it go, and am ...

Well, threw in the towel and called in reinforcements! I arrange with one of the local dealers to drop the car off yesterday morning for 1 hour of diagnostics.

Naturally the car ran perfectly all the way there and they could not find any issues as like me they found no codes. By the end of the ...

Won't be back to work on the Volvo, but here is a couple vids of the drag car settling in this year.

This is the dyno vid. 2800whp (north of that now)

https://vimeo.com/949682335?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

Here's the latest run and time slip

https://vimeo.com/1130710865?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

IMG ...

Modern plugs have a special coating on the threads and do not require anti seize. Using anti seize can cause over torque values when tightening them up.

Ive ran NGK forever. Pick a high quality plug manufacturer and inspect the plugs for any visible damage as well as double checking the gap and ...

Due to the political landscape, my wife and I decided that it would be better for me to not re-enter the US this year. So the build will have to be paused for at least another season.

Aplolgies

UPDATE

Last week I took the car back and they said they would look at it. Apparently the PCV part they put on was defective and wasn't pulling vacuum like it was supposed to. So they replaced it. Now things are back to how they were before. Still puffing blue smoke on cold starts in the morning ...

have them look at the turbo check valve (PCV ball valve new version, diaphragm old version) bare minimum clean it up to make sure that it isn't getting stuck in one position or the other. It sits right in the neck of the turbo inlet.

Updated TCV layout for use of dual port waste gate, Downpipe to EFR7163 mating, permanent install of modified water tree and cerakoted log manifold, cerakoted exhaust, intake plenum, radium fuel filter location and added more info.