How funny. Yea that was a project that I did with my youngest son Nathan. Long story short is that the boys would fight over who would get to drive my original 82 volvo. I never understood why because its not a particularly sexy car in any way. They wanted to put a V8 into the one I owned. Since it had close to 300k miles the engine was getting a little tired. However Aaron wanted to keep it stock. So we went craigs list hunting and found a 4 door - same year - 82 with a blown engine. The car was in great shape. The deal also included an 86 wagon that the seller was going to transplant the engine from. We got both cars - $800. We had already acquired a corvette drive train - LS1 with a 6 speed T56 manual trans. SO off we go stuffing the power plant into the Volvo. It came out really nice. Its a real kick in the ass to drive. I never got any respect all those decades I was driving the Volvo. Its different now. Its a true sleeper. No indication of anything out of the ordinary except for the growl and the dual exhaust. Its fun to play with the guys who think their car are fast. When they cant out run an old volvo they begin to scratch their head. The thing is scary fast. The differentials are not lasting very long. We need bigger. The boys are always relating stories of how they surprise the macho types.
Have a look.
ACC Volvo 4.wmv - YouTube
It was one of those "never forget" projects with dad thing. I'm really glad we did it.
How is your fleet? I see it has been expanding as well.