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Volvo Goes Hot Rodding

Volvo Hot Rod "Jakob"
Posted February 29 2008 02:56 PM by ekimball 
Filed under: Miscellaneous, General Custom Rod Talk

Volvo Create's a Hot Rod out of it's most Iconic Car.


What do you guys think of the Volvo Hot Rod here are some of the Specs:

* Chassis: Carbon-fibre chassis. Steel subframe to carry the engine
* Front suspension: Live front axle with built-in steering gear. Concealed control arms, spring struts featuring coil-over gas dampers.
* Rear springs: Wishbone. Internally fitted, concealed control arms and spring struts with coil-over gas dampers.
* Body: Hand-beaten aluminium body.
* Colour: Similar to Volvo Jakob Blue. The exact name and colour code of the original have been lost over the years
* Interior: Hand-sewn light brown smooth and perforated hide. Foam padding. Classic vertical piping in the backrest
* Engine: Volvo T5, five-cylinder petrol engine with light-pressure turbocharger, installed longitudinally. Flexifuel conversion so it can run on both petrol and ethanol. Power output: 265 horsepower. Torque: 370 Nm. Max output: 185 kW.
* Gearbox: 5-speed manual M90 gearbox (Volvo 960).
* Brakes: Specially manufactured brake discs fitted to the wheel rims. Diameter: 450 mm front, 515 mm rear. Twin four-pot callipers per disc.
* Front wheels: 10x22" AEZ Forge rims.
* Rear wheels: 8x19" AEZ Forge rims.
* Front tyres: Pirelli Scorpion special 225/55/19.
* Rear tyres: Pirelli Scorpion special 295/40/22.
* Exhaust system: Concealed installation of 3" stainless full-flow exhaust system with racing catalytic converter

Pretty Impressive if you ask me.

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