Racebrick
Racebrick HalfDork
10/21/23 4:27 p.m.
SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/21/23 5:01 p.m.

That's cool

ViperT4
ViperT4 Reader
10/21/23 7:52 p.m.

Interesting. Not very far from me. Been thinking about a similar build "some day," but not as wild. Will have to see what bidding is like towards the end...

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non SuperDork
10/21/23 7:58 p.m.

I......did......NOT......need to see this. 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/21/23 9:05 p.m.

If it was a wagon, I'd be on it like flys on E36 M3. It's a 4 door...so I'm still interested AF.

DrBoost
DrBoost MegaDork
10/23/23 9:42 a.m.

That's awesome. I would remove all the +5hp stickers and put a Baby on Board sticker to increase the sleeper factor.  
I'm curious to see what it goes for. Seems BAT is always 30% inflated when the gavel falls. 

myusdmcavalier
myusdmcavalier New Reader
10/24/23 8:35 a.m.

Very interesting brick, couldn't imagine how fast it'd be.

84FSP
84FSP UberDork
10/24/23 10:09 a.m.

Bummer they didn't take the time to do heat  - much harder after the fact than to do it in the conversion.  Otherwise hot and appreciate the stock look.

Hoondavan
Hoondavan Dork
10/24/23 4:50 p.m.

Why so much power?

I don't look at BaT very often, but I'm surprised they listed the car...being that it's not perfect.  At no-reserve it could wind up being a smokin' deal for someone willing to button up a few things. 

 

Racebrick
Racebrick HalfDork
10/24/23 7:47 p.m.
84FSP said:

Bummer they didn't take the time to do heat  - much harder after the fact than to do it in the conversion.  Otherwise hot and appreciate the stock look.

It could be as simple as running some heater hose to the core from the water pump. I have swapped LS engines into multiple 240s and have done them with or without heat.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/27/23 8:28 a.m.

"Rear end has a little play" and an oil leak noted. This is giving me vibes of a car that was ridden hard and put away wet and then had a bit of detailing done for the sale.  Could be a good deal but I would expect replacing or re freshing many parts.  

maschinenbau
maschinenbau GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/27/23 9:05 a.m.

All 8.8's have that little bit of play. Totally normal. 

I mean, it's a Sloppy Mechanics-style turbo LS Volvo. The whole point is to abuse it and it will keep on asking for more. 

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/28/23 2:21 p.m.

Sold for $13K

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