Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
10/20/23 10:24 a.m.
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Love Scandinavian design and want a track car to match? How about this 1979 Volvo 242?

Upgrades fitted to the 242 include a dry sump, MicroSquirt EMS, T5 transmission, brakes from an S60R, SCCA-legal roll cage, a Kirkey aluminum seat and much more.

The seller also notes that although the Volvo has never been on a dyno, it’s supposedly good for …

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z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
10/20/23 12:08 p.m.

That is so awesome.

BlueInGreen - Jon
BlueInGreen - Jon UberDork
10/20/23 1:31 p.m.

That engine bay is pretty.

I like a good LS swap but this is way more cool.

DWNSHFT
DWNSHFT Dork
10/20/23 2:19 p.m.

That is as cool as a Swedish winter!

buzzboy
buzzboy UltraDork
10/20/23 3:33 p.m.

The is the best looking volvo of all time. I "almost" bought one 13 years ago. I still lust after them. And this one is ready to go!

 

This photo is just... *bites fist*

DavyZ
DavyZ New Reader
10/20/23 4:50 p.m.

HA! I did own one: a 1983 Volvo 242 with monkey sh!t brown interior.  IPD sway bars, Bilstein shocks, everything waiting for a V8 swap.  This turbo is awesome on its own--I like it as is--in fact it makes my heart ache for my old 242.  Word to the wise: If you buy the car, buy it WITH the wheels because finding wheels you actually like that fit volvos isn't the easiest thing to do.  

Funny, but there is a 544(?) next to this one--my father owned two of those creatures.  He had fun in the 1960's racing in canyon roads against American muscle cars.  They never stood a chance against the smaller, dated-looking Volvo.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
10/20/23 8:55 p.m.

Wants become needs.  I really like that car, and want it badly, but need it?  Not yet.

If I ever get my silver 242GT, it's keeping its red block.  It's also keeping an air filter and a timing cover, because I'm not a moron.

racerfink
racerfink UberDork
10/21/23 9:19 a.m.

Don't know if y'all have seen what Hot Wheels has been up to lately...

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
10/21/23 9:00 p.m.
DavyZ said:

...Funny, but there is a 544(?) next to this one--my father owned two of those creatures.  He had fun in the 1960's racing in canyon roads against American muscle cars.  They never stood a chance against the smaller, dated-looking Volvo.

When I first started trackday events in the mid-1980s, there was a primer-gray one that used to show up at Riverside Raceway in SoCal. It was way faster than expected.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/21/23 10:03 p.m.

Need to add a couple of inches of rear rake to it.

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