My own rally car which I have used for one rally ,Tulip Rally 2016
Excellent car for these type of rallies and also for Endurance rallies
The road holding of this car is excellent.
Engine
B 18 Sport engine ,ca 115 bhp , 2 SU and extractor exhaust.
Aluminum timing gear ,new
New built head 42/36 mm valve
K cam new
New bearings
Sachs clutch
Operated oil pump
New radiator
New brakes calipers,discs all round .
Gearbox
M 40 with a 4,1 non LSD rear axle
Suspension
Full rally suspension. Bilstein
Bushings ,springs and Special Bilstein all new.
All bushings steering arm etc new.
142 GT instruments,overhauled.
2 Momo red racing seats .
1974 Volvo 142 built for Endurance rallies ,it is not a road car with a rally suspension
Will do any type of rallies ,the rougher the better .
It is a copy of the 142 which I built for Tony Fall in 94.
5th overall on the London Mexico rally .
Today rallied by José de Sousa and his wife with close to 160 000 km in rallying
Body
Rust free body . The car was not built by me,I purchased this car after it had done 1 winter of ice driving. I have thereafter modified the car to my standard
Sold of engine/gearbox / rear-axle.
Strengthened as required for these types of rallies
Full roll cage , not FIA
80 liters aluminium petrol tank ,new
2 petrol pumps ,new
4 filters
Lines inside
New radiator
El.fan
Suspension
Full rally suspension ,new
Strengthened x member, wishbones
All new brake system . 300 km . Calipers and discs
Everything in steering new ,300 km
Steel 6x15 wheels ,6 in total
Engine
B 20 full rally engine ,2000 cc with Mahle pistons
Special endurance camshaft
Steel camshaft gear .
Completely overhauled
140 +. bhp on 2 x45 Webers
4/2/1 header.
Bosch Distributor ,overhauled.
Gearbox
All new M 46 gearbox with the strengthened overdrive section
New Sachs 240 Turbo clutch
Rear axle
New 4,1 : 1. R&P with an LSD .
I built this Amazon for my own use for the Peking to Paris rally in 2019.
The build is based on my own East African Safari Rally Amazon and the work cars in the period .
Joginder Singh advice on building rally cars is in this car.
This is the 26th Volvo rally car I have built.
All this experience has been built into this car.
It was built to win the P2P rally
Everything on this car is new .
I do not know how to improve this car for a Endurance rally
Body
Rust free or as rust free as a 50 years car can be
Strengthened all over, all suspension pick up points
Chassis legs , rear chassis legs
Full roll cage
Jack points built into the sills
Suspension
Full Safari Rally suspension. + 1" taller than the normal rally suspension and softer
Brakes
4 disc brakes all new
No servo
Length of brake pedal extended by 5 cm ,to increase line pressure
All bushing are new
All steering details are new
6 steel 6X15 wheels
Engine
All new special engine for Endurance rallies , longer stroke
42/37 valves
2x 45 webers
8 bolt crankshaft.
B 230 rods.
JE special Pistons ,ceramic coated tops
Special Endurance camshaft.
Remote oil filter and oil cooler
Bosch distributor modified for rallying ,ventilated.
140 bhp with good torque . A lot more to get out of this engine if needed
Gearbox
Ford T 9 gearbox ,overhauled ,modified. Ventilated
Sachs Volvo 240 Turbo clutch
Rear axle
Volvo 240 Turbo rear axle with a competition LSD 4,56 :1
Fuel system
80 l safety tank ,not new
2 electrical fuel pumps Each pump has its own fuse/relay /switch
4 filters
Cooling
Volvo radiator
Volvo electrical fan
Special modified thermostat and cooling system