anyone have svo experience ?
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They are pretty reliable. There are some SVO specific parts that are harder to find. But looks like that car is pretty complete. They are dogs in stock form. But there are a lot of options for building that motor. Including a Volvo head swap.
If your looking for motivation google John Huber SVO. He runs 8s with his. Has a performance shop as well. I spoke with him and his father at the MNRA race a few years ago. Very knowledgeable and just nice guys.
They are pretty reliable. There are some SVO specific parts that are harder to find. But looks like that car is pretty complete. They are dogs in stock form. But there are a lot of options for building that motor. Including a Volvo head swap.
If your looking for motivation google John Huber SVO. He runs 8s with his. Has a performance shop as well. I spoke with him and his father at the MNRA race a few years ago. Very knowledgeable and just nice guys.
Basically wondering if there are dependable stock, parts available, and anything to look for when I go look at them. I'm going Sunday to look at this one
1986 Ford Mustang SVO 99998 Miles
Not looking for a perfect car, but want to make sure if we start a project, that I'm going to be able to finish it parts wise.
Thanks pressure
1986 Ford Mustang SVO 99998 Miles
Not looking for a perfect car, but want to make sure if we start a project, that I'm going to be able to finish it parts wise.
Thanks pressure
i have had a few turbocoupe`s and a buddy had a svo they are great cars fuel efficient and with a few mods run really well
But there are some parts that are getting hard to find, tuning is absolutely key with them
you can easily get very strong power from them with the right budget parts and a little tuning work, a front mount intercooler is the very first thing i would do
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But there are some parts that are getting hard to find, tuning is absolutely key with them
you can easily get very strong power from them with the right budget parts and a little tuning work, a front mount intercooler is the very first thing i would do
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Grey one was worse than the pictures showed. The redeeming quality was the underneath looked decent, but in searching it looks like the doors, hatch, lights, trim etc, are all hard to get, even nonspecific fox parts, let alone svo stuff. No one I could find even makes new metal, so back to looking for different models. ...
My 1st car was an 86 SVO. Great cars but no one knows what they are. Everyone would ask me why I didn't get a GT...
Only tip I'd give your son is that the boost can be unpredictable - I used to 'drift' around a specific corner in my neighborhood & gradually went faster & faster, and eventually got into the boost at the wrong point.
I came inches from hitting a mailbox & learned a lesson I keep to this day.
Only tip I'd give your son is that the boost can be unpredictable - I used to 'drift' around a specific corner in my neighborhood & gradually went faster & faster, and eventually got into the boost at the wrong point.
I came inches from hitting a mailbox & learned a lesson I keep to this day.
1984s were single exhaust and down on power, 1986 was best (and last) year. With a cam swap, wastegate adjusted, good gas, and some recal to fuel/spark tables we made 265HP with the stock turbo, and was very reliable. Later turned down boost and ran it on regular. After much abuse, the clutch was first failure at 22K, a new centerforce clutch was installed and kept it till 66K with no further failures. It was white with gray leather, no sunroof.
We did find a vehicle for his first...looked at many different types and he fell in love with a wrangler we looked at. Found him a 2000 TJ Sport 4.0 Manual, no AC. Got deal on it and we are fixing it up.
We havent done much the last month or so, with his school and activities and I have been working a lot lately. We did some stainless brake lines, new fuel lines, vent,etc. ....and modified the late model frame for the saginaw box instead of the mercedes one.
Plans are to get the rolling chassis finished by this time next year, that will give us a year to do the tub, he wants to drive it to sr. prom, thats the plan anyway.haha. Im going to teach him how to weld the rusted area, just two on the tub and one mount, and then Ill probably be looking for someone to paint it and touch up any small issues....flat black will be the final color.
Link if anyone interested.
My Wrangler build! - Jeep Wrangler Forum
There is a photobucket that has some pics of my other vehicles in in there too. Myc6z06 goes to Katech for their stage 2 pkg in a couple weeks, so Ill probably post up a idle vid if anyone wants to check it out.
Thanks for the advice on the SHO.
We havent done much the last month or so, with his school and activities and I have been working a lot lately. We did some stainless brake lines, new fuel lines, vent,etc. ....and modified the late model frame for the saginaw box instead of the mercedes one.
Plans are to get the rolling chassis finished by this time next year, that will give us a year to do the tub, he wants to drive it to sr. prom, thats the plan anyway.haha. Im going to teach him how to weld the rusted area, just two on the tub and one mount, and then Ill probably be looking for someone to paint it and touch up any small issues....flat black will be the final color.
Link if anyone interested.
My Wrangler build! - Jeep Wrangler Forum
There is a photobucket that has some pics of my other vehicles in in there too. Myc6z06 goes to Katech for their stage 2 pkg in a couple weeks, so Ill probably post up a idle vid if anyone wants to check it out.
Thanks for the advice on the SHO.
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