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    Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon

    Race On! Burnt Amazon, Needlessly Complex Milano Back On The Track

    Tunachuckers Amazon Burns, BumperCam Catches The Action

    Twisting The Knife In The Guts Of Classic Volvo Lovers: Two Amazons Prepare For Valhalla

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    Some More Salt In The Wounds For You Amazon Lovers!

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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    When I bought my Jaguar XJS ($900!) last summer, the seller (Larry) had in his garage the greatest greatest ghett0-engineered Volvo 544 ever. He had spray-bombed it, and sawz-all'd the top off. I didn't look, but knowing the rest of the car I'm pretty confident the idea of chassis-bracing never really occurred to him. Now comes the crescendo, the piece de resistance, a moment I was wholly unprepared for. Under the hood lurked the single greatest B18 there could ever be. No, it didn't put out 500 horsepower, it didn't need to. A single carburetor fed a Garret turbo (don't ask me what kind, I was too in awe to ask). Said turbo was then hooked up to a jerry-rigged intake manifold with welds like candle drips. Old radiator tubing tied the whole operation together both for the engine and my heart.

    I bought that Jag out of respect for him more than anything else, really. #volvo
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    This just seems so right. #volvo
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    Image of ChazzyD ChazzyD
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    What's up with the over-correcting nut behind the steering wheel? No thanks, I don't want to go for a ride. Sweet car though. #volvo
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    Image of dculberson dculberson
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    The driver seems a little ... jerky. Maybe he should work on his stretches and shoulder rolls. The car going left-right-left-right on the forest road seemed to be due to driver input and not from rear traction troubles. #volvo
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    Image of Buickboy92 Buickboy92
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    I officially love Volvo Amazons now :) #volvo
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    @Buickboy92: Was there ever any doubt. They are awesome cars. #volvo
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    Image of Buickboy92 Buickboy92
    11/05/09

    @mechimike: Indeed they are, good sir! #volvo
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Amazons are slow? Huh. Someone forgot to tell us that...

    Swapping the engine is also pretty easy:

    [jalopnik.com]

    Even fire can't kill them!

    [jalopnik.com] #volvo
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/05/09

    @mechimike: So true! #volvo
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Marvelous. I love the looks of these things; maintaining the looks and making it haul ass is better still. #volvo
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    Image of sdvictor sdvictor
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Do swedes have nothing else to do with there spare time; except restore these old cars and make them totally lustworthy? #volvo
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    the good dr zero promoted this comment Edited by sdvictor at 11/05/09 2:30 PM sdvictor was starred sdvictor was unstarred
    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    11/05/09

    @sdvictor: I once spent a weekend in Linkoeping, and in answer to your question - no, they don't. #volvo
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon

    I approve. It's a B20... I mean; 120HP is basically 500, right? At some point you're just being greedy. #volvo
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    @AustinMiniMan: Was that SAE net or gross?

    500 is a bit over the top, but with some very simple mods even the lowly B18 plant can churn out triple-digit power and sub-10 second 0-60 times. A B20 swap is as simple as changing your shirt, and yields a bit more power and gobs (relatively speaking) more low end, usable torques. #volvo
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    Image of Volvonaut Volvonaut
    11/05/09

    @AustinMiniMan: I saw the manifold... this really is a B20, right? #volvo
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/05/09

    @Volvonaut: Appears to be. Didn't see a good enough photo of it to tell. Mine was a B18, bored out to a B20 with a weber and a cam. It's not super quick, but it's fun. #volvo
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    Image of Volvonaut Volvonaut
    11/05/09

    @AustinMiniMan: Yeah, but I am unfamiliar with the diminutive 4 gunner putting out a sound like this, much less 500 hp. Is that possible? #volvo
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/06/09

    @Volvonaut: It doesn't have enough ticking coming from the valves to be a B** in my opinion. Volvo's make a lot of noise from the valves; it's pretty distinctive. But I suppose with any amount of exhaust and forced aspiration you can make anything sound like anything. #volvo
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Another salvo in the neverending Volvo-Saab war. And you guys thought that the Ford/Chevy rivalry ran deep. #volvo
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    Image of OA 5599 OA 5599
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    @Plasma X: Sweedish sleeper sloppy seconds spar summons sent. #volvo
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    Image of Plasma X Plasma X
    11/05/09

    @OA 5599: Remember remember the Fifth of November...

    Volvo's vast vroomage vindicates venerable volvo veterans. Veteran volvo vanquishes vainglorius "V8" volvo.

    Volvo: Victorious Vehicular Valedictorian? Verily!

    Volvo: Voluptuous Valentine? Veritably!

    Vanilla volvo? Vamoose villain! Vanish valet! Volvo vanguard vigorously vaporizes villainous varmints. Vive Volvo!
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    Edited by Plasma X at 11/05/09 2:41 PM Plasma X was starred Plasma X was unstarred
    Image of OA 5599 OA 5599
    11/05/09

    @Plasma X: Very valiant verbiage, venerated versed visitor.

    Variably virile veiled vintage video Volvo vehicle violently vrooms; vigorously vanishes. Viewed villians vie vociferously. Vacated, villians vitiated, voided.

    Vehicular Viagra! #volvo
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon

    Here's a 600hp wagon counterpart for those who seek extra practicality. #volvo
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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    11/05/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I seek it! #volvo
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    Image of MikeHerbst MikeHerbst
    11/05/09

    @Pessimippopotamus:

    I just came a little... #volvo
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    Pessimippopotamus promoted this comment MikeHerbst was starred MikeHerbst was unstarred
    Image of alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons
    11/05/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Oh, maybe this is my new dream car . . . gorgeous. #volvo
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    Image of Bret Bret
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    This is like an amyl nitrate filled beach ball in a skyscraper stairwell. #volvo
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    Image of flyingstitch flyingstitch
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    But is it safe? #volvo
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    mechimike promoted this comment flyingstitch was starred flyingstitch was unstarred
    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    @flyingstitch: I crashed a '66 Amazon into a thicket of large trees at about 40 mph. The car, regrettably, was totalled, but I walked away with minor cuts and bruises. #volvo
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    Image of flyingstitch flyingstitch
    11/05/09

    @mechimike: So you crashed your Amazon IN the Amazon? #volvo
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    @flyingstitch: No, just South Carolina. Although to be fair, where I live in SC is considered North American Rainforest.

    I still have that poor, wrinkled up Volvo. I keep it in my yard for parts, and to remind me to be more mindful of deer darting across the road. #volvo
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    Image of Jeremy Wilson Jeremy Wilson
    09/13/09

    In reply to Race On! Burnt Amazon, Needlessly Complex Milano Back On The Track
    I have a question - do all these spare parts fall under the $500 rule? I mean, having whole spare engines seems more like traditional racing to me (ie. big budget), which doesn't really fall under the heading of LeMons, in my opinion.
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    acarr260 promoted this comment Jeremy Wilson was starred Jeremy Wilson was unstarred
    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/14/09

    @Jeremy Wilson: Not when you buy parts cars for scrap value (or less; I bought a scrap volvo amazon for 1 cent once, on eBay). We're not talking new, fresh, replacements. We're talking "barely better than the crap we just took out" spares.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/14/09

    @Jeremy Wilson: ...until you realize it's 5 guys of mediocre skill trying to do major overhauls while rolling in the dirt with 2/3rds of the proper tools.

    When it gets that major, you're really out of the competitive running anyway. It's mostly for glory/bragging rights/masochism.
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