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VOLVO ROAD-TRIP! (Patreon)

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2023-02-26 20:00:18
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2026-06
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Just got back yesterday from a road-trip in the Volvo! Went to Florida to go drag racing and race my friends Turbo Civic! The car thankfully made it there and back without breaking, but the racing went terrible. Something is definitely wrong with this transmission, it was impossible to shift properly and I never really got a pass that I was happy about. 11.65 @ 126mph was the best speed it ran, which is slower than its previous best pass with the old engine setup 🙃 very disappointing.

I’ll hopefully have the video for guys tomorrow!

In the meantime, what would you like to see done with the Volvo? Sell it and move on? Get a better manual transmission and try to run 10’s? Or get an auto and easily run 10’s, maybe 9’s?

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Ashley Curtis

Keep the volvo ! It's the best car !

Jay McSpin

What about sequential gearbox? 🤔

Gingium

Not very street-able…

Rudy Hernandez

Do not sell it!! New trans and 10’s

Sonofnothing

I think it's awesome, and I would keep her.. But if straight line speed is your goal, then by all means you should throw an automatic trans in there.. Or go big with a sequential. Either eat, that manual trans is definitely a hindrance. Car is too wild to get rid of just yet.. Have some more fun with her.

Jay McSpin

Didn't think about that

Jory Augustin

Hmmm, a different drag setup would be dope, I would love to see some vids on Molly, haven't seen anything from her in a MINUTE

Louis Reichling

Definitely get an auto. With such powerful drag cars, automatic transmissions are preferred 👍

DaDamn

Well I would like to see another transmission in this thing. It has so much unused potential. I think a automatic one would be best if its the easiest way. Why do it always the hard way? And what was always bugging me was the extremly rusty backside. I think it would be sleeper enough without the rust 😅

Matt Cayton

Keep the car don’t sell. My best last year was 12.3 and 123 and my clutch was slipping at the top of every gear. Manual transmission cars are pretty difficult to get right and consistent. If you are going to the track consistently your times will get better. I’d go through the transmission and double check your bell housing runout to make sure it’s within specs. Especially if your truck motor only has one dowel pin (mine only had one) your bellhousing can be off enough to cause hard shifts or missed gears (also a problem I had last year). Don’t give up on er!!

Jay McSpin

For sure I would keep it and try again. Maybe if you put an auto in it it'll look more sleeper? Who knows

Gingium

Fairly certain it’s something internal on the trans. Been through two different motors, two different shifters, two different clutches, and two masters and the shifts have always felt the same: terrible

Glenn9K

Don't sell it! And never auto trans. Remind we though, what gearbox is in it now?

Ding Dong Drift

Keep it and just go auto honestly. It's way cheaper than doing a crazy built dog gear manual, which is honestly the only way to go for drag racing, which in turn makes it very hard to drive on the street

Matt Cayton

You Could always go to a cd009 or a TR6060 if you want something that feels better. My t56 shits awesome but it is built so pretty much everything is different. Power glide or a th400 is what I’d do in something you want to go crazy in but if you want something streetable with some occasional track days 4l80 all the way. Could make well over 1kwhp with some very simple changes.

Gingium

Pretty sure it’s a tr6060 now. I think the cheapest easiest option is to get it rebuilt & upgraded. 4l80 is tempting, but so much less cool IMO

Gingium

Getting a mildly built manual trans would be way cheaper and easier I think. The auto would have to be upgraded anyway, plus new driveshaft, probably new exhaust to clear it, new ecu to control it, and a whole retune

Matt Cayton

100% agree waaaay cooler rowing gears and spreading tears. I forgot yours was a tr6060 those transmissions are supposed to be really nice buttery shifts.

Edward Gledhill

Keep the car, and put an auto in it. You literally have other cars as fun manuals which you can drive. It's a barge (still lighter than a 350z though) with a big V8, it's meant for quick straight line speed. Also an auto would be something new no? That might be interesting to watch you figuring it out.

Gingium

Exactly why I think something has to be wrong with the trans.

Matt Cayton

Could be your clutch too. I thought you got a pretty aggressive clutch.

George

Not gonna tell you to sell it but I didn't tell you to sell the RX7 or Battlevan either. Sometimes you get sick of something and rather than continuing to deal with it the better choice you could've made is to just sell it and move on to the next big project. Again I'm not recommending you sell it nor am I telling you to not sell it, something like this should be your decision and no matter what me and everyone else will keep watching.

Gingium

Yeah but my last clutch was chill and it still had those issues

Devin Johnson

It would be sick if you went auto and went for 9s

Greg Rhyne

What shifter are you using?

Nicholas Frazier

Don't sell. Take it to a drag and drive event

Jamie

Are you sick of it? It seems a shame to sell after so much work, and it otherwise seems fun and reliable. Auto and 9s would be cool.

Jaiden Vierstra

I love the Volvo, you should put an auto in it and run 9s of you're into it. But if you're sick of the car you should move on from it

Ding Dong Drift

Manually shifted auto, no ecu needed, no changes to tune

Avision YT

auto would be so good to see

Jury Rig Garage

You might run into more headache with an auto unless you go with something simple like a powerglide or th400