After letting it sit for nearly 5 years, I'm jumping back into my favorite project car. In this video, I'll give you a brief history of my 1968 Volvo 142, and start the process of swapping the engine.
I absolutely love the relaxed style that you use in your content. In a world where all youtubers just shout at a camera it is a really nice change of pace. Production quality is fantastic and you just can't beat a bit of jazz in the background. Really glad your videos got recommended to me. Keep it up 👍
I've been following you on Instagram for years waiting to see the 140 again. I didn't even know you had a RU-vid channel till this video was recommended to me. The Internet works in mysterious ways 😂.
Thanks! A rational person probably would have cut their losses with this car along time ago, but that’s not me. The sunk cost fallacy is strong with this project.
Loving the build, love old Volvo’s. I recently installed a MaxxECU in an old Jaguar with fantastic results, I’m a builder not a tuner so I had help setting up the base file and tuning it via TeamViewer, me in HK my tuner in UK but I’m pretty sure you can find someone Stateside to tune it for you oh and definitely go with a DBW throttle body it’s a game changer.
@@tfrasca142 yes exactly and even better you can setup several throttle maps as well, you can go 1:1 ratio, less aggressive, more aggressive, utilize a SPORT button, traction control, launch control basically bringing your old engine into the 21st century it’s just awesome.
16vt swap buddies. Mine has also taken 4~ years. But I've only done a stock b230fb with h beams and fly cut pistons, rebuilt and upgraded head, gt3583r, 4l60e I've rebuilt, kl racing intake with mustang 75mm throttle (so i have a nice iac and position sensor too). I've done a video of my gearbox adaptor on my RU-vid.
Yeah, I'm really fortunate in that regard. I lived in California when I bought this car, and that's the only reason I didn't get a 240. Pre-1976 vehicles there are exempt from emissions testing and therefore engine swap regulations. Now that I live in rural Oregon, the sky's the limit. Pretty crazy, actually.
Im running MaxxEcu on my B230. The Mini will Work but is Basic and without wideband. Do yourself a Favor spend the Money and get the Sport. Bluetooth and MDash is a Huge plus and you can Upgrade to electronic Throttle body, wideband Controller included too
After feedback from others and doing some more research, I think this is what I’ll do. I really thought the Mini could do DBW for some reason. Thanks for the input.
@@tfrasca142 I'd wager to say very few. I'm in Canada, which means even less. I just did a 2600 km road trip in mine, videos on the channel. It was really cool, and the boost helped as I went up and over the rockies. As an aside, your videography is on point. Style 🥰
Elite1500 would be my pick. Superior to the maxxecu, capable of DBW, 4D tuning and short and long term knock control as well as a bunch of other stuff. The premium harness is super easy to wire.
This is good info. Now that I know the Maxx Mini can’t do DBW, I’m looking at the sport. And at that price, it’s in the same ballpark as the Elite1500…
@@tfrasca142 Again the Maxx Sport has no knock sensor support. It would be wise to utilise something with knock sensors imo.
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Nice work! Been following along on Turbobricks and IG for a few years :) I'm currently about to wrap up a big rebuild on my Amazon wagon's B20 with a Maxxecu Sport so that I can run E-throttle. Have you considered going up to the Race so that you can add a couple knock sensors to make tuning less scary?
Oh hi 👋. I was under the impression that the Mini could also do e-throttle. Do you need to go all the way up to the Sport for that? And knock sensors would be nice, but I don’t think the Race is in the budget for this car. The channel would have to REALLY take off to justify that expense. A knock sensor connected to a warning LED might not be a bad idea though…
