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23/09/2011 8:57 pm
Auto Art Volvo 240 T Group A.
Excellent model of a car I've been facinated with.
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I think Auto Art errored on the rear suspension. The track bar(Panhard bar) used to laterally located the live axle suspended by coils is mistakenly mounted only to the chassis and not even remotely attached to the axle. Bar is pointed to by the arrow:
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A Volvo parts book illustration verifies it's location:
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The Holden Commodore that competed in Europe against the Volvo has a similar rear suspention.. The Biante model of it has located it correctly:
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In spite of this small error, it's a welcome addition to my touring car collection:
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Here's an excellent site with info on the
Group A Volvo
Interesting info on the Nordic stripes.
24/09/2011 1:38 am
Yeah, it appears that slipped by AA. What are to two intake tubes in the trunk area?
At first I thought they might be brake ducts but where they lead doesn't seem to make sense. I'm thinking they might be fuel fillers?
Still a great looking model!
24/09/2011 4:42 am
Intersting model, Ben................
Pardon my ignorance but what am I looking at in the engine bay picture? Am I right that this is an inline 4 and that silver canister on the left front is some kind of fuel pump that dirctly injects fuel into the cylinders via those silver tubes (via a turbocharger somewhere?)? I'm assuming the 5 yellow yellow ones are ignition and coil wires.
Thanks for your review and pictures. It's always an education for me whose primary criterion for collecting is that the model must look cool. Hence I know nothing about Volvos for the above mentioned reason. (although it does look a lot better in race day form) LOL
24/09/2011 5:03 am
Thanks for the nice comment. The big tubes are for fueling
from the site.
The small tubes laying horiaontally are pumps and filters and the big can on the left is the oil reservoir:
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24/09/2011 5:07 am
You've got it right.
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The round thing on the left is the Bosch mechanical fuel distribution system:
24/09/2011 5:54 am
Is that Bosch fuel distributor good for anything up to 8 cylinders?
and the other 4 bolts that do not have lines attached are just "capped off" outlets?
Thanks a bunch for responding, Ben. This stuff is really foreign to me. Hmmmm.... that was not intended as a pun.
24/09/2011 3:43 pm
That's right. I would imagine it could be used for any engine from 1 to 8 cylinders. But Bosch units on VW 4 cylinder diesels have just 4 ports.
This Bosch K-jetronic distributor is for a 4 cylinder:
24/09/2011 4:57 pm
I agree the two ports are for re-fueling, but.........
I think the one on the right side of the car is where the fuel goes in and the one on the left is the vent for the tank to facilitate better in-flow of fuel by allowing the air in the tank to vent. The round cannister on the left side in the picture of the real car shows an overflow can to keep from spilling fuel when the tank tops off.
26/09/2011 6:57 am
That's a cool model from AA :))