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Retroformance
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Registrace 31. 10. 2019
The resurrection of a third generation family speed shop. We have been building things that run better, and go faster since our grandfather started here in 1966 . Come along with us as we transform this forgotten shop, not only building our customer's dreams, but our dreams as well.
Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 9: Rear End, Tunnel, Exhaust!
The 9th installment of our "Ramblur" series! In this video, we finish up that rear end, build the transmission tunnel, and dial in one heck of an exhaust. This project is really coming together!
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*Videos are for entertainment purpose only, any repair or fix represented or shown may not apply to other applications. Please, do not try this stuff at home...
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The Legend Rick Dobbertin at the 2024 Grand National Roadster Show | 1965 Nova & 1985 J2000
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We had the amazing opportunity to sit down with legendary car builder Rick Dobbertin for an interview discussing the early inspiration for his two most famous cars: 1965 Nova SS "InNOVAtion" and 1985 J2000 "RADical". These cars have been claimed as some of the most influential builds of their time, as well as receiving hundreds of accolades from various media outlets. Both of these cars were to...
Jaguar XJR15 Photoshoot Prep | A Retroformance Vlog
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How do we get ourselves into these things?! No power, pouring rain, and need to scramble to get this XJR15 buttoned up for a photoshoot. Just a fun informal video of behind the scenes of our lives at Retroformance! Like what you see? Subscribe for more speed-shop content! Questions? Feel free to comment below or check out our website at retroformance.co Instagram | retroformance
How to T5 Swap Your Volvo 240 | Step by Step
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How to T5 Swap Your Volvo 240 | Step by Step
Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 8: Crazy Crossmembers
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Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 8: Crazy Crossmembers
Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 7: Engine Mounts & Steering
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Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 7: Engine Mounts & Steering
Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 6: Front Suspension
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Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | Episode 6: Front Suspension
Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | The Ramblur Episode 5
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Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | The Ramblur Episode 5
Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | The Ramblur Episode 4
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Cummins Swapping a Station Wagon | The Ramblur Episode 4
Strickland X Retroformance | Kit Car Chassis
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Strickland X Retroformance | Kit Car Chassis
Holley Sniper EFI Installation | 1967 Chevelle
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Holley Sniper EFI Installation | 1967 Chevelle
Jaguar XJS Front End Rebuild | Brakes & Suspension
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Jaguar XJS Front End Rebuild | Brakes & Suspension
Strickland Racing Manta Mirage, McLaren M6, Shelby Cobra Chassis Update
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Strickland Racing Manta Mirage, McLaren M6, Shelby Cobra Chassis Update
Jaguar XJS Rear Suspension & Brakes Servicing
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Jaguar XJS Rear Suspension & Brakes Servicing
How to Build a Jaguar That Runs | Episode 4: Exhaust Work
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How to Build a Jaguar That Runs | Episode 4: Exhaust Work
Installing a Small-Block Chevy V8 in a Jaguar XJS
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Installing a Small-Block Chevy V8 in a Jaguar XJS
How to Restore an Engine Bay on a Jaguar XJS
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How to Restore an Engine Bay on a Jaguar XJS
Small-Block-Chevy Valve Job | The Daily Fab
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Small-Block-Chevy Valve Job | The Daily Fab
Honda CT70 Engine Case Repair | The Daily Fab
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Honda CT70 Engine Case Repair | The Daily Fab
Model A Manifold Grinding | The Daily Fab
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Model A Manifold Grinding | The Daily Fab
1963 Corvette 327 Motor Extraction | The Daily Fab
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1963 Corvette 327 Motor Extraction | The Daily Fab
Sodablasting 101 | Soda Blasting and Refinishing Aluminum Bike Parts
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Sodablasting 101 | Soda Blasting and Refinishing Aluminum Bike Parts
What's Been Going On? | Build Update: 1
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What's Been Going On? | Build Update: 1
2001 Mustang Cobra Exhaust Build | Make It Louder
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2001 Mustang Cobra Exhaust Build | Make It Louder
Unboxing the New Heidts Front Suspension | The Ramblur: Episode 3
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Unboxing the New Heidts Front Suspension | The Ramblur: Episode 3
GoPro Setup for Vlogging | Simple & Dad Approved
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GoPro Setup for Vlogging | Simple & Dad Approved
How to Restore a Vintage Bike | The Guide to Finishes & Coatings. Barn Find Husky Build Episode: 3
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How to Restore a Vintage Bike | The Guide to Finishes & Coatings. Barn Find Husky Build Episode: 3
Awesome
Thanks!
Really digging the build guys, keep up the great work!
Thanks a bunch!
0-60 in NOW
Definitely looks sweet!!!
Thanks man!
Start it up!!!!!!
Amazing car!!!
Zero safety in a modern world 🌍 Love it
So what I’m hearing is it’s getting nitrous?
Lol WILDkitty
But why does it have to be that way. There’s got to be a solution!!!
Perfect gearbox for a 240, relatively smooth shifting, can hold a fair amount of power if turbo charged, the next option would be a CD009 but those are more involved and expensive
Sweden: T5 means Turbo 5cylinder USA: T5 means 5 speed Transmission ✅
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What happened to the husqy 250 build?
When we first started, our projects were more hobby builds with some of our own stuff. It quickly turned into a shop full of customer projects! Just no time to get around to finishing up personal builds.
eskiden s70 t5 16t 2.0 manuel 😅 evet 2.0 225 hp manuel t5 16t hpt 😅😅
All that work for what? You won't get any better gas mileage. All you 've done is increase the likelihood of more gremlins you'll have to haunt down when the system goes awry. And it will go awry. $2100 for system, not including installation. $3,000 down the drain. Stick with carb, save your hard earned money.
Bunch of hicks… if it ain’t murikan I’m just beside myself
Can you measure how thick the adapter plate is? I wanna make my own
Jaguars are built in Solihull,Castle Bromwich and Liverpool in England.
What was done to make it a restomod?
Upgraded/adapted to a new Borg Warner T5 transmission
Should’ve pressure washed that fuel tank before doing anything.
If you’re going racing Holley is way to go. For daily or weekend driver Edelbrock Pro Flo 4 far superior. Easier. Constant tweaking not needed like Sniper. Can be tuned quite extensively but not like Holley. Pick depending upon how much you want to mess with it and type of driving.
Nice work double redundancie
WOW!
Never gets old!!
One of the highlights of my life hanging out with Rick and Matthew Hay at Street Machine Nationals DuQuoin what an honor
Definitely a great time! Thanks Jeff!
The production and editing on this video is unreal, you deserve so many more subscribers its unreal, I cant wait to use this as a guide for my 240 transmission swap summer project
Appreciate the kind words! 👏🏼 glad we may be able to help!
The Jag engine is fantastic. Torque, smooth and reliable.
Please! It's 2024! No annoying music to mute!
Video was shot in 2022 lol
Interesting comments about misleading title. Being the owner of a 93 240 DL with M47 that has 375k on it I was excited to see a T5 trans swap. Perception and perspective are obviously wide in the Volvo world as T5 has many meanings within the community. Very well done video.
Appreciate it! Yeah you can never make everyone happy 😂
I owned many 240 with the M46 gearbox.one of them that I bought new have over 600,000 miles on it When used with the stock or slightly warmed up engine, that gearbox is just fine. for sure, the car is old with a lot of miles on it so the shift mechanism have took wear When the car was new, the gearbox feeled very tight so you compare a very used gearbox with a new one so the comparizon is a bit offsetted. Just replace the bushings at the base of the shifter and the cups recieving the shifter pivot ant you'll see a huge difference in the feeling of the m46 gearbox. The quality of the volvo gearbox is a step higher that the quality of the T5, just one point, on the M46 gearbox, the friction pads at the tip of the shift forks are made in bronze, on the T5, it is plastic and there is many other points like that. The weakness of the Volvo M46 gearbox is not the gearbox by itself but the bearings of the J type overdrive that need to be replaced at 250,000 miles intervals To me, the only reason to swap the M46 gearbpx to a T5 is to prepare the car for a huge power increase with a much bigger engine. in overall not so bad
Give me a call guys. Thanks
I remember seeing this car in street machine magazine, it's an Australian magazine. I absolutely loved this car and so did many readers.
It is a true work of art. I hope to see the car do another show car circuit! Its still impressive and innovative today!
Still the most amazing car ever built.
Truly incredible in person.
I built that model car way back in the day. Best use of a Pontiac j2000, ever!
haha love it! @@mr.mckinnon5680
Extremely well done!! Congrats!!
Thanks!!! Appreciate the kind words!
Would love to put a supercharger on my 1979 Ford Mustang with the 2.3-liter engine. It has no turbo on it and I don't want a turbo. I want something different, like Magnusson used to have way back when. Thoughts or suggestions?
Any problems with the Sniper off camera? I've seen other videos with people having problems with the sniper and having to return it to Holley for an exchange or they just end up putting a carburetor back on.
Customer has had no complaints so far! Only thing we struggled with the car was some funky wiring separate from the Sniper. I think the car could use a new main harness, but most of the time we need to operate within the customer budget.
I like the father and son banter. Cherish these times.
Thanks Pete! Its always fun to keep some of the videos more natural with the interactions!
Please take no offense to us Jaguar fanatics. The V12 engine was a fantastic racing motor for Jaguar in the 70's and 80's, totally underappreciated. The motor was also comprised mostly of GM parts too (tranny, water pump, etc.), so parts are still not that hard to find. However, one could certainly make the case for putting in an updated motor, as a good Jag mechanic can easily charge well over $250.00 an hour and earn every cent so it gets really, really expensive very quickly for the average car enthusiast. I always see these type of LS engine swaps as something like giving a runway model a double D boob job- somehow it just does not seem right.
Without the V-12, the car has $0 resale value. Cars were never made in India too. Yikes.
Well seeing as the car’s value was 800$ when they picked up the car to do this swap, and has been offered a substantial sum to sell it in its final state, I would argue the resale value has gone up tremendously. And man, if I knew the offense Jag guys would take by one hyperbolized comment, I would have thrown more in there 😂. At the end of the day the owner loves the car and there is one less Jag in the crusher, which is where this one was headed.
What torque setting do y’ale use for the little set screws that go over the brass pucks in the locknut?
Hi Martin, we do not use that style nut with the screws.
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Send us something to build! 😂👍🏼
@@Retroformance my 242 is already extremely overbuilt. I can't afford another project 🤣
@Retroformance will you be interested in turbo in a n/a 245 wagon? I just don't think I can handle drilling a return line on the engine for turbo oil return line. thank you
one of my favourite cars of all time, just stunning!
Such a wild and beautiful design. Elegant with a lot of power!
Best cars ever made
Truly a beast of a design!
All that work just for a transmission swap, I really don't get it as the car seems to be otherwise pretty stock. Swapping the bushings and mounts on the old trans to get the stiff shifter feel back would have been easy unless the M46 was completely gone of course, but they rarely are as they are pretty stout.
The M46 was limped along as far as it could go. It was time to swap it, and that was the time to upgrade.
Not familiar with the trans but couldn't you put a washer that grabs the channel and has bend over tangs like an axle nut does?
It has been tried by others, the harmonics, torque, and abuse usually makes that solution fail.
hi love your videos. was wondering for the rack where you got it from
what kind of rack and pinion are you guys using for conversion?
Thanks for the question! It is actually just the stock rack from the XJ6.
thank you really appreciate it@@Retroformance
i was looking for volvo t5 engine swap but I get here xD eitherway watched full video, nice content. tell me how many hours you have put into that work?
Hi Samson! Appreciate the compliment. This could probably be done in one full day for someone who has all the parts ready, and was doing minimal other maintenance. It took longer for us due to a lot of cleaning, inspection, and some other issues that came up with the car un related to the swap itself.
Promo-SM 👊
Wishing you all a Happy and prosperous New Year.
Same to you Pete!
Absolutely wonderful video! I never comment and this video is simply beautiful!
Thank you for the kind words!!