Custom Toyota Starlet with a Turbo Volvo B230
by Christopher Christopher
Published in engineswapdepot.com
The builder says this project was built to perform not look pretty. And that is exactly what the Swedish creation does. It started with a custom tube chassis with a Toyota Starlet body modified to fit over it. You can tell the front has been extended several inches to fit the longer engine bay. Under the hood sits a Volvo V230FK engine that produces 622 horsepower and 805 Nm (593 lb-ft) on 2.62 Bar (37.9 psi) of boost. The engine runs off E85 fuel and gets the boost from a Precision PT6266 turbocharger. The rest of the drivetrain consists of a BMW ZF transmission and Volvo 1031 rear end. In order to build more power the team made plans recently to upgrade the head from a 8v to a 16v.
