400 Series Quiz

For a bit of fun and possibly the educution of esteemed owners heres a quiz question that you wont hear at your local quize night at your local bar/pub.

Q1 An easy starter question

Which part of the 400 series is made for/by VOLVO and can be seen from inside and outside of the car?

A futher clue will be given if necessary after 5 attempts.

 

Well the answer you're looking for is the rearview mirror. #257.64.980.00

 

FYI the radiator fans are made by Lucas and fit the XKE Jag, the power mirror switch is BMW, and on and on. Most 400 owners already know this info.

 

I think the quiz is a great idea! Dave, please remember some of us "young" guys aren't quite up to your knowledge level.

 

Yes the answer is the rear view mirror.. I only found out when I accidently knocked it off with my head!

I take your point Dave there are very experienced people on this forum and others a various stages of the learning curve and I suppose my desire was to help that learning with a quize rather than a stuffy Q&A with multitude of individual searches.

 

Sounds like fun,
1980's Volvo's used the same valve adjustment shims, which were easy to find.

 

oops! Sorry, I didn't mean that to come across like a pompus know it all. Seriously, sorry, I sounded like a jerk but didn't mean to.
Can I blame it on the 7 teeth I had pulled on Tuesday and the drugs I'm taking?

 

YIKES! 7 teeth. Sounds like a good excuse to me!

Al
'84 400iA 50605

 

Yeah I'm feeling pretty lousy.

 

keep the quiz going. should prove imformative.

 

As if life was not painful enough you went for excessive pain at the dentist office. I feel your pain......................... maybe a couple of bottles of your fine wine and some pills will numb the pain.

That 400 at Copart has been on the block twice now and did not get higher than 15 grand. I called to get the consigners name to see what he would take but copart would not give that information out. So i have crossed it off my bucket list.

Howard Musolf
1981 308gtsi
1982 400i Cabriolet
Maserati Spider
1987 lotus Esprit
2 many brass era cars

 

Dave I hope you're feeling better soon. The dentist is one of those places that at best is a neutral situation but can be much worse.

 

As long as Dave doesnt' have to give up any more teeth; please keep the quizz going

A novice 400 enthousiast

Jerome

 

Yeah, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to be or sound like a jerk.
I'll sit back, be quiet, try to be a good boy, and maybe learn something.


(ps) if a dentist ever trys to convince you to get a bunch of teeth pulled buy lots of booze and vicodin; you're going to need it

 

Well heres another Q

What is the name of the 400s engine and who described it as 'bullit proof'

 

<---------being good, popping my vicodin and waiting to see who comes up with answer.

 

LlI'll take an uneducated guess. Is this a Colombo engine?

 

Steve McQueen?

 

Good answer! That was my reaction too, but I figured that I would let someone else be the smarta$$!

 

Ferrari earliest cars used engines designed by Gioacchino Colombo, who had formerly designed Alfa Romeos for Enzo Ferrari. These V12 powerplants were used in Formula 1 racing and in a succession of Fcars being enlarged each time until the Colombo engine was enlarged again to 4823 cc for 1976's 400 with 81 mm bore and a 78 mm stroke.

Gioacchino Colombo refered to it as 'bullet proof' (due to it long history of use in many cars and racing applications)

 

I sat on it for a couple of days, but couldn't resist any longer...

Aidan

 

I've been mad enough at mine a few times I thought about pulling my gun (hey, I live in Texas what can I say?) and shooting it. I guess that would have been an excersize in futility huh?

 

What ever went wrong that made you want to do that?? Just curious...