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You have a 1970 1800E-with only 49,000 miles! Its already almost as fast as they get! You have large valves-fuel injection-high compression. 135 HP if im not mistaken! I wouldnt get too carried away-sounds like a nice origional car. Lots of money - and time, and it might go slightly faster-unless you opt for nitrous-or something crazy! MattB hasnt got around to his mothball research yet-that might work too! If you had an old 1800-with 1 header pipe, and a worn out B-18-youd have a lot more room for improvement. There are prices to be paid for fancy camshafts in cars like yours. (rough idle-lousy milage-time and money) Your car already had a pretty good cam in it. 135 horse out of a pushrod 2.0 litre engine is very good. If you are really out to drive hard, and rev it high all the time-spend the money-it will go slightly faster-it will be finiky, get bad gas milage-and wear out much sooner. If you have lots to spend-there are definitly lots of folks who will take it, but-Id get a 2nd car-a fast one. VOLVOS ARE NOT FAST! I did all kinds of stuff to my P-1800, and I feel pretty tough when I blow a GEO metro off the line. They are safe-heavy-wear out very slowly-and they have TRACTOR MOTORS under the hood. If you want something fast-that you can work on all the time-get a...well, take your pick, but not a volvo! Truly fast cars start at about the price of a volvo camshaft-and go up from there.
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