Calvin Myricks proposal letter 2022-2023
2086 fish hill rd
Randolph vt
Senior Project Advisory Board
Randolph Union High School
15 Forest Street
Randolph VT, 05060
For this [project I have decided to be building my car. I have ADHD and it creates these pure obsessions about hobbies or sports and recently. Cars have become the most important thing in my little ADHD brain. I wish I knew everything but I very much dont. For a while, I didn't know what I was going to do for this project until I found it.
I got a Volvo 940 turbo for $300. I drove it off the trailer on October 28th. And in 7 days i had swapped the turbo and redone a bunch of parts in order to make it safe such ad fuel lines
I know how cars work but that doesnt mean i can actually do it. This will be very long, very consuming, and try to completely break me down. But that's what working on cars do. But the outcome is surreal
I'd never had such a rewarding experience until I started trying to fix my own cars. From the bleeding to the sweating to the yelling and all the anger I still learned I'm the only one who can change that. And no matter the nights I haven't slept and no matter the hours that I couldn't even get anything done. It still has changed my life.
My goal with this project is to take a $300 rear-wheel drive Volvo 940 and make it into my dream Volvo. I put in a stand-alone ECU. I have to swap the turbo and oil lines. I will want to paint it black and make it silent so I can cruise without disturbing the neighbors. All of my friends have volvos we are up to 7 cars (all Volvo)
So why Volvo? You ask
I started thinking about Volvos since their red block engines are a terrific platform to mess with. And on top of that, it's a brick and I don't think this car would break unless someone else hit me. Ricky has incredible potential as long as I do it right
“Ricky The Red racer” is making 167 HP when I bought it I believe. I didn't test that. With the parts I have to put on my goal is to make 300hp and bring it to a closed course track so I can safely throw it around without endangering other people.
The plan a silent black Volvo making 300hp without anyone knowing