Tc's 960 Thread

[Tomcat]

That's why you didnt answer my call lol.... or was it ohh it's that mytherin c**t!!!! lol

That'll be cos I had my hands covered in fibreglass, not very good for mobile phones, hence why I didn't answer.

[t5 pete]

looking good tc im sure you will be able to sell a few of these bumpers now you have a cast

[Tomcat]

Not so sure Pete, they're a pig to make and this one's not perfect.

[Vikingxl]

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Thid thread has been infiltrated by the P&B party. We are pashionate about the destruction of pirates and their 80's bangers and the re introduction of more important things!!

[Volvostorm]

Not so sure Pete, they're a pig to make and this one's not perfect.

Thats a shame, I wanted a 850/V70R hybrid bumper :(

[Tomcat]

Your just saying that to be awkward aren't you!,lol.

[Volvostorm]

Both really :P

I think a 850 would look good with one

[t5 pete]

Both really :P

I think a 850 would look good with one


The 850 would look really good with one on

[Tomcat]

Finally!!!!!....

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/11052010131.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/11052010130.jpg

This is fresh out the mould so it still needs cleaning up, it also lost a tiny bit of gel here and there but mainly it's come out better than expected...

[Vikingxl]

Looking good for an 80s banger there barbosa

[Volvostorm]

Looks great Hoffcat, now hurry up and make me a 850 one! :P

[cameron]

Craig that will look the mutts once all painted up and fitted properly, well done buddy :B_thumb:

[walter leever]

Indeed matey,looks great.:wow:

now get it painted so we all can see it in all it's glory.:banana:

[Tomcat]

Managed (despite the heat) to get the tints done this weekend, they're not perfect even though I took the glass out as doing them in the kitchen isn't the cleanest of places. Rear window is still waiting to be done (Not looking forward to that one) but on the whole the car looks a hell of a lot better for them, what do you all think?...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/23052010140.jpg

[p fandango]

looks very good, but needs the B-pillars blacking & 2 foot took off the rear springs (bet people scared of heights can't go in the back can they mate? lol)

[claymore]

^^^^^^^^^^^^what he said^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
and black out the chrome

[Tomcat]

looks very good, but needs the B-pillars blacking & 2 foot took off the rear springs (bet people scared of heights can't go in the back can they mate? lol)

The rear springs cant be cut down(otherwise they would have been done when I did the fronts), it's a composite leaf that runs across the car. I have another softer spring to replace the current one with but: A) it's a bitch of a job and b) I need some coilovers to replace the rear springs when I do it. It's a job I want to do as soon as possible but I just dont have the money at the moment. Not sure about painting the B pillar either, I'll try it in photo shop and see what it looks like first, haven't decided about the chrome yet, I like it but alot of it is scrached anyway.

[p fandango]

The rear springs cant be cut down(otherwise they would have been done when I did the fronts), it's a composite leaf that runs across the car. I have another softer spring to replace the current one with but: A) it's a bitch of a job and b) I need some coilovers to replace the rear springs when I do it. It's a job I want to do as soon as possible but I just dont have the money at the moment. Not sure about painting the B pillar either, I'll try it in photo shop and see what it looks like first, haven't decided about the chrome yet, I like it but alot of it is scrached anyway.
can you not use the proper spacer blocks between the leaf spring & the axle? Is the axle between the spring & axle or is it chassis spring then the axle underneath it? (if its the later can it not be inverted so it the other side of the leaf spring?)

ok just re-read it & the spring goes across the car, thats different aint it

[claymore]

ok just re-read it & the spring goes across the car, thats different aint it

what you talking about, it works on a triumph herald and a trabant :)

[Tomcat]

Sadly yeah it's a dumn ass system, never seen one like it before and it's a pain in the ass to do anything with. Me an Mr Smith where going to fab some new lower wishbones at one point so that the spring would sit further down in them and lower the car, being as I'm trying not to weld anymore (eyesight problerms) the easier option (albeit not cheper) is to just swap the spring out and use coilovers to assist the softer nivomat spring that I'll be putting in. If I could find out wether or not I can use standard shocks with the nivomat leaf then I could do the swap any day, sadly I'm still trying to find out.

[p fandango]

what you talking about, it works on a triumph herald and a trabant :)
must be a good system then lol

[MIKESC70T5]

I think you should of stuck with the 850 :hidesbehi

[LiamT4]

Is there a giant, invisible magnet lifting up the rear of the car! Seriously though, i like it, and when the rear is lowered, it'll make a big difference. Oh, and get the wheels done in anthrecite, to match the windows.

[sebasteeno]

Managed (despite the heat) to get the tints done this weekend, they're not perfect even though I took the glass out as doing them in the kitchen isn't the cleanest of places. Rear window is still waiting to be done (Not looking forward to that one) but on the whole the car looks a hell of a lot better for them, what do you all think?...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/23052010140.jpg
If your unsure on how to do the rear window then lay the tint on the rear and heatshrink in four separate sections working clockwise. Work from the outside of the window inwards and make sure all the shrinking is done along the bottom and top of the window and not along the sides as the grain of the tint will make it melt. Any queries pm me.

This might help (http://www.tintdude.com/heat-shrinking.html)

[Tomcat]

Cheers Seb, thankfully the rear window on the 960 is pretty flat anyway so getting the tint to conform shouldn't be a problem, it's just physicaly getting the tint on there is what I'm not looking forward to,lol, not a lot of room for manouvere in the back.

[sebasteeno]

Cheers Seb, thankfully the rear window on the 960 is pretty flat anyway so getting the tint to conform shouldn't be a problem, it's just physicaly getting the tint on there is what I'm not looking forward to,lol, not a lot of room for manouvere in the back.
Yep thats the tricky bit!

[v70torslanda]

what you talking about, it works on a triumph herald and a trabant

Don't forget the Vette. They don't handle too badly, do they?

I'm not over familiar with the suspension layout on the rear, is there no way to de-camber the rear spring or get a spacer under the centre of the spring and effectively 'raise' it so lowering the car?

Or is it not that simple?

[Tomcat]

No sadly it's not that simple, the spring can't be de cambered because it's composite (Fibreglass), it can't be moved because it's also used to support the diff in the centre of the car. Basicaly it's a pain in the arse to do anything with it, I have a Nivomat spring to swap in which will lower it a hell of a lot but without a set of nivomats I'm going to have to buy some coilovers. I've been toying with the idea of taking some sports rear shocks and doing a coilover conversion on them but I don't know how effective they'd be.

[Tomcat]

Front bumper's getting very close to being done now, painted it a little today just to see how it looked and to double check the finish for defects, found a few small ones that need re working but hopefully they'll be done tomorrow..

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/27052010146.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/27052010145.jpg

[Tomcat]

Bumpers painted!!!, sadly it's still a little soft so although I'm dying to fit it I don't want to risk it until it properly dry....

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/30052010149.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/30052010151.jpg

Although I was hoping to get the bonnet painted too I realised too late that I didn't have enough hardner left for the clearcoat, as I'm going to be busy next week it's going to just have to wait a little while longer..

[Tomcat]

Front bumper is finally on, fit and finish isn't as good as I wanted, I think I'm going to have to re design how the sides are attached as the current method just isn't working well enough for me.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/31052010153.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/31052010152.jpg

[v70torslanda]

Mean and moody, thoughbut!

[Tomcat]

Ok more pics,lol. Managed to get the bonnet painted today and also got the new brackets made and fitted to the bumper (fits a hell of a lot better now), they both still need a cut and polish to get rid of a few bits of crap in the paint but that'll have to wait a week or two for the paint to harden fully.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010155.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010157.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010154.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010156.jpg

[JelT5]

Car looks great TC. Nice work mate!

[Pistol Pete]

looking good..
just read the whole thread

good work

[cameron]

Get that back end sorted Craig and it will look loads better :B_thumb:

Paint looks really good, fancy doing my bumpers at some point ?

[Tomcat]

Get that back end sorted Craig and it will look loads better :B_thumb:

Paint looks really good, fancy doing my bumpers at some point ?

Sure, just give us a shout when you want them doing.

[Vikingxl]

Much as i hate to admit it , its starting to look good pegleg

[Filterlab]

I love that car, but then I do love the battleship cruisers-style cars that Volvo used to make. Looks great with the bumper and the alloys, lovely stuff. :)

[walter leever]

Nice one Craig(starting to look like a real car :biggrin:)

[The Flying Moose]

Really starting to look the business there Tomcat. Look forward to seeing it in the flesh at a meet

[pookie]

That front end is now looking superb!!

Salut!

Pookie

[sebasteeno]

Echo what others have said. Really wondered what you was doing with this car but now i can see its gonna look awesome when finshed. The front looks fantastic!

[Tomcat]

Cheers, it's been a hard slog but it's getting there, still loads to do yet though...

[Happygilmore78]

Looks good mate, nice one - really like the look of it, well apart from 'the cat on heat' back end :)

Do you spray all this yourself as well as make it?

[Tomcat]

Looks good mate, nice one - really like the look of it, well apart from 'the cat on heat' back end :)

Do you spray all this yourself as well as make it?

Lol, yeah the back end does need looking at, it's on my list of things to do.

Yeah I sprayed it as well as made it.

[Porcine_Aviator]

That's it I'm not going to follow this thread anymore, you're making me feel jealous and inadequate. I'm rubbish at fibre glass and I can't get the body to flat down and leave a surface smooth enough.:cry::cry::cry:

Just one thing, are you hiring it out for breeding ? :hidesbehi

Looks really nice though.

[Tomcat]

Just one thing, are you hiring it out for breeding ? :hidesbehi

Looks really nice though.

Lol, sorry.... can't help wanting to do things myself.....

Is what available for breeding?, the car or me?,lol.....

[mk3phill]

cool build so far! cant wait to see more from this 960. tc you go to many meets up there?

[Tomcat]

Cheers!, definatley more to come but it's going to have to wait until I've caught up with my finances fist. Not been to any meets for a long time as I'm too busy with work.

[leet5r]

Ok more pics,lol. Managed to get the bonnet painted today and also got the new brackets made and fitted to the bumper (fits a hell of a lot better now), they both still need a cut and polish to get rid of a few bits of crap in the paint but that'll have to wait a week or two for the paint to harden fully.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010155.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010157.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010154.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/05062010156.jpglookin good tc but me thinks 19s would look even better , plus a air con rad would be a good mod, hint hint lol

[p fandango]

i think we should have a forum whip-round & buy him 9 bags of cement to get that bloody back end lowered down lol

[leet5r]

i think we should have a forum whip-round & buy him 9 bags of cement to get that bloody back end lowered down lol

al buy all 9 if he makes me 1 of them spilters lol

[Tomcat]

Lmao....I'll sort it for you, you'll juat have to be patient, I'm finishing the mould for Walters rear bumper at the moment.


I would love to put 19's on it, may do it in the future when funds are in better supply but for now the 18's are fine.

[leet5r]

Lmao....I'll sort it for you, you'll juat have to be patient, I'm finishing the mould for Walters rear bumper at the moment.


I would love to put 19's on it, may do it in the future when funds are in better supply but for now the 18's are fine.

they look tiny on it now you got the front bumper on lol , perhaps a multispoke wheel might make the wheels look bigger lol , very nice m8 , and am in no rush for the spilter , just didnt know what you were doin about it
cheers

[Tomcat]

As I had done anything to the old girl for ages I decided today to wash her and then finally have a go at tinting the back window. Washing the car worked out ok but the window tinting was a disaster I think I'll just have to pay someone to do it.

[Tomcat]

Ok....finally an update.

Not had much money for a while now but I've managed to scrape a little together to get another mod done (albeit a small one)..

Not been a big fan of the original grill for a while as it was tatty and cracked etc, I noticed that a lot of the tuned 960's in europe have home made egg crate grills so I thought I'd have a bash at making one....

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/18092010173.jpg
Starting point, shows how much difference there is between the 960 and the S60 grill (cheers Al). It's too wide by a couple of inches so I've removed the slash in readiness for cutting it up.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/18092010174-1.jpg
At this point I've cut the chrome surrond off the S60 grill and removed an inch or so from each end(ends are now plastic welded back on)

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/18092010175-1.jpg
After marking out the outline and then cutting out the fins of the 960 grill I've plastic welded it in place and then used bridging filler to fill the gaps. After much more filling, sanding, filling sanding, priming, painting etc....

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/19092010176.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/19092010177.jpg

Paint is still drying yet and the slash needs clipping on as it's just sat on for the photo, will take a photo tomorrow after it's been fitted to the car (provided is still fits,lol)..Looks a hell of a lot better than the orginal did, lets hope it looks ok on the car...

[smithy]

that looks smart mate

[BruceT]

Looks good. Always fancied a late 960/S90!

[Tomcat]

Cheers, let's just hope it fits ok as I've not had chance to offer it up yet (I know...should have tried it before painting but I got carried away).

[Haizum74]

Just spent a good half hour reading through this. Always good seeing cars take shape with various mods etc, looking good

[walter leever]

I like that a lot,can't wait to see it on the car.:partysmil

gr,walter

[Tomcat]

Ok....it fit's lol...

Need to take another pic in the daylight but here she is...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/20092010179.jpg

[claymore]

Excelent workmanship again, but I feel the surround looks a bit "heavy"

[The Flying Moose]

Looks spot on TC, how I wish I had your knowledge and ability when it came to bodywork...!

[Tomcat]

I know what you mean, this conversio is normaly done with a XC70 grill not an S60, as the S60 is slightly more round it doesn't fill the corners as well, hence it looks a little 'heavy'. It will do for now though as either way it's better than what I had before.

[claymore]

It will do for now though as either way it's better than what I had before.

Agreed, deffo an improvement on the standard one :)

[mk3phill]

looks awesome man! ive been looking for an egg crate for a while didnt realise they where custom haha.
may have to get this done for mine also lol....

[Al115]

Looks good and nice to see that Troll's grille has a worthy new home :)

[Happygilmore78]

Looking good buddy :)

[DuncVolvoTurbo]

The surround may look heavy......but it doesn't look wrong. Excellent piece of bodging! :D

[v70torslanda]

Tell you what . . .

If you fancied doing the same for a P2 V70 then I for one would buy it.

J

[Tomcat]

Finally pulled my finger out and decided to do something about my rear suspension, I've been putting it off as I wasn't sure how long it was going to take.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0033.jpg
Too late to turn back now, rear leaf and the bottom brace is off, wasn't quite as hard as I'd hoped once I got down to it.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0035.jpg
Here's the brace and leaf off the car, just got to remove the leaf and replace it with the softer one.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0036.jpg
Here's the two leaf's together, the dirty one is the one that was on the car, notice how much thicker it is in the middle, hopefully this should lower the back of the car alot. I'm having to go with a set of Nivomat rear shocks for now as I still can't afford the coilovers, however the car they came off was on it's ass so hopefully these will be ok for mine (the car they came off was an estate).

More pics to come tomorrow once it's back together.

[Volvostorm]

Its about time you got to work on her ass mate! :P

[siamblue]

Very nice Tc, first time i have had a look at this thread, hope it all goes well for you tomorrow,

Gary

[claymore]

looking forward to seeing how it looks, I'll leave this here just in case you need it.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u258/claymore2k/roundtuit.jpg

[Tomcat]

That's where the hell that got to, no wonder I never get anything done!,lol.

[Tomcat]

Right....after a mammoth struggle to get this job done...I'm no better off!, the car sits just as high as before(ok maybe a little lower..1-2cm's), I've even just tried disconnnecting the shocks from their bottom mounts to see if that was keeping the rear up, although it's making a little difference (maybe 2-3 cm's) it's no where near enough. Sooo, now what?, I was hoping that the softer spring would let the car sit lower and maybe let me use coilovers, but as it stands at the moment they'd actualy have to pull the car lower to the ground.

Got one more thing to try before I give up for today... no photo's as I really can't see the point.

[claymore]

would it not be possible to put some spacer blocks under the spring, like on a mk1 or mk2 escort?
Or even cut the ends off your original spring and put that under the replacement one?

[Tomcat]

Well I've just tried something else and it's helped...a little.

I'm now running a nivomat spring (which is softer) with standard shocks and it is sitting lower, still not as low as I'd like but it's certainly an improvement on what it was before. Can't figure out however why the passenger side sits higher than the drivers side, only by a couple of centimetre's but it's still there and it's still bugging me.

No before pics but flick back through the thread to see how high it was before.

After:

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0050.jpg

[MIKESC70T5]

I'm no expert on these things but is it not possible to heat up the leaf spring and reshape it to the desired shape you need to get it sitting lower?

[Tomcat]

Sadly no as it's not a metal leaf but a composite (fibreglass and er...plastic I think). I have another idea for lowering the car using lower arms off an earlier 960 but there are a few problems I need to over come before I can go ahead with that.

[MIKESC70T5]

Wife and kids in the boot then seems the only answer.

[Tomcat]

Wife and kids in the boot then seems the only answer.

Lmao..don't tempt me.

[Tomcat]

Car's definatley a lot lower at the back now, much happier with it, also worked out what the hell was wrong with the passenger side, I'd undone one of the bolts (inboard) that holds the tie bars in place when I first looked at the car, I didn't realise I hadn't done it back up and upon closer examination it has a concentric washer on it to control the camber of the wheel. Still got a rattle from something but I think it may be the shocks I've re fitted that are knackered, if it rides ok for a little while then I'll look into getting some uprated shocks for the back.

Washed it today...
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0055.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0057.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/volvo850t5r/IMG_0059.jpg

[t5 pete]

only other thing is to replace the leaf with flat bar that way it should lower it straight away as the flat bar is straight and not bent like the one on the car

[claymore]

That looks a lot better now, are you going to paint the grill surround?

[Tomcat]

Cheers, no, not going to paint the grill at the moment, might even make another one at some point as I'm not really happy with this one.

[t5_monkey]

Car is looking Great Tomcat :)

[Happygilmore78]

Backs looking much better now bud, nice job :)

[Tomcat]

Well after driving it to work and back yesterday (50miles) it's definatley a lot lower, however I've noticed the softer spring. The car drives ok on flat roads but once on the twisty stuff it's way to spongy. I'm trying to get a quote for some uprated dampers but being as no one stocks them for this I'll have to get the custom made. Also emailed a leaf spring manufacturer yesterday about getting a steel leaf made up as well, this would help stiffen the car as well as lower it but I can see it being hard work.

May have to put the nivo's back on temporarily as I'm not over keen on it the way it is now.

[t5 pete]

Hey tc have you thought about what i reccomended to you it wouldnt be expensive and if you took the flat bar to a engineer shop the wouldnt charge much to heat it up and bend it to what you want other than that if you can wait till garage is done i will make you one.

[mk3phill]

looking a lot better tc! im still to do this on mine though i have those coilover units waiting. any problems to look out for on removing the rear bracework/leaf?

[Tomcat]

Hey tc have you thought about what i reccomended to you it wouldnt be expensive and if you took the flat bar to a engineer shop the wouldnt charge much to heat it up and bend it to what you want other than that if you can wait till garage is done i will make you one.

Cheers Pete but it would have to be Spring steel otherwise it would just bend.

[Tomcat]

Finally got sick of hearing the back end rattling it's head off (been doing it all week), had a look round it today and decided to temporarily swap the shocks out for the nivomats. Although the back of the is back up in the air (although not quite as high) it's stopped rattling, the old shocks where well and truly knackered. I'm now in the middle of getting a quote from Spax for some adjustable rear shocks, failing that it's back on with the coilovers.

Also noticed a slight rattle from the front, looks like the front shocks are knackered as well so they'll have to be swapped out at some point for the T5 struts I have lying around.

[daveforber]

Mmmm after having a quick look it would seem that the T6 out of an S80 is a lot cheaper, even a road going car can be had for less than 2k, so a damaged one should be really cheap.

Just stumbled over this on the 'bay; don't know if it's of interest... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/volvo-s80-t6-engine-2003-complete-725-ono-/300483902532?

[sebasteeno]

Just thought id pop in a see how your motors going TC and its looking well mate. Nice one!

[Tomcat]

Just stumbled over this on the 'bay; don't know if it's of interest... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/volvo-s80-t6-engine-2003-complete-725-ono-/300483902532?

Thanks for the tip off but I've no money at the moment.

[T4_Al]

Really loving how this car is progressing. Keep the pics coming in :)

[cherry1809]

Couldn't you get some sort of lowering block made up, Like on the Mk2 Escorts? Or is it a totally different set up?

[Tomcat]

No, the way the spring sits theres no chance of using anything like lowering blocks. I'm going to try and get a new leaf made up at some point, I tried contacting one manufacturer but they never got back to me.

[Tomcat]

No real updates to talk of, other than the fact the MOT is up next week, gonna try and get it in this weekend incase it fails on something...

[mk3phill]

hey tc, just wondering how if you managed to fit the T5 shocks? ive heard it can be done but there is some difference to them and ours?

[Tomcat]

No mate, there still sat in the shed waiting to go on, apparently they do fit but they need a spacer to go on top of the shaft..(apparently).. Once the weather improves I'll have a play with fitting them, need to stiffen this suspension up a lot as it's like driving a boat at the moment.

[mk3phill]

fair enough dude, haha i know that boaty feeling... great isnt it! lets hope for some sunny weather then, always lookin forward to progress on this beast

[Tomcat]

Managed to get a diagram for the spacers so I can fit the T5 struts, just got to find an engineering firm to make them for me now, anyone know one?.

As the car is eating petrol lately I thought I'd give it a once over at the weekend, bearing in mind it's just past it's mot...I found that both back brakes where binding and the front o/s tyre was only at 10psi. Found out too late to get the tyre fixed as it has a slow leak but the brakes are fine after removing the pads and cleaning them up. Hope for slightly better fuel consumption but I'll wait and see, not convinced it'll be that much better.

[AndysR]

Is the fuel consumption on this 960 better or worse than the 850?

[Tomcat]

Hard to say to be honest, I've not actualy sat down and calculated how much it's using,also the cost of petrol has rocketed recently so that's not helping, certainly feels like it's worse than the 850...

[mk3phill]

if its anyhelp my 960 gets 20-22mpg around town.. 25on a run.. my old t5 got 17-20 around town 35 on a run.. the 6cyl's are very thirsty engines

[smithy]

if its anyhelp my 960 gets 20-22mpg around town.. 25on a run.. my old t5 got 17-20 around town 35 on a run.. the 6cyl's are very thirsty engines
i dont understand why you are getting bad mpg i am getting 38+ mpg in the 940

[Tomcat]

That'll be because yours isn't a 6 cylinder.

[Tomcat]

if its anyhelp my 960 gets 20-22mpg around town.. 25on a run.. my old t5 got 17-20 around town 35 on a run.. the 6cyl's are very thirsty engines

Mines averaging about 17, though that's very,very approx. Must admit that it goes a lot better now than when I first got it, thank god for these learning Ecu's lol.

[AndysR]

Hard to say to be honest, I've not actualy sat down and calculated how much it's using,also the cost of petrol has rocketed recently so that's not helping, certainly feels like it's worse than the 850...

Oh dear... I think it's safe to say were all feeling the pinch with the increased petrol prices. My work commute cost has increased by a 3rd :(

[Tomcat]

My trip to work and back is just under 50 miles a day...so that's costing me around £60, not including petrol for the weekend.

[lewton]

Was offered a low mileage 3 litre 960 yesterday for 150 quid,the owner had hit a lump of granite with one of his front wheels and had decided not to repair it,apart from that the car was near enough mint.Absolutely gutted that there is this big lump of water between here and the mainland!

[Vikingxl]

Have you finished this yet?

[mk3phill]

i done some more digging and found why the 6cyl use so much fuel... its semi-sequential injection! 2banks, thats on the motronic 1.8,.. so we can thank bosch for chucking fuel down the exhaust haha the later M4.4 are sequential so shouldnt be as bad!

[Tomcat]

Got a nice parcel in the post today from the U.S. bought an outside temp guage from a guy on turbobricks, going to fit it this weekend...

[p fandango]

Got a nice parcel in the post today from the U.S. bought an outside temp guage from a guy on turbobricks, going to fit it this weekend...
i guess you stick it to the wing mirror

http://www.mustknowhow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/refridgerator-thermometer-l.jpg
lol

[Tomcat]

Lol, yeah something like that.

Oh also think I've finally found a place to make my spacers so I can fit the T5 front struts I've had lying around for ages.

[mk3phill]

Got a nice parcel in the post today from the U.S. bought an outside temp guage from a guy on turbobricks, going to fit it this weekend...

was this not a standard fit item? ive got one on mine but some fool has cut the sensor wiring to bits. from what i can see though it uses same external sensor as 850's

apart from the spacer are there any other issues for installing the 850 struts?

[Tomcat]

Yeah the temp guage was an optional extra,mine went in ok but the wiring for the sensor is knackered. From what I've read it's just the spacers that's needed to allow the shorter 850 struts to be fitted.

[Tomcat]

Ok update time, after my little runin with a BMW the car is no officially in the bin, just trying to iron out a decent settlement now...

[Vikingxl]

Shame but wheres the picture to close the thread?

[kee1173]

Do we have to have a minutes silence? lol

[Tomcat]

Do we have to have a minutes silence? lol

Gawd no, it doesn't deserve that much respect, best to point and laugh.......Haw haw......

[Tomcat]

Shame but wheres the picture to close the thread?

I would Rich but the scratches are barely noticeable and probably wouldn't show up..

[claymore]

I hope your going to move that front bumper on to someone else.

[Tomcat]

If I can find someone else that wants it.

[spesh]

Hi tc if ur breaking I'd be interested in some buts off you for my s90

[Tomcat]

Let you know Monday once I've spoken to the insurance company again.

[mk3phill]

shame its going but same as spesh could be interested in parts..

[Tomcat]

Ok at the moment it's looking like it's going to be a cat C, still waiting on a re think of the valuation as they hadn't gotten around to it today. Once I know how much they're offering and how much they want for me to keep hold of it I will post up.

[Tomcat]

Well after a little more aguing with the insurance assesors today I've come away with: £840 plus I get to keep the car. I get the real sneaky feeling I've been screwed here although I'm not sure why, ok I can salvage any bits off it I want and do what I want with the rest but they haven't told me how much they've knocked off the final amount for me to keep the car.

Anybody after bits I will hopefully (provided the R's ready in time) be breaking it at the end of the month, the wheels are not for sale as they're going to replace the crap aftermarket wheels that came with the car. Post on here what your interested in...

S,funny, but even now I look at the 960 and I prefer the looks of it to the 850R, even though I know it's not as fast and not as practical it's a prettier car..for now...lol.

[spesh]

Front suspension mate

[Tomcat]

Ok, you do know it's running cut down coils on the front dont you?.

[spesh]

Drop me a pm with your number I'll buzz you tommorrow

[Tomcat]

Ok, Pm'd mate.

[spesh]

Have u got a ss Exhaust on it?

[Tomcat]

Nooo, just a standard one. I bought some piping so I could make one but I never got around to it and it's only aluminised steel anyway.

[spesh]

Ok, last one then I'll buzz u tommorrow, any sort of diff?? Mine is gay and only powers 1 wheel, it will only drift going right!!!

[Tomcat]

Honestly I couldn't say, I haven't really paid that much notice. It's a bit underpowered so getting it to spin the wheels at all is a bit of a hassle, I do however have another spare diff lying around off a mk1 960.

[Tomcat]

Well another nail has been driven into its coffin today, the cheque from the insurance has finally landed!!, now to bank it and start getting the R roadworthy, once that's done the 960's done for......Poor thing..lol.

[t5 pete]

what you going to be doing with the 960 tc

[Tomcat]

Breaking it and weighing in whats left...why?.

[Tomcat]

960's officialy off the road tomorrow, anyone want any bits off it?.

[Vikingxl]

Can we change the name of this thread to "tomcat wastes everyones time with a thread about an old banger that never really went anywhere" ??????!!

[lance]

Ive been looking at 940s this week at DPAs including a lovely H reg Turbo it was mint. I would have one just for the hell of it if I had the space

[Tomcat]

Can we change the name of this thread to "tomcat wastes everyones time with a thread about an old banger that never really went anywhere" ??????!!

No,you can't lol...

[smithy]

Ive been looking at 940s this week at DPAs including a lovely H reg Turbo it was mint. I would have one just for the hell of it if I had the space

why would you want a 940 turbo mate lol

[Tomcat]

Well finally closed the book on this project today, got the remains collected (along with a load of other crap I wanted shut of) and taken away by a third party to weigh it in. As much as a pain in the ass as it's been I'm going to miss the old bus, even stripped of most of it's custom parts (and standard parts lol) it still looked pretty good on the back of that flat bed. Would have liked to have weighed it in myself as I was quoted £150 a ton just for the scrap value (not including the damn cat) but I had no means of getting it there, still though I got £100 for what was left so I'm not really complaining.

[cherry1809]

Shame that, It was a nice car.
Did you keep the Pegs in the end? Lol.

[Tomcat]

Yeah the pegs went onto the R, the crappy wheels the R came on got weighed in..

[t5 pete]

http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/untitledvgtdfvghtd.jpg

New pictures or ban lol

[Tomcat]

pictures of what?..the R?.

[p fandango]

think he means the 960 on the way to being turned into bean tins