Joined The 2 Door Club

[Rnash2002]

Well some have seen my new sig pic and some havent.
Well collected my new volvo on sunday morning and im very impressed with her,shes the newest volvo ive owned and im very happy with her,shes got a few little problems that need sorting but for a bag of sand shes not to bad.

She drives so smooth,power is good for standard and she handles better than my 850 did lol.
Shes a C70 T5 1999 me7.

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And yes i have plans for her,she got blues as standard so dont need them lol,will be getting bigger turbo,stainless exhaust,map,3" intercooler if it fits lol.
Should be ready for may/june ish all being well.

[T5frankie]

nice motor mate wont be regaining your title this year then eh? lol

[Rnash2002]

nice motor mate wont be regaining your title this year then eh? lol
Im happy to have had the fastest 850 last year.
Will be happy with a 13 sec pass once finished in this one,not really looking for major power just a quick all round car.

[Vikingxl]

Nice one matey they do look great in black and there arent many about as forum members keep destroying the black ones

[si850r]

nice motor mate......

[leet5r]

have you priced a remap up m8 , as these me7s like to make the dash look preety with daft light etc

[martybelfastt5]

thats looks smart,,,,,,,,,,,

[Rnash2002]

have you priced a remap up m8 , as these me7s like to make the dash look preety with daft light etc
I know i cant put a ebc on and stuff lol,just going to be full exhaust,3" core intercooler,bigger turbo and a good map.
Will be happy with 320bhp.

[Dave86]

Nice motor mate, wheels look good better than the ones on my c70

[Rnash2002]

Nice motor mate, wheels look good better than the ones on my c70 what are they?
There comets mate,there the 7.5j so fitted with 235 on the back and 225 on the front.
Ive got a set forsale off a s70R there the 7j with 225 on the back and 215 on the front.

[Dave86]

Saw the thread just after i asked lol would love a set but just about to get mine on the road so im a bit strapped

[Rnash2002]

Saw the thread just after i asked lol would love a set but just about to get mine on the road so im a bit strapped
Ok mate no worrys :)

[Wobbly Dave]

Nice one matey they do look great in black and there arent many about as forum members keep destroying the black ones
I heard that :P

[Wobbly Dave]

She looks lovely. Needs shinier wheels - anthracite looks a bit dull to me.

http://www.bigredvolvos.co.uk/images/C70_Scotland_aug05/loch_long_side_front.JPG

If you need any help or advice with the car - I'll happily help. I also have a few spares should you need (including a door & a boot lid).

I am biased but I do find that the handling is pretty good on the C's

[Rnash2002]

She looks lovely. Needs shinier wheels - anthracite looks a bit dull to me.

http://www.bigredvolvos.co.uk/images/C70_Scotland_aug05/loch_long_side_front.JPG

If you need any help or advice with the car - I'll happily help. I also have a few spares should you need (including a door & a boot lid).

I am biased but I do find that the handling is pretty good on the C's
Cheers Dave,i think you could be right about the alloys lol,think your also spot on with the handling defo seems much better than the 850.s70R ive drove then again could be due to the 235 on the back and 225 on the front?

[t5 pete]

looks really nice russ it looks like wobbley might have some competition this year

[lance]

Nice car, look forward to seeing it charging around Notts

[Rnash2002]

Nice car, look forward to seeing it charging around Notts

You might see it tomorrow lol i have to pop down to salvo.

[lance]

Arr I will be charging upto Leeds tomorow.

[MIKESC70T5]

Very nice and in my opinion the best looking car Volvo have ever made.

Just need to update it with the later jewel headlights and later style grille. That was my intention when i had mine, but it didn't stop there, lowered it, remapped it, electric seats put in it, Porsche brake setup put on it, 18" pegs lol.

[Rufe]

good choice there mate! :D

[smithy]

nice looking car mate enjoy the me7 lol,see you at the track.

[Jim S70R]

Very nice!!

[Knight Rider]

She looks lovely. Needs shinier wheels - anthracite looks a bit dull to me.

http://www.bigredvolvos.co.uk/images/C70_Scotland_aug05/loch_long_side_front.JPG

If you need any help or advice with the car - I'll happily help. I also have a few spares should you need (including a door & a boot lid).

I am biased but I do find that the handling is pretty good on the C's

Nice! i want this grill for mine, where can i get one from.

Cracking C you've got there Rnash :B_thumb:

[Wobbly Dave]

looks really nice russ it looks like wobbley might have some competition this year
I'll be very interested to see what he can come up with.

[Wobbly Dave]

Nice! i want this grill for mine, where can i get one from.

Cracking C you've got there Rnash :B_thumb:
Ebay - or new from Volvo. salvo may have a few?

I also changed my rear clusters for the newer ones.

[JelT5]

Nice car mate. Looks good in black :)

[Rnash2002]

I'll be very interested to see what he can come up with.
Might not be alot this year,will be happy with anything over 300bhp for now lol.

[The Flying Moose]

Nice looking motor Russ, didnt think you would last long out of the fold.

As previously mensioned Wobbly has a competitor now. Ill be very interested to see how the two compare in spec when it comes down to the strip.

[Wobbly Dave]

Bring it on!!

(now wondering if mouth/ trousers are of equal size)

[streaky744]

nice car, but prefer colour of mine of course. there is another black one in doncaster that i know off.

not sure i will be in yours and dave's club when it comes to grunt but my midlife crisis has started and the tuning bug has started. had stainless system sorted today so got a decent sound out of mine now. off to brum next month for the remap.

i'm going to cheat a little when it comes to getting a decent output, just going to buy a built engine that i can fit (getting old and lazy) just not decided where to get this from. just don't tell the wife other wise she'll want the money for something in the house instead

[Rnash2002]

Mines changed already,managed to get a cheap set of silver comets onto her,does make her stand out alittle more.
Got a strut brace on her aswell,just need to wait on my exhaust,polly top mount then decided whos going to map her.

[streaky744]

been playing in the sunshine with mine today.

pulled the radiator fan out, cleaned all inside of it, then as i was in there decided to pull the etm off to clean it as its been on the car for 2 yrs and done around 40,000 miles, it wasn't to bad and took around 10 mins to clean like new inside it. not a bad job to do really, took more time getting the fan and cowling out than it did to get etm off.

also checked all vac hoses while i was in there and once back together ticks over as sweet as it ever did.

mines already got the poly bush top mount.

also fabricated my own strut brace today thats more substantial than the volvo item, taking it to local shop to have it chromed before put pics up of it.

can't beat playing when on hols instead of looking after kids

as far as the map goes its hlm for me just don't know what map to have. any suggestions welcome.

[Wobbly Dave]

Sounds good lads - sounds great. Keep up the good work. I'll have my work cut out to keep you 2 behind me!

[Jamest5r]

Bring it on!!

(now wondering if mouth/ trousers are of equal size)

I will be there to catch the result on film:wink:

[Rnash2002]

Well had a few hours today so made up a rip kit with some pipes i had from other volvo's,was pritty impressed i only used 1 samco pipe in the end.

Also fitted the green/silver inserts inside the car o and sprayed the grill up.

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[LiamT4]

How hard was it to fit the aluminium inserts? I was told the dash had to come out!????

Looking good btw, the silver comets do look better on the dark cars.

[Rnash2002]

How hard was it to fit the aluminium inserts? I was told the dash had to come out!????

Looking good btw, the silver comets do look better on the dark cars.
Lets just say it took me about 3 hours to fit and i will never do it again lol,didnt take dash out managed to get to the screws behind with a small torx on a small socket.
Did lose some skin on hands though lol.
The one around the gear gator was easy and also the one on the glove box lid.

[LiamT4]

Lets just say it took me about 3 hours to fit and i will never do it again lol,didnt take dash out managed to get to the screws behind with a small torx on a small socket.
Did lose some skin on hands though lol.
The one around the gear gator was easy and also the one on the glove box lid.

Cheers, i suppose i could do the bit around the gearstick and the glovebox, unfortunatly its the center part that has the big scratch on it.

[Wobbly Dave]

Looks good. I am impressed that you have made up the RIP as I never believed it possible with all the sensors on the pipe leading into the ETM. Have you noticed any difference in the spool up time?

[Rnash2002]

Looks good. I am impressed that you have made up the RIP as I never believed it possible with all the sensors on the pipe leading into the ETM. Have you noticed any difference in the spool up time?
I cut the pipe just after the caped off hole just before the other long sensor.
It does seem to spool alittle quicker and also seems stronger when pulling.

[Rnash2002]

Fitted a filter today and air trap,was surprised the way the standard plastic part that goes into the top of the intercooler seems covered up on the other side and i couldnt work out how the air from the grill would pass through.
Was different on the 850,well i cut a bit out anyway so the air can get through there pritty well now.

Car defo seems to pull better with the rip and filter now just need to get the exhaust on and take her to the rollers before and after a map.

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[Wobbly Dave]

That would be the snow scoop. Not so necessary in Notts.

[Rnash2002]

Ok just alittle update.

Managed to get a set of silver comets on her and must say shes looking better and stand's out alot more.

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Ok after this i decided to spray the grill up and now looks better,just need to change the badge as mine is alittle worn.

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Ok fitted a boost gauge and a polly top mount.

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Ok so after this i got the obx system fitted,all went pritty well but the tail pipe came out abit too long from the back bumper so had to get this chopped and rewelded.
Doesnt sound too bad,maybe abit raspy but doesnt drone at all at speeds and sounds pritty nice when you boot it.

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Ok so after this and the gauge went in i noticed it was boost alot more than standard so must have been mapped some where as 1st gear only boosts to 3/4psi and all the rest go to 16 psi.
Booked it into the rollers but before i went i decided to time a 60 to 100 mph time as i had my old vids from the 850 to compare it to.

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Well to my surprise it was slightly quicker than the 850 so though it must be putting out so good power.

Ok got it dynoed and only made 256bhp and 300 lbft it made the 300lbft at 16psi but made the 256bhp at around 14psi as the boost dropped off.

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So was alittle dissapointed but still pulls better on the road than the dyno would suggest.

So will see what she pulls at york then probably fit a k24,vxr injectors and try and get a map that maxes out the turbo.

[Happygilmore78]

Nice motor buddy, and may I say, what a nice colour too ;)

PS, whats it sound like with the system on? any vids?

[T5frankie]

what you hoping for at york mate?

[Rnash2002]

what you hoping for at york mate?
in the 14's for now.

[Rnash2002]

Nice motor buddy, and may I say, what a nice colour too ;)

PS, whats it sound like with the system on? any vids?
Abit raspy on tick over and when you rev her but not to bad when you floor it.

[ianh007]

Nice alloys - look really cool of the black.

Ian

[Rnash2002]

Was a nice day so took the time to clean the car properly and took some better pictures.

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[Wobbly Dave]

Looks the bees' knees. Still love the colour! Shame I put mine over the hedge. What exhaust have you used?

[Rnash2002]

Looks the bees' knees. Still love the colour! Shame I put mine over the hedge. What exhaust have you used?

Its the obx one,full system.
Its not to bad and does make a difference,cant complain really as it didnt cost much in the end.

[Happygilmore78]

Is that the one that has a decat?

[Rnash2002]

Is that the one that has a decat?
Just has straight through pipe.