hi anyone out there

[jim]

hi,

found this after searching for elusive bits to make my t5 a bit quicker.

all ideas welcome, having trouble finding reliable t5 tuning stuff.


cheers,


i would add a smile but i'm not sure it worked :

[Pedro Fandango]

Hi Jim welcome to the forum,

what sort of a budget have you got for mods?

[jim]

hi,

thanx

i want 300+ no idea what this will cost...more worried i'll blow it up if i dont get something decent and that would cost a lot.

jim

[Wobbly Dave]

hello - Tuning pre-2000 T5 engines to over 300 is fairly easy. go to bromsgrove with 600 and assuming that your turbo is up to the job then a remap will have you over the 300 in one go.

as odd as this might sound I am selling my beloved. You can have the 300 gees gees already to rock and roll.

I will throw in a smilie too :)

[Mrsmopp]

Hi!!

Welcome to the forum!

So what model T5 have you got?

In the way of tuning to 300 horses probably the most efficient way is the RICA which is a ECU remap. 300bhp wont damage you engine - they will take about 340 to 350 before the engine really starts to feel the push.

Keep us updated!!!

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[jim]

hi guys,

i have a silver, auto 2001 v70 t5, seven seats and a healthy disregard for bmw's; i take it this will work ok?

thanks for the advice i think the rica route looks good, the other things i crave are some interior carbon fibre or aluminium trims for the centre consul and some bigger wheels mine are only the matiz alloys 16's i reckon 18's might help with the extra horses.

has anyone ever seen a switchable ecu system so you could have it in normal/sport etc?

are there any more meets planned i have never met anyone with a tuned volvo who knows how they hold up day to day?

cheers,


jim

[Mrsmopp]

We have a meet planned for teh 17th October at Santa Pod Raceway in Northampton if thats any good to you?

Your V70 will take to the RICA like a duck to water!! :dgrin: And that healthy disregard for Bimmers will grow to include scoobies etc too!!!

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[GuyD5]

has anyone ever seen a switchable ecu system so you could have it in normal/sport etc?

Hi Jim and welcome to the forum :D

Speak with Volvo Tuning about a switchable ECU system ... Adam is the man for that :)

I've been running my RICA since February (9000 miles) and it's getting better and better :dgrin:

[wright_t5]

Hi, Have you any more info on the re-map service these guys give, like addresses, costs etc.....

Having already had an Chip upgrade does a re-map include a new chip, or is the fitted modified?

[Mrsmopp]

There is no chip in an ecu upgrade. You will probably need to have your current chip removed. RICA is downloaded software onto your ecu.

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[wright_t5]

So where would one get this done, and how much are we talking about?

[Mrsmopp]

The RICA can be done at Volvo Tuning in Bromsgrove. About £590 for the 304 horses!

http://www.volvotuninguk.com/volvotuning/index.htm

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[wright_t5]

Ouch... But thanks for the link, I will have to save hard...... that's about £20 a horse!!

[Mrsmopp]

What chip do you have currently? RICA aren't the only Upgrade out there (some start from just £295) but they have the biggest stand alone power increase. It isn't cheap but when I weighed up the pro's and cons with the other upgrades it won hands down.

If you want to know wnaything about the other upgrades then I have details on most of the ones available to Volvo.

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[wright_t5]

Hey that would be good reading, can email me on martin.wright@halliburton.com if that makes it easier...... xx

[Mrsmopp]

Done!!

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[andy l]

hi how long will this take to do, then must think new brakes are a good thing what would you put on

[Mrsmopp]

How long will the RICA take to do? A couple of hours and JD! Nice and easy!

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