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Doh Paul beat me to it but anyhow...

The best, tried, tested and reputable system to go for is made by BRC although it comes at a price of around £1600.

Both Nealevo and Pault5estate have the...

I've got the BRC Sequent 56 system on mine, been really good, never had any trouble with it.

http://www.brc.it/public/depl_seq_56_ta01z019-1_en.pdf

Nealevo has the same kit on his car.

Nice swift work there! No time wasted :)

Nice job you was at hlm then my v40 is there at mo for a remap

In the 1st pic buddy, where the drive shaft goe's into the gearbox/engine, the rubber boot looks wet, possible grease. no probs bud

Not a bad result for a car that's been stood for around 2 years.

Glad to hear that, not too bad a result.

Good luck with the Mot buddy :)

I'm with Neal.. 130 miles lol there must be more than 1 friendly mot tester in the uk... But then any excuse to drive the 850 over a nice distance is surely worth it :)

Fingers crossed the smoke...

Good luck with the mot tomorrow Pete! I expect a trip out in your successful return ;)

That's because your an older git now ;)

I've found on both occasions the plugs get corroded buddy where the bulb pushes in ;)

My 850r insurance worked out £162 fully comp through swinton

Looking good, nice to see progress being made :)

Its those Stupid Pro-Sport coilovers Dean... thats as low as they go. I've told him to speak to you about a set of BC's.

nice one mate defo worth the money and the slicks in the background are for my mates radical?

if the advice on the pistons is correct you will be miles inside the safety limit, so still have room to play with when you tire of 320 bhp.....lol

You could go Dean's (WoodyT5) route, do all the supporting mods, get a decent map, and leave the internals standard. ;)

Then again, you could take Mr Fandango's advice mixed in with this advice from Jimbo, so if your engine isn't smoking at all (including start-up) you could say the bores will be ok, but give them a...

Obviously rods
Timing Belt Kit,
Waterpump
Antifreeze
Thermostat
Coolent sendor
Oil
Oil filter
Rods
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Keep it simple pete that's what I did.with mine, set of rods from kalmar about 380 then new oversized pistons 81.4mm from volvo(melhe) about 600 then take the block to an engine builder who will bore...

obviously you'll have to make sure the crank shells/bearings are gapped correctly for the new crank but thats all

Have a read of this post Pete RE the RN crank,

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/topic/135486-revised-n-whiteblock/

pistons are good for around 450bhp so depends how high you want to go

i didnt even think it was pistons? just thought the rods were the "weak" part?

Some pictures from today :)

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u258/claymore2k/T-5R/DSCN0799.jpg
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