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The ostrich will fit into the 4.4 no problem.

Ditch that 4.3 and TT and run the modified 608 map from Volvospeed then you can datalog superfast

You probably know already, but a certain project is moving to a new stable, I just have to clear a space and ready the tow car.......updates will follow and they will be on here first before any...

Our new house has a steep drive and getting in and out of the garage is a PITA, especially with the low ground clearance on BR coilovers. I finally finished the necessary ramps needed to get Betsy...

Picking Betsy up with new MOT and paint job from the body shop end of this week. Really looking forward to it. Once I've got her to Jedburgh - I can start trying to remediate the overboost and...

That's me going in a different direction, compound charging should be fun and expand my knowledge a fair bit more, I'm already machining up a part that may grace the engine bay, which will depend on...

I think that's highly likely......:wavey:

Well I thought I get some pic's up of the work done last year on Gul starting with the boring out of the inlet manifold
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all went well and the hole saw was just the prefect size and just a...

Hi all, its been a while, but thought it was time to update.

Slowly but surely have now built up the new car, ready for racing next year.
We were at Abingdon airfield for its first run 10 days...

It wouldn't be Claymore's car if a supercharger didn't wind up nestling under the bonnet....

Looks like a juicy supercharger found it's way in there :o

A long overdue update.

I sent Betsy to Shemtek back in March 2018. My Volvo SME list has grown shorter over time and I still like Shem, however communication over that time was protracted and...

Then I got hungry for something bigger.......

Browsing eBay I came across a guy breaking a V70. So I fired off a quick message to him and 2 days later these were delivered.
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Time for an update.

Sometime in January we were on our way back from a meal late at night, when all of a sudden the exhaust came apart and the car started sounding loud (it was pretty awesome). So...

Had to go on the wayback machine to find it

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I wasn't 100% happy with the throttle linkage when using the me7 inlet manifold and plus the intercooler to throttle body pipe kept blowing off the throttle body.

So I've gone back to more...

We do indeed, I think a latch engaged light might be required on your dashboard, you wouldn't want that lot flying up, nice work as always Colin :)

I like it.

Now you need to motorise it Bad Obsession style :D

I picked the cylinder head from the machine shop, had to have 4 thou skimmed off of it to make it flat.

Then it was just a case of fitting the head, tighten it down, fit the cams and the cam...

So now the AWD conversion is finished I was offered a S60R engine which had more cracks in the liners than crazy paving :)

The engine was stripped down and a shopping list of parts was drawn up, A...

Arduino is getting there, at the moment going through the code to see if I can make it faster and add some menu functions to control the exhaust flap automatically.

Right then.....All back to normal, suspected boost leak found on one of the only 2 joints that don't where mikalor pipe clamps,which was missed as when my home made custom rip pipes were fitted at...

Who is going to run a book on how long before this is broken for parts??

Well it has been a while since the last update, thought I'd better let you know how I got on. Olive did very well and pulled a 13.8 with all standard trim fitted in the car on the Saturday, but with...

Probably break it for Parts because it needs a new headlight bulb

Yeah, it's because the engine and transmission talks to the body control module, the traction control system, the ABS module, the immobiliser etc. before it will start. Because of this the engine has...