Lunatics New Mods

**T5ER** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 09:09

Been busy over the past few days,been doing a few more mods to LUNATIC and non of it involved any paint this time.Now have fitted a VOLVO strut brace,K&N induction kit and some very nice VOLVO carpet car mats.Next month is a full set of lowering springs -40mm drop and poss some other mods cash depending.Will try and get someone to put pics up later when i get some taken

arbee · Sunday 18th June 2006, 09:47

excellent mate, bet the induction kit sounds nice - tho the opinion seems to be that their not as effective as the original air box

**dreadly** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 10:15

I had heard that about the airbox, unless you create a cold air chamber for the air.
I have noticed that the underbonnet temperatures on my S60 are very very high, I wouldn't want to be dragging that hot air that into my engine, even if you used a cold air feeder pipe it would be hot.
Probably a good thing that the S60 has the battery in the boot (trunk) it should last longer than in those extreem temperatures.

**T5ER** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 16:56

got 2 cold air feed pipes running from the front direct to the filter,going to make a air box for it to sit in sometime very soon

**dreadly** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 18:14

That sounds like a lot of fun, what are you going to use? - Alu? - FibreGlass?

We must of course see before and after piccys

**T5ER** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 19:01

alloy i think just got to work some things out b4 hand though

**T5SLAVE** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 19:19

Eeexxxccceeellleeennnttt stuff matey, sounds great, let's ave some photos ASAP.

Mine is back in the bodyshop again so no playin for the past couple o days...boo hiss!!!

BTW do the Volvo mats have any sort of position retainers as the mats I have fitted move around a lil' bit n it's really annoyin?

**T5ER** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 19:24

should have two stud type things in the floor on the drivers side mate.Will get photos up asap

**woz** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 23:34

Originally Posted by dreadly

I had heard that about the airbox, unless you create a cold air chamber for the air. .

Met a guy in supermarket carpark yesterday (Note to self - I need a VPCUK flyer to hand out!) - he pulled up in a sweet sounding S70T5R he had bought - had all the bits from a strut brace, alloys, calipers, grooved discs, to an induction kit - read on! He showed me under the hood claiming 275 bhp which intrigued me as my 'standard' 855 has a RICA 280. Anyway - his had a repiped intercoler and a cone air filter in a cold air compartment where the standard airbox lives. If I see him again I will get pics buit the thing looked like a vertical scuttle panel with a rubber seall across the top and the air filter inside. I thought the basic engineering principle was sound though
I did not note where the MAF meter was. - Intrigued as to if it really worked.

Obviously the main objective is get as much cold air in with as little restriction and as little heat "soak" as possible. Any damn way you can...
Cheers
Woz

**T5SLAVE** · Sunday 18th June 2006, 23:41

Hey woz,

I'm sooo on this whole cold air to the intake thing it just aint funny!!! One man u need to speak to is Safron C70 'AKA' Chris White. He's carried out all sorts o diiferent setups according to the photo history of his car...

http://chriswhiteuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

**woz** · Monday 19th June 2006, 23:26

Originally Posted by T5SLAVE

Hey woz,

I'm sooo on this whole cold air to the intake thing it just aint funny!!! One man u need to speak to is Safron C70 'AKA' Chris White. He's carried out all sorts o diiferent setups according to the photo history of his car...

http://chriswhiteuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Mmm - interesting - I wil see if I can some pics of aforementioned as itsd taken a different approach in that the filter is roughly where the original one would have been. A pic will explain.
Cheers
W:>)

**T5ER** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 18:54

finally got some pics of my new mats,k&n and strut brace but i cant post them as my camera is nuffed at the mo and aint got a lead for my phone to post them up,so if any has a camera fone and wants to do me the favour i would br very greatfull

**Engineer** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 18:57

Originally Posted by T5ER

finally got some pics of my new mats,k&n and strut brace but i cant post them as my camera is nuffed at the mo and aint got a lead for my phone to post them up,so if any has a camera fone and wants to do me the favour i would br very greatfull

Hi mate send em to me will sort 2 morrow unless someone can do it quicker.

**Babybadger** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 19:13

What about a bonnet scoop, like the old muscle cars and scoobies?

**T5ER** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 19:15

Originally Posted by Babybadger

What about a bonnet scoop, like the old muscle cars and scoobies?

trust me thought about it,still thinking of drilling a big hole in my n/s inner and outer front wings and having the end of the K&N just poking out

**The Flying Banana** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 20:03

Originally Posted by T5ER

trust me thought about it,still thinking of drilling a big hole in my n/s inner and outer front wings and having the end of the K&N just poking out

Do it properly, use the front wing vent from a mercedes sprinter van, graft it into the wing of the volvo and have it refinished at paintshop...

**T5ER** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 20:21

exactly,anyway back to the point can anyone with a camera phone please post my new pics up for me tonight if i send them to you

**fraz13** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 20:23

why dont ye get a www.photobucket.com account then ye could post them yourself

**T5ER** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 20:33

Originally Posted by fraz13

why dont ye get a www.photobucket.com account then ye could post them yourself

got one fraz plus a imageshack but dont have a lead for my phone at the mo and fmy camera is knacked mate

**t5tart** · Wednesday 21st June 2006, 21:42

can you not email them to yourself from your phone??

if not then sure ill do it for you

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