s70r tuning?

[joelounge]

hi need some advice... want/need to replace the shocks on the car and wondered if i should go original... or aftermarket. don't want to go much lower and want to spend the same as standard so wondered what the options were?

engine wise... got a remap, exhaust and filter what next? manifold? de cat? whats the best bang for buck?

Thanks and merry christmas!

[Wobbly Dave]

Eibach sport spring and Koni FSD shocks.

Race cat, bigger turbo - even though you have 18T

[timbo_1975]

My 2p having a lightly modded V70R.

Cat isnt really restrictive until you get to serious power, but it does help the turbo spool just a touch earlier- especially with something like an 18 or 19t.

I would go with a ported ME7 or S60R manifold, port matched, with an 18 or 19 blower, custom mapped on the rollers. An off the shelf map (rica or MTE) tends to be a one-map-suits-all, although they do the biz- a custom one will yield abit more, and the style of power delivery you prefer.

[joelounge]

cool where can i get a me7/s60r mani from? how much are they roughly?

merry crimbo!

[Chad]

the turbo on your car is a 16t. the 18t only came on the manual 2wd 70' series R and the 1999 B5234T8 V70R.

any manifold from a 2.0t/2.4t/T5 S60/V70 2000 onwards would be good as they are the same part number upto 2005 iirc. you can pick up a ME7 manifold between £20 - £50 depending who has one. The S60R manifolds are £200 + majority of the time.

id recommend getting the turbo and manifold ported before you put them back on. Tim Williams is excellent at porting.

also, the tim williams ported throttle body.

by doing this work, you might be better off with the stage 2 software from rica, mte or whoever your preference is.

hth

chad

[joelounge]

so i need a 18t plus mani ported throttle body and remap? worth doing the exhaust mani?

[Chad]

depends what sort of power you really want.

doing the exhaust manifold helps with the flow.

i have an 18t, me7 manilfold, throttle body which are all ported. i have BSR 3" downpipe and 2.5" cat-back, BSR air intake, reverse i/c setup.

im running a standard RICA310 map and im running approx 300 bhp.

a few more tweaks and i hope to run a bit more power.

if your looking for 350bhp + then you will need to get your rods/bolts etc uprated as these are the weak points in the T5 lump.

[joelounge]

it's an auto so am i limited by that as well?

Wanted de cat, me7, 18 t and throttle body! cash waiting!!

[Chad]

for the throttle body, pm Tim Williams on here or T5D5 as he does an exchange on these.

there is someone on T5D5 selling a 19t for £400.

link - http://forums.t5d5.org/index.php?/to...1&#entry115242

and i will keep my eyes open for a ME7 manifold.

[joelounge]

cool i'll have a look and get in touch with tim as well. thanks

[cameron]

Yeah as suggested before, 19T, S60R manifold, bigger injectors, Koni FSD's and Eibachs ( 40mm lower ), and maybe a bigger throttle body and a custom remap

Not a bad way to spend near on £2k

[joelounge]

so can a run the turbo, manifold and injectors on the rica re map?

[p fandango]

so can a run the turbo, manifold and injectors on the rica re map?

no, ECU's don't like changing the injectors. You'll need the map altering (either new map or custom) to get it run right with bigger injectors

i'm using a Volvo 960 throttle body with a larger custom reverse intercooler kit

[joelounge]

and was there alot of gains? if i kept the original injectors would there be enough fuel? what if i used a rising rate regulator?

[p fandango]

and was there alot of gains?

very much so, when i originally had the 19t i was very unhappy with the amount of lag. The pipework & throttle body spools it up faster than a 15g now, & that was replacing an original Volvo reverse intercooler kit

if i kept the original injectors would there be enough fuel? what if i used a rising rate regulator?

i'm still using orange injectors on my 19t, but only run 10psi becuase of how hard the injectors are working. I've got a FSE fuel regulator for my new engine but not tried it yet, also got blue injectors for it

[joelounge]

where's your battery? so much more room in there!

Thinking about fitting the bits who's best? is there any one on the forum whos trusted and resonable? have a young baby at home can't see the misses being to chuffed with me spending a couple of weekends in th garage!

[p fandango]

where's your battery? so much more room in there!

Thinking about fitting the bits who's best? is there any one on the forum whos trusted and resonable? have a young baby at home can't see the misses being to chuffed with me spending a couple of weekends in th garage!

i got a Volvo main stealer to fit my turbo, manifold & downpipe for me. Only cost £232.98. I would suggest you also replace the studs, nuts & washers when you change the turbo/manifold. Cost another £90 (only use genuine Volvo ones) but i'll remove the risk of it coming loose if you reuse the original ones

[joelounge]

wow quite resonable. they don't get funny about swopping over turbos etc?

[p fandango]

wow quite resonable. they don't get funny about swopping over turbos etc?

the receiptist wasn't sure but once i convinced the head of servicing that it was a straight swop over they were more than happy to give it a go. I would say make sure the turbo you get is a correct fitting as your engine (ie ME7 or pre-ME7) as there are different coolant/oil pipes between some turbos & they take a bit more work to swop over, i'm sure the bill would of been alot more if they had come across any problems (altho they did modify the heatshield to fit onto the S60R exhaust manifold within that price). When i picked BT up the mechanic who actually did the work wanted to go thru exactly what he did/had to do, think he quite enjoyed doing something that wasn't run of the mill

[p fandango]

because the main stealer couldn't connect the new larger downpipe to the current backbox they did warn me that it might be a bit loud on the way home lol

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hniNgHNbc[/ame]
downpipe & race cat, no backbox connected