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    OCTOBER 2010

    Suspension set up :

    An update at last! I took the car up to wheels in motion in Chesham, Buckinghamshire as I have heard so many good reviews from so many people. They set up all sorts of performance cars including time attack and drift cars.

    First of all the car was put on the ramp and the current alignment, camber, caster etc of the car are displayed :















    After analysing the data, they discussed with me the modifications that I had already done and how I plan to use the car : fast road / track use, and then adjustments are made.

    The main adjustment was to reduce the camber from 2.5 ish degrees to 1.2 ish degrees which will improve the cars ability to put the power down and it raised the front up by 5mm. The distance between the centre of the wheel and the arch are now 300mm front and rear which I was recommended as a good base set up. After the adjustments are made, the new results are displayed :







    Very impressed with the service, knowledge, equipment and value for money - I noticed the difference on the 100 odd mile return trip. Would recommend wheels in motion to anyone, very pleased.

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    DECEMBER 2010

    For the last few weeks I have changed several service items :

    Genuine Volvo :
    Plugs
    Fuel filter
    Bougicord leads
    Distributor cap
    Rotar arm

    Car drives much better now, can feel a few more bhp under my right foot!

    Also thought I would add a few snow pics :







    And the best bit for last :

    I dropped my car to RT's on Saturday because this arrived from JT in Sweden :





    And this :



    Now looks like this :



    Picked up my car on 27/12/2010 from RT's with the JT exhaust fitted - it is absolutely awesome and makes the car feel much more torquey, also cant get enough of that sound with the 3" DP. My old exhaust used to pop and bank quietly, but this does a few nice pops and bangs when you lift off the loud pedal . Couldn't be more pleased, will certainly do me until I decide to go for more power....

    Few pics :

    On the car :





    And a couple from a few locations in York, where I spent new years with my girlfriend and a few friends :





    Cheers to www.rtmechanics.co.uk for the exhaust, heat wrapping / fitting & to Scott, Andy & James for helping me make my mind up for which exhaust to go for!!

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    MAY 2011

    I havent done much to the car for a while, until this weekend..

    In April I went over to Belgium as one of my friends (JC Viggen from youtube) decided to break his car. I bought his intercooler, reverse flow IC piping, modified radiator mounts etc and 850R boot spoiler..

    Heres lots of pics of the parts being fitted :



    Barry starting the long task of removing the complete front end



    Spoiler off, not a good look!



    New spoiler on the left





    New spoiler on



    New intercooler from Jan's old car



    Bare front end



    New IC in



    Some reverse piping on



    Slam panel back in



    Looking a bit more complete






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    Finishing touches!





    Done!



















    A selection of pics from Saturday when we finished fitting all the parts.







    And finally a selection of pics after a quick polish today.

    Volvo 850 T-5R manual (Olive) B5234T5 : 305 bhp & a 14.5 sec 1/4 mile @ 101 mph & 2004 Volvo S40 1.9D S Daily driver.
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    MAY 2011 (2)

    Had a busy weekend this weekend..

    On Saturday I set off early for Santa Pod to take part in the Run What Yer Brung. The journey took 3 hours in total and entry was £10 and a further £25 for unlimited runs. My brother and I went up in my T-5R and we met my mum and dad there who went up in their C70

    I watched for a while and then my Dad and I decided to have a go. My first run was a 14.7 second 1/4 mile which I was pretty pleased with. I did a further 7 runs - I some how managed to win 7 out of my 8 runs. The cars I beat included an STI classic Impreza, a Mazda MPS, Mondeo ST220, Alfa V6, my dads C70 x 2.

    My best run of the day was :

    Reaction time : 0.501 seconds
    Total time : 14.573
    Terminal speed : 100.52 mph

    I was absolutely made up with those times, especially considering I didnt do a particularly agressive start! Here are some pics :



    Quick pic after arriving



    My Dads C70 T-5 GT



    Me vs my Dad



    Me vs Mondeo



    And there is more....

    I took Monday afternoon off to check my AFR's (and as a bonus get rough idea of bhp and torque!).

    The best RR local to me is Sumopower in Rye - only an hour or so away from me. Here are a few pics :



    One of the ramps



    Nice WRC evo



    Drift skyline



    Eat dinner off floor clean?



    Other side of the workshop



    My car on the dyno

    Very pleased with the results, mte stage 2 combined with my other mods seems to get the max out of the turbo as it starts to run out of puff! AFR's perfect as well - good result!

    BHP at the wheels is 260.5 bhp / 304.78 bhp at the flywheel
    281 ft lbs of torque at the wheel / 328.77 ft lbs oftorque at the flywheel
    Very pleased - been a brilliant weekend.

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    NURBURGRING TRIP - 10th - 18th JUNE 2011

    Went to the ring for a week with a few friends (including T4Mark with his S40 T4). 5th time we have been now so know the route off by heart and can get down there hassle free. Well and truly turned into an annual trip now!

    At Folekestone, way too early in the morning! :



    Shot on the way down taken from inside Marks T4 :



    Trip to the supermarket to get the essentials :



    Marks t4 fully loaded, was low enough on coilovers without a boot full of beer! :



    Few random parked up shots :







    Went to the nurburgring museum on a rainy day :



    Most importantly.... Marks T4 on the circuit :











    And the reason why mine wasnt .... :



    Split the big rear engine mount and couldnt risk taking it around. Gives me a good excuse to go back though if nothing else!

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    Bought one of these after getting back from the Nurburgring :



    The mount has been superceeded twice since the original, and the one on my car is the last original mount I haven't already replaced - probably about due to be replaced anyway.

    Glad Mark was there to help me fit it otherwise I wouldnt have had a clue how..



    Oh dear :



    July 2011

    Mot now due, 6 days before I get a clicking noise from the o/s front. Had to order one of these :





    Volvo no longer do the cv joint separately AFAIK so managed to get this one from Autolec with a 2 year / 24,000 mile warranty. I dont usually buy pattern parts but this looks to be great quality and there was no Volvo alternative..

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    Thumbs down

    Nice one Kerry it is a lovey car you have, about time you got this done lol.
    Not sure why there is a thumbs down on this??

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    Looks good mate. Thats one hell of a write up youve done there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim S70R View Post
    Nice one Kerry it is a lovey car you have, about time you got this done lol.
    Not sure why there is a thumbs down on this??
    Cheers Jim, as do you - surprised to see that your project isnt on here?!

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    Looks good mate. Thats one hell of a write up youve done there.
    Cheers mate

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    Makes me jealous looking at threads like these, i would never get away with spending my cash on tunning :^( amazing car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by volvokid View Post
    Makes me jealous looking at threads like these, i would never get away with spending my cash on tunning :^( amazing car.
    Many thanks for the kind words. Looking at your sig we have a similar choice in cars : An R and a phase 1.5 S40 D..

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    excellent thread buddy, wicked motor too

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    I did notice that lol expect you like saloons and i like estates :^) i need to add my new V70R to my sig
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    Blimey should have had a drum roll for this thread as it's been a long time coming! Well done for finally getting into gear with it...

    Great car, great guy. It's a pleasure to see you on here Kerry, look forward to seeing the car again in the flesh sometime soon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by AndysR View Post
    Blimey should have had a drum roll for this thread as it's been a long time coming! Well done for finally getting into gear with it...

    Great car, great guy. It's a pleasure to see you on here Kerry, look forward to seeing the car again in the flesh sometime soon.
    Cheers Andy, about time I re-joined and re-posted up my project since the forum crashed a few years ago now!

    Pleased to see you didnt "thumb down" my project - unlike your bro lol. Yes, that sounds good, hopefully do another meet sooner rather than later!

    Kerry

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    Long time no update....

    Done a few things recently. As some people know a certain red 850R was broken for parts so I had to get a few of the good bits that mine didnt have.

    Went for these :





    Stoptech BBK with carbotech xp8's. Basically big brembo's and 335 mm discs on alloy rotors with alloy carriers.

    and these :



    Pro race 1.2's 17" by 8.0"

    Put quite a bit of time into the calipers, and they came out like this :





    My friend (T4Mark) and brother helped me fit them :







    Comparison with my old 302's





    Came across a broken track rod end, knew something wasn't right!



    Very pleased with the end result! Brakes are noticeably better even at low speeds..

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    Some more pics :












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    Nice, I'm liking those brakes.


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    wow mate the car looks fantastic now with the wheels and brakes , wish i stayed on with mine a bit longer lookin at those pics as i wanted the same wheels lol
    top marks

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