Let the fun (spending!) begin!!

[jamesy12345]

Waaaaaay faster.

the question is will you reach for the Volvo or BMW keys for a run out at the weekend....?

Any estimation on HP/torque figures from Tim?

[Shinsplintz 101]

It's a shame he didn't do the work himself as most people on here are home mechanics.

But this thread show what you could do with a blank cheque

Do you want a bowl of milk to go with that? What a snide comment to make on a great project. The work Tim has done for Chris is a bit above & beyond your average home mechanic & Chris has borne the cost in in order to get himself a true monster 850. It takes more than a socket set & a haynes manual to get a car like this one. But do feel free to post up your own project thread so we can see how you get on eh?

Chris, having seen it pre- Tim at Grantham last summer you fellas have done a great job, all the best, Morgan

[t5 pete]

Awesome results Chris hopefully will get to see it one day and cannot wait to get mine mapped 2.3 vs 2.5 if it's any where near that ide be over the moon

[Nealevo]

Are you going to the Gaydon VT meet on April 12th, it would be nice to see it in the flesh and get a few pics and steal some ideas from you?

[T5frankie]

60-100 Video:

100 in 3rd? What gearbox is that or Rev limit raised most probably

[Ettienne]

You can get 100 in third easily changing the box on some of the 6sps , plus rev raised.

[cherry1809]

It's a shame he didn't do the work himself as most people on here are home mechanics.

But this thread show what you could do with a blank cheque

That is a bang out of order post!
I for one love seeing what is happening with this car as it's my ex. The mans paying good money to see it's done right!
If I could of afforded to keep this car up to scratch like Chris has, I would have. I'm only too happy to see this progress into the car it has!

[S70T5Chris]

100 in 3rd? What gearbox is that or Rev limit raised most probably

It has an M56 from a S60T5 (whether that makes much difference??) Not sure on the rev limit, I haven't hit it yet.

Edit: Just asked Tim, 6900rpm.

[Jim S70R]

Nice work Chris this car is a real credit to you and all the hard work tim has been putting in, it's certainly paying off. Gonna have to come along and check the old girl out when your out at the meets.

[S70T5Chris]

It's a shame he didn't do the work himself as most people on here are home mechanics.

But this thread show what you could do with a blank cheque

Everyone's entitled top their own opinion mate. If your not a fan of how I've gone about things, then that's cool.

I don't make any apologies for not doing the mechanics myself though. It's not what I do. But to say most people do all their own work (particularly tuning work) on here is a vastly inaccurate assumption.

As for the blank cheque comment; Really?? You'd be incredibly surprised at how much the entire labour bill has been. Over 80% of the build cost so far has been parts.

[S70T5Chris]

Are you going to the Gaydon VT meet on April 12th, it would be nice to see it in the flesh and get a few pics and steal some ideas from you?

Unfortunately not mate. Taking the fam away for a week then.

[Ettienne]

Looking good chris maybe you can pop to southern meet (Pompey). I'll be doing similar with my olive 850r but 6sp.

[S70T5Chris]

Looking good chris maybe you can pop to southern meet (Pompey). I'll be doing similar with my olive 850r but 6sp.

Where and when is that mate?

Weekend stuff is difficult at the moment. I'm working away during the week a fair bit, so kind of got to spend the weekends with the wife and kids if you know what I mean! But i'll try for sure.

[Ettienne]

Next sat it's only a few people and were popping to the local breakers who usually have a good stock of Volvos. Meeting on top the hill in Portsmouth (southwark hill) where burger van is.

I may try and organise a quarterly meet

[S70T5Chris]

I'm going to order a DO88 RIP kit. The GWE stuff doesn't fit very well at all. The GWE maf to turbo pipe I bought ended up in the bin, it was miles off fitting correctly.

[S70T5Chris]

Next sat it's only a few people and were popping to the local breakers who usually have a good stock of Volvos. Meeting on top the hill in Portsmouth (southwark hill) where burger van is.

I may try and organise a quarterly meet

I may be able to do that mate, I'll let you know later part of the week.

[stribo]

Good to see you've got it back, and are happy with it mate.

[S70T5Chris]

Good to see you've got it back, and are happy with it mate.

Na it's ££££. It's been an absolute waste of time and money.

[Ettienne]

I may be able to do that mate, I'll let you know later part of the week.

Nothing major just a burger cup of tea and walk around the breakers, just to keep things ticking over until sort southern meet.

[claymore]

So, are we going to get some pics please