So Damien has been locked away for 1 year unused and ignored, other than the occasional battery recharge and push about so it didn’t flat spot my tyres. As I said last year Damien would be coming back in 2013 and here we are in 2013 what’s going on?
Well on March 2nd I had the car transported down to RT’s where at some point this coming month the engine will be removed stripped and the cause of the engine noise will be found, expecting it to be a bent rod and then the fault rectified.
Plans are to refresh and rebuild the engine using new genuine Volvo parts wherever possible, fitting H Beam rods, new shells, new rings and a hone etc etc, maybe new pistons although will wait to see what the existing ones are like. Tbh I’d like to keep with the standard ones if possible, Not looking at any substantial power hikes, before the engine noise I was quite content with the power and the engine ran well, however I am looking to have a few tweaks, be rude not too
Having done some research into high powered auto’s I am also having a genuine Volvo auxiliary gearbox cooler fitted and switching to some upgraded gearbox oil, other than that and new seals the gearbox will remain as was. When the engine is out I will be cleaning the engine bay as this is something I did on my previous car and I have always wanted to do to the Volvo.
There are a few goodies on their way from America and I have a few little bits already that are waiting to go on….
Once the car is all back together, mot’d and taxed Mark Shead will be tweaking my map so it’s up to scratch. Then maybe another outing to a ¼ mile event to see if we can’t get it a little closer to some of the faster manual times, especially if I can see more than 1.1 bar in 1st and 2nd gears, which seems to be where it counts on the ¼, the auto’s only going into 3rd at the end which is where my higher boost previously started to kick in…
As the car progresses I will add the updates here but I expect it to be a couple of months until I have the car back on the road ready, I also plan to drive it to the Ring this year and after last years trip as a passenger I am really looking forward to that
In the meantime this is how the car looked just before it came out the garage ready to be loaded on the trailer, even in the garage it can’t escape the dust, almost a barn find! Lol
Odd how it doesn’t look that bad from a distance
But up close?
On the trailer, just, about to head off…
Arrived at RT’s and waiting surgery next to a T5 which is also having a bit of an overhaul…
I’m going for a different look in the engine bay as well so these will be gracing the bay once it’s all back together
That’s it for now, nothing to exciting yet but that’s where we are at as of now, thanks for reading and as always comments are welcomed.
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