Project Polly - 850 AWD

[Dangerous Dave]

Another update, having to dodge the showers. Really need to get a garage

Chopped the nearside box in half to add a branch from the main exhaust path


Added a pipe to go straight out the box


Chopped the offside box to make the outlet central


And here's one I made earlier Added the RS tips with the valve and sprayed it all black


And fitted to the car. Maybe the only/first Volvo 850 with Focus RS tailpipes in the UK?



Now to make the actuator control box. Got a cheapo Arduino Nano off ebay for £3, some stripboard, a remote control receiver, a transistor, some wires and a plastic box to put it all in. Mixed it all together, left it to bake for 30 minutes and this is what it came out like


Luckily the power supply for the tailgate wiper is switched by the ignition and is routed through an easily accessible connector on the D pillar. So the power is connected, just got to route the actuator wiring through the boot floor somewhere and then test it