hello nice to meet u all

woking rob

hey im rob, im 23 i live in woking with my girlfriend and my 2 kids iv just got a 850 t5 man estate its got 230k on it but still pulling really well it was owned by a desabled couple befor mebut im looking to tune it and take it on some track days next year im gonna save for a forge bottom endso
how hard is it to start with the 2.5 bottom end? (does it go strate in?)
where do u get uprated parts? all the boost pipes and stuff?
last but not least how hard is it to get 400-500 bhp?
thank u and it will b nice to meet u all rob

PHIL V70R

hi rob just poping in 2 say hi..carnt help as dont no 2 much but the guys on here did a great job 4 me with an oil leak so good luck and hope u sort it cheers phil...

Chad

greetings..............

you'll have to spend a good FEW grand to get 400 -- 500 bhp.......

you'll probably need a nice garrett turbo, me7/s60r manifold, green injectors (or bigger), uprated conrods, and you might aswell do the pistons while your at it, port out the head, turbo, manifold and throttle body, 3" exhaust all the way through.

you might want to check out russ's 850 which i think is 591bhp and jcviggen's 850 t5r which i think is 420bhp.............

good luck with your future project and theres plenty of info on here......

chad

Chad

oh, and a nice custom map to suit.......

Flatout Phil

Send off to HLM Tuning (aka Hamish) for a remap for starters. £150 when I last looked - will give you many smiles per mile...

Welcome, by the way. And get a pic or two up as well!

Rnash2002

Welcome aboard.

Happygilmore78

Hi mate and welcome, 230k, a true testament to the trusty Volvo

woking rob

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Originally Posted by Chad

greetings..............

you'll have to spend a good FEW grand to get 400 -- 500 bhp.......

you'll probably need a nice garrett turbo, me7/s60r manifold, green injectors (or bigger), uprated conrods, and you might aswell do the pistons while your at it, port out the head, turbo, manifold and throttle body, 3" exhaust all the way through.

you might want to check out russ's 850 which i think is 591bhp and jcviggen's 850 t5r which i think is 420bhp.............

good luck with your future project and theres plenty of info on here......

chad

could u send me some links of thease builds as i can not find them?
and just a quick question my abs dont seem to work but when it does it sounds like its grinding but the light does not come on? thank u rob

robbo

hi and welcome from another new member.

just do a site search for 500 horse 850, and, jc viggen.
that should do the job.

also, watch the youtube vids of jc, entertainment!

cheers,

chris.

cameron

Rob

591 bhp T5R theres alot of pages so sit comortably before opening this link

Heres one of JcViggens videos of his T5R .....................

You Tube

412 bhp and 531 NM

Al115

To be honest (and I will probably get shot down for saying this) I'd not bother chasing the big power figures. I've been in a 500bhp T5 and it needed SERIOUS modding to get the power down. I also know a couple of people who've had 400bhp+ cars and they've stopped using them for daily drives as they were just too much like hard work (heavy clutches, lots of turbo lag, etc). It's basically a waste of time unless you just want a track car and nothing else.

400bhp is also way too much for the standard suspension / brakes / tyres in these cars, but you probably know that. To be fair the stock bhp is also too much for the standard brakes if you drive it hard

If it was me I'd sling a 19T turbo on, injectors and fuel pump, intake dp and exhaust, remap, uprate the front brakes and suspension, keep the stock engine internals, and you're done with a happy 300-320ish bhp, with bags of torque, nice and reliable.

That's why I'll be happy with a target 320-340 from my T4. We're pretty much all the way there by now

Have fun!

Tomcat

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Originally Posted by Al115

To be honest (and I will probably get shot down for saying this) I'd not bother chasing the big power figures. I've been in a 500bhp T5 and it needed SERIOUS modding to get the power down. I also know a couple of people who've had 400bhp+ cars and they've stopped using them for daily drives as they were just too much like hard work (heavy clutches, lots of turbo lag, etc). It's basically a waste of time unless you just want a track car and nothing else.

400bhp is also way too much for the standard suspension / brakes / tyres in these cars, but you probably know that. To be fair the stock bhp is also too much for the standard brakes if you drive it hard

If it was me I'd sling a 19T turbo on, injectors and fuel pump, intake dp and exhaust, remap, uprate the front brakes and suspension, keep the stock engine internals, and you're done with a happy 300-320ish bhp, with bags of torque, nice and reliable.

That's why I'll be happy with a target 320-340 from my T4. We're pretty much all the way there by now

Have fun!

That makes the most sense I've heard in a long time, I've had cars before that I've modded all to hell and then been disapointed that I couldn't use them as a daily driver any more. Why by a big fast comfy Volvo in the first place if your going to modify it to the point where it's no longer comfy or useable?..

woking rob

i was thinking that but im gonna get a second one for just track
wot do u think is a good enough to make a 300ish bhp volvo estate stop and go round corners and still feel like ur still in bed ha ha