ok think its about time get this topic started!
been drivin her for last couple weeks and just cant argue with it... just one hell of a car! love it lol
anyway let the pics do the talking for now:
store'd aside before i came along:
In work for mot,. with its cousin
Slight difference to the T5:
crusty V new
Helping a couple mates move house so some randoms:
dropped low!
Looking good, any other plans/modifications in the pipeline? Always liked the 960's in particular the front end.
pleanty to come, just time + money to fuel the purchases lol.. getting her to run 100% at mo,.. then sorting the paint/body out. theres quite a bit of laquer peel going on, so a few new panels and maybe a blow over as one the lads i help'd move happens to be a painter. refurbishing a set of columbus at mo so will update asap
Will look spot on once the bodywork is neatened up. Im assuming its too far gone for t-cut then. Consodering the colour it doesnt look faded at all really.
no nothing faded just bad laquer,. bonnet is far gone same with bumper an driver door has rust issue other than that she's good
Nice!, good to see someone else with a 960. What plans you got for it?...
full performance exhaust and headers and chip her up +filter her and you are looking at 260 to 280 bhp couple of more mild mods 300 bhp .the engine was very restricted from factory mate and has loads of potental mate.
Gotta love a 960! Can't wait until mine is "firing on all cylinders" so to speak.
tc - pleanty plans dude just going thru step by step to tidy her up smithy - i know that score so no worries! but mine is only the 2.5 not 3.0 but that's going to change in time again... id love to make the N/A screamer that the 6cyl has inside as a start point to something much madder haha dunc- yer know the feelin i still got some runnin issues with mine as it stands, couple new sensors to change an all be sweet
[quote=smithy;332624]full performance exhaust and headers and chip her up +filter her and you are looking at 260 to 280 bhp couple of more mild mods 300 bhp .the engine was very restricted from factory mate and has loads of potental mate.[/quote] Sounds like quite an interesting sleeper :) are there any modded up like that on Youtube?
[quote=t5_monkey;332778]Sounds like quite an interesting sleeper [/quote] i do miss my t5 but to have that kind power again but with none the turbo lag/kick up arse,.. all na would be quite a suprise to a fair few people.. not to mention it will be able to put the power to the road a lot better
todays efforts... prepping up/painting alloys,.. they aint 100% but the corrosion is that bad and i rather do them myself,.. also as you can see from a few previous pics the bonnet was badly scratched! so much decided to go satin black on it.. has come out better than expected but took a whole 750ml can to get a single coting.. oh and a shot showing the HID... enjoy
[quote=t5_monkey;332778]Sounds like quite an interesting sleeper :) are there any modded up like that on Youtube?[/quote] yes the are loads of 960s modded on youtube mate.
ok so cam across a few goodies the past week so some new alloys and major suspension conponents!!! :D
Just to show the dish,... a xbox 360 controller in the rim...
slowely collecting parts and will wap it all together once i have what i need,.. so going to be some major transformations in large stages but a good bit of time between them
dont forget full exhaust from engine back and chips oh yes the power is coming and if you can get the cams reground to the early spec 960 much better cam.then 300 bhp is getting closer and if you do a manual conversion then more power to the wheels.
Where'd you find the coilovers?, I've seen some Gaz ones on Flebay for £150 new... Also how are you going to adapt the hubs to take those alloys(being as they're 4 stud).
[quote=Tomcat;333497]Where'd you find the coilovers?, I've seen some Gaz ones on Flebay for £150 new... Also how are you going to adapt the hubs to take those alloys(being as they're 4 stud).[/quote] More to the point where are you going to put the spring? There doesn't appear to be a top spring mount with those shox and IIRC there isn't one on the chassis . . . +1 for the wheels. I guess FK could make some wheel adaptors but if the wheels are 4x100 you might have problems cos the Volvo is 5x108 and the bolt holes will be very close. Dr John says flog em and get some that fit . . .
smithy - i will be getting a nice cat back but as free flowing as can fit but as quiet as can be,.. just for future upgrades.. oh and she IS a manual ;) TC/V70 - those units where hideing at a local motor factors for a while so i got them at a good price,. the sprin seats are still in the box, can just see it, the black section on top of first picture. the wheels are no problem, my mate is an engineer, well he's no more qualified than myself except has worked in precision engineering shop for near 10years. so im setting up the cad drawings and he's going to do the metal work. in short going to make adapters and be able to space the wheels out a bit too
you lucky sod its a manual ,if i was you i would save up for a full engine back exhaust mate you will get the most gains or atleast a 100 cell racecat
i know haha,. was only 2min walk from my house aswell! ill be sorting out the exhaust with a full system so thats not a problem. only issue i have is finding a chip for it?? i have looked on TB but cant find any info for chip'd ecu for 960
I have details of a guy from TB that will chip a 960 ecu, trouble is he's in Sweeden so you'd need to send your ecu away for a week or two.
hi tuning in sweden mate look it up on google
what kinda price's are we looking at for that then? and to what level of tune is possible with the motronic 1.8
the guy who works or worked for them was fred chips and he had a v90/960 estate that he was modding to easly 300 bhp the is a write up on tbricks mate
i shall go have a dig about it now
been a good few months now and still enjoying the car, seems everytime i play with the engine it gets slightly better...
headgasket is on its last legs so i cant see it lasting long, thought my oil leak was just cam cover but its both.. meaning my pcv could very well be a issue,.. catch tank soon!
anyhow for now,..
some mocking up..
some installations and some mods ;)
are you coming to york i would luv to see this car in the flesh mate or come to avon to 1 of the meets in the summer mate
haha id love to man but im just about to move around the country so apart from makin sure car can survive trip to new home wont have much money to do anything this year. hopefully have headgasket fixed in couple weeks as thats priority,. once i know the enigne is sweet the nitrous will be getting its final plumbing in, then got brakes and suspension to fix for mot. gnna be next year before i hit a track or meet again
I like it :D
haha thanks dude