Post 117112 by T5ER on 2006-06-18 09:09:41
Been busy over the past few days,been doing a few more mods to LUNATIC and non of it involved any paint this time.Now have fitted a VOLVO strut brace,K&N induction kit and some very nice VOLVO carpet car mats.Next month is a full set of lowering springs -40mm drop and poss some other mods cash depending.Will try and get someone to put pics up later when i get some taken
Post 117116 by Unknown on 2006-06-18 09:47:49
excellent mate, bet the induction kit sounds nice - tho the opinion seems to be that their not as effective as the original air box :confused:
Post 117119 by dreadly on 2006-06-18 10:15:04
I had heard that about the airbox, unless you create a cold air chamber for the air.
I have noticed that the underbonnet temperatures on my S60 are very very high, I wouldn't want to be dragging that hot air that into my engine, even if you used a cold air feeder pipe it would be hot.
Probably a good thing that the S60 has the battery in the boot (trunk) it should last longer than in those extreem temperatures.
Post 117178 by T5ER on 2006-06-18 16:56:35
got 2 cold air feed pipes running from the front direct to the filter,going to make a air box for it to sit in sometime very soon
Post 117190 by dreadly on 2006-06-18 18:14:18
That sounds like a lot of fun, what are you going to use? - Alu? - FibreGlass?
We must of course see before and after piccys :)
Post 117200 by T5ER on 2006-06-18 19:01:31
alloy i think just got to work some things out b4 hand though
Post 117205 by T5SLAVE on 2006-06-18 19:19:28
Eeexxxccceeellleeennnttt stuff matey, sounds great, let's ave some photos ASAP.
Mine is back in the bodyshop again so no playin for the past couple o days...boo hiss!!!
BTW do the Volvo mats have any sort of position retainers as the mats I have fitted move around a lil' bit n it's really annoyin?
Post 117209 by T5ER on 2006-06-18 19:24:55
should have two stud type things in the floor on the drivers side mate.Will get photos up asap
Post 117301 by woz on 2006-06-18 23:34:11
[QUOTE=dreadly]I had heard that about the airbox, unless you create a cold air chamber for the air. .[/QUOTE]
Met a guy in supermarket carpark yesterday (Note to self - I need a VPCUK flyer to hand out!) - he pulled up in a sweet sounding S70T5R he had bought - had all the bits from a strut brace, alloys, calipers, grooved discs, to an induction kit - read on! He showed me under the hood claiming 275 bhp which intrigued me as my 'standard' 855 has a RICA 280. Anyway - his had a repiped intercoler and a cone air filter in a cold air compartment where the standard airbox lives. If I see him again I will get pics buit the thing looked like a vertical scuttle panel with a rubber seall across the top and the air filter inside. I thought the basic engineering principle was sound though
I did not note where the MAF meter was. - Intrigued as to if it really worked.
Obviously the main objective is get as much cold air in with as little restriction and as little heat "soak" as possible. Any damn way you can...
Cheers
Woz
Post 117303 by T5SLAVE on 2006-06-18 23:41:24
Hey woz,
I'm sooo on this whole cold air to the intake thing it just aint funny!!! One man u need to speak to is Safron C70 'AKA' Chris White. He's carried out all sorts o diiferent setups according to the photo history of his car...
http://chriswhiteuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Post 117622 by woz on 2006-06-19 23:26:41
[QUOTE=T5SLAVE]Hey woz,
I'm sooo on this whole cold air to the intake thing it just aint funny!!! One man u need to speak to is Safron C70 'AKA' Chris White. He's carried out all sorts o diiferent setups according to the photo history of his car...
http://chriswhiteuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/[/QUOTE]
Mmm - interesting - I wil see if I can some pics of aforementioned as itsd taken a different approach in that the filter is roughly where the original one would have been. A pic will explain.
Cheers
W:>):worthless
Post 118092 by T5ER on 2006-06-21 18:54:10
finally got some pics of my new mats,k&n and strut brace but i cant post them as my camera is nuffed at the mo and aint got a lead for my phone to post them up,so if any has a camera fone and wants to do me the favour i would br very greatfull
Post 118095 by Engineer on 2006-06-21 18:57:57
[quote=T5ER]finally got some pics of my new mats,k&n and strut brace but i cant post them as my camera is nuffed at the mo and aint got a lead for my phone to post them up,so if any has a camera fone and wants to do me the favour i would br very greatfull[/quote]
Hi mate send em to me will sort 2 morrow unless someone can do it quicker. :wink:
Post 118106 by Babybadger on 2006-06-21 19:13:45
What about a bonnet scoop, like the old muscle cars and scoobies?
Post 118107 by T5ER on 2006-06-21 19:15:15
[QUOTE=Babybadger]What about a bonnet scoop, like the old muscle cars and scoobies?[/QUOTE]
trust me thought about it,still thinking of drilling a big hole in my n/s inner and outer front wings and having the end of the K&N just poking out
Post 118118 by The Flying Banana on 2006-06-21 20:03:05
[QUOTE=T5ER]trust me thought about it,still thinking of drilling a big hole in my n/s inner and outer front wings and having the end of the K&N just poking out[/QUOTE]
Do it properly, use the front wing vent from a mercedes sprinter van, graft it into the wing of the volvo and have it refinished at paintshop...
Post 118125 by T5ER on 2006-06-21 20:21:02
exactly,anyway back to the point can anyone with a camera phone please post my new pics up for me tonight if i send them to you
Post 118126 by fraz13 on 2006-06-21 20:23:59
why dont ye get a www.photobucket.com account then ye could post them yourself
Post 118130 by T5ER on 2006-06-21 20:33:45
[QUOTE=fraz13]why dont ye get a www.photobucket.com account then ye could post them yourself[/QUOTE]
got one fraz plus a imageshack but dont have a lead for my phone at the mo and fmy camera is knacked mate
Post 118140 by t5tart on 2006-06-21 21:42:19
can you not email them to yourself from your phone??
if not then sure ill do it for you
Post 118217 by t5tart on 2006-06-22 09:42:38
[QUOTE=T5ER]got one fraz plus a imageshack but dont have a lead for my phone at the mo and fmy camera is knacked mate[/QUOTE]
