Post 370180 by gmain1967 on 2011-04-02 20:37:12
As above.
The good? Custom 3" exhaust done today by Simon, owner of Simons Exhausts at South Milton, East Kilbride, top bloke!
Fantastic looks, superb finish, and a great sound.
The bad? Car splitting an intercooler hose on the way there, and losing all the lights in the passenger headlight. Not sure what's caused that and had to spend time getting hose bodged back up in order it would do the 80 miles back home, so not able to have a look see.... Made it, and no DSA light, so it looks to have held for now. Two 63mm 90 degree silicone legs ordered to resolve that minor hiccup...!
Post 370196 by gmain1967 on 2011-04-02 21:20:03
[quote=GLTease;370191]love to hear that !![/quote]
Hopefully get a video clip tomorrow - spare time was spent fixing up the intercooler hose bend - two splits in it... At least I knew what it was when it started to struggle on the M8 and the DSA light came on...
It sounds throaty to say the least. One of the guys there thought it was a bit like a Subaru at tickover. Rather "un-volvo" like though, which was part of the aim! Now waiting on the 19t hybrid turbo from Australia and a remap:)
Post 372455 by Ross9 on 2011-04-13 23:58:50
looks cool, I'll keep an eye out.
Post 372487 by Haizum74 on 2011-04-14 11:16:16
[quote=gmain1967;370180]As above.
The good? Custom 3" exhaust done today by Simon, owner of Simons Exhausts at South Milton, East Kilbride, top bloke!
Fantastic looks, superb finish, and a great sound.
The bad? Car splitting an intercooler hose on the way there, and losing all the lights in the passenger headlight. Not sure what's caused that and had to spend time getting hose bodged back up in order it would do the 80 miles back home, so not able to have a look see.... Made it, and no DSA light, so it looks to have held for now. Two 63mm 90 degree silicone legs ordered to resolve that minor hiccup...![/quote]
That looks great, can I ask how much the exhaust was? Gives me an idea of what I would like doing with mine. Cheers
Post 372841 by gmain1967 on 2011-04-15 20:56:51
[quote=Haizum74;372487]That looks great, can I ask how much the exhaust was? Gives me an idea of what I would like doing with mine. Cheers[/quote]
Exchaust all in was £450 which I think is damned good and if you see it and hear it, definitely.....!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBiCU7ffSPI[/ame]
Post 373051 by Haizum74 on 2011-04-17 17:02:13
[quote=gmain1967;372841]Exchaust all in was £450 which I think is damned good and if you see it and hear it, definitely.....!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBiCU7ffSPI[/quote]
That sounds bloody great. Nice and throaty.
Post 373070 by gmain1967 on 2011-04-17 20:24:40
[quote=Haizum74;373051]That sounds bloody great. Nice and throaty.[/quote]
You ought to hear it on the move - get a pop when you come off the throttle on gear changes (up or down), and it rumbles on a trailing throttle. Anyone that looks does a double take when they see the Volvo badge.....!!!
Quite what it will be like when the 19T is on and mapped to suitI can only wonder, but stealth it won't be:smile:
Post 373077 by Haizum74 on 2011-04-17 21:09:22
[quote=gmain1967;373070]You ought to hear it on the move - get a pop when you come off the throttle on gear changes (up or down), and it rumbles on a trailing throttle. Anyone that looks does a double take when they see the Volvo badge.....!!!
Quite what it will be like when the 19T is on and mapped to suitI can only wonder, but stealth it won't be:smile:[/quote]
Reminded me of a spitfire flyby lol. I want one!
Post 373097 by gmain1967 on 2011-04-17 21:57:31
[quote=Haizum74;373077]Reminded me of a spitfire flyby lol. I want one![/quote]
£450 and a trip up to East Kilbride and you've got one!!!!!!
Post 373101 by Haizum74 on 2011-04-17 22:03:50
[quote=gmain1967;373097]£450 and a trip up to East Kilbride and you've got one!!!!!![/quote]
*added to the list*
Post 373108 by t5_monkey on 2011-04-17 22:19:18
That's a proper set of pipes on that!
you're making me want a Straight Thru on mine :)