Proud V70 T5 Owner

Post 753797 by sanj on 2014-12-29 19:22:11

Hi, I bought a V70 T5 2.4 260bhp 6 Speed Manual 166k miles ex police ex ambulance a few weeks back, been meaning to write this post for some time. The car runs very nicely (I got lucky I think) just had it serviced from PYE Volvo Stirchley Birmingham (they are the best, honestly nice honest guys that will give you the time of day, highly recommended). My cousin recommended them he's got a V70R. I have put in a stereo, two new front tyres and upgraded to a piper cross air filter. I got a long list of stuff I want doing, so will be keeping you guys posted as I progress with that, mainly minor body work i.e. holes and paint touch ups where police stickers were. I am looking to get it remapped (any advice/experience on tuning an ex police will be welcomed) which is a story in itself which you will soon hear about. I have 2 volvo buddies on here who are Rogo1806 and Rahul! Hopefully make a few more. Cheers Sanj Heres some pics: [ATTACH=CONFIG]27779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]27780[/ATTACH]

Post 753798 by Santa on 2014-12-29 19:36:35

Welcome :)

Post 753800 by V70 Graham on 2014-12-29 19:40:10

Welcome to the club.

Post 753802 by volvokid on 2014-12-29 19:55:55

Welcome. How does it compare against the R?

Post 753814 by sanj on 2014-12-29 21:07:07

[QUOTE=volvokid;753802]Welcome. How does it compare against the R?[/QUOTE] My cousins R is a different beast. Its got two maps, one is very progressive and performs well on lower end, second and third gear is very impressive. The other map is more explosive in power delivery - better at motorway driving. My T5 is standard and can keep up just about - will see when mine is mapped :-) Cheers for the Welcome.

Post 753815 by sanj on 2014-12-29 21:07:38

Thanks all for your Welcomes.

Post 753818 by LiamT4 on 2014-12-29 21:19:03

Welcome. Plenty of power to be had from your engine, just make sure its all running well before you do start modding it.

Post 753819 by jamesy12345 on 2014-12-29 21:24:49

Hello & :welcome:

Post 753833 by ExternalError on 2014-12-29 21:50:26

Hello and welcome You can get a lot out of your engine as people have said above ensure you get it all checked over before starting to modify it id recommend getting the engine pressure tested. My S60 runs the same engine as your V70 so long as you get it fully checked over 1st then look at getting an full exhaust including downpipe you may want to speak to graeme welsch on here as he does a good 3" system for the S60 at reasonable prices, then get some bigger injectors greens or vxr should do and you will see around 350ish bhp with a good map, I suggest dream3r on here as thats what mine is running but there are other options available. Last time on the rollers mine made 343bhp with a 3" catback and meth injection so you can see how well these map.

Post 753862 by AndysR on 2014-12-29 23:45:56

Hi and welcome to the fold.

Post 753867 by M-R-P on 2014-12-30 00:18:56

Lots of ex service cars about at the moment :) welcome aboard, don't often see ex - ambulances in T5 format, they're usually oil-burners.

Post 753882 by abdul on 2014-12-30 09:52:37

Welcome

Post 753946 by RichT4 on 2014-12-30 19:35:23

Welcome, :) looks very nice!

Post 753950 by foammanmark on 2014-12-30 19:41:02

[QUOTE=sanj;753814]My cousins R is a different beast. Its got two maps, one is very progressive and performs well on lower end, second and third gear is very impressive. The other map is more explosive in power delivery - better at motorway driving. My T5 is standard and can keep up just about - will see when mine is mapped :-) Cheers for the Welcome.[/QUOTE] Hi and welcome to the forum. Is your cousin Rogo1806 who bought my Nautic R joi?

Post 753975 by Kingsford G on 2014-12-30 21:45:01

Welcome.If you want it reliable get Dreamers 1.2 bar max map which has the high stat up idle deleted and other supporting mods.If you get on a dyno 1st then u`ll see the progress.

Post 753981 by WOODY T5 on 2014-12-30 23:21:10

Hello mate

Post 753983 by Rogo1806 on 2014-12-31 00:24:37

[QUOTE=foammanmark;753950]Hi and welcome to the forum. Is your cousin Rogo1806 who bought my Nautic R joi?[/QUOTE] Yeeeeep it's me :) Mark I put that 'other' ecu in Again and don't seem to be getting misfire now! i prefer the progressiveness of that one. Need to meet up to show you my progress.

Post 753986 by ExternalError on 2014-12-31 01:00:42

where abount in the midlands are you im in birmingham would be great if we could organise a meet up in the midlands at some point

Post 753994 by foammanmark on 2014-12-31 09:33:15

[QUOTE=Rogo1806;753983]Yeeeeep it's me :) Mark I put that 'other' ecu in Again and don't seem to be getting misfire now! i prefer the progressiveness of that one. Need to meet up to show you my progress.[/QUOTE] Pleased for you, and it would be great to see the car again at some stage.

Post 754006 by martybelfastt5 on 2014-12-31 13:30:12

welcome to vpcuk!

Post 754202 by sanj on 2015-01-01 21:30:48

[QUOTE=ExternalError;753986]where abount in the midlands are you im in birmingham would be great if we could organise a meet up in the midlands at some point[/QUOTE] It definitely would be good to get together. Im im South Birmingham, Hall Green, Shirley way. A VPC day at http://www.rwyb.co.uk/ would be good fun

Post 754203 by claymore on 2015-01-01 21:52:19

We don't generally do Santapod but we do Shakespeare county raceway quite often through the year.

Post 754212 by ExternalError on 2015-01-01 22:27:53

[QUOTE=sanj;754202]It definitely would be good to get together. Im im South Birmingham, Hall Green, Shirley way. A VPC day at http://www.rwyb.co.uk/ would be good fun[/QUOTE] Not to far from me im stechford/yardley way

Post 754343 by sanj on 2015-01-02 23:32:12

[QUOTE=claymore;754203]We don't generally do Santapod but we do Shakespeare county raceway quite often through the year.[/QUOTE] The Shakespeare county raceway looks like fun - ill keep an eye out for the next one of those

Post 754345 by Jamest5r on 2015-01-02 23:49:00

[QUOTE=sanj;754343]The Shakespeare county raceway looks like fun - ill keep an eye out for the next one of those[/QUOTE] Usually every other month from end of march, T5's are meant to be driven :)

Post 754526 by sanj on 2015-01-04 19:49:07

Put some rails on today. Pretty straight forward but my hands were about to drop off it was FREEEEZING! [ATTACH=CONFIG]27809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]27810[/ATTACH]

Post 754613 by expolicev70t5 on 2015-01-05 10:02:30

I put some of those on my ex plod, was a bit of a pain cutting out in the aluminium trim

Post 754618 by M-R-P on 2015-01-05 10:36:17

That's one thing mine won't be getting. Just doesn't look right on a plodder imo. I wonder if the increased drag will make a noticeable difference to MPG?

Post 754632 by expolicev70t5 on 2015-01-05 13:08:23

No I got same MPG before and after :)

Post 754636 by V70 Graham on 2015-01-05 13:49:57

[QUOTE=M-R-P;754618]I wonder if the increased drag will make a noticeable difference to MPG?[/QUOTE] Increased drag from roof rails, if your that worried about economy maybe get a smaller car.....oh you have :biggrin:

Post 754637 by M-R-P on 2015-01-05 13:54:47

[QUOTE=V70 Graham;754636]Increased drag from roof rails, if your that worried about economy maybe get a smaller car.....oh you have :biggrin:[/QUOTE] Yeah - one with a 5 ft aerial lol.

Post 754709 by sanj on 2015-01-05 22:22:40

[QUOTE=M-R-P;754618]That's one thing mine won't be getting. Just doesn't look right on a plodder imo. I wonder if the increased drag will make a noticeable difference to MPG?[/QUOTE] Rails make a big difference.. Makes it not look like an explod so much and also makes it look like it's sitting lower. also can't notice the black grommets in the roof (due to be painted white... That's all I can be arsed to do to them lol) MPG.... Lol

Post 754710 by sanj on 2015-01-05 22:24:53

[QUOTE=expolicev70t5;754613]I put some of those on my ex plod, was a bit of a pain cutting out in the aluminium trim[/QUOTE] Cutting wasn't too bad for me. I had trouble with the black and yellow clips. They fragile I broke some of the yellow ones need to get some more.

Post 754746 by expolicev70t5 on 2015-01-06 09:25:49

[QUOTE=sanj;754710]Cutting wasn't too bad for me. I had trouble with the black and yellow clips. They fragile I broke some of the yellow ones need to get some more.[/QUOTE] Yes I found that too very brittle, worst one I found was the rear end cap on trim, broke the clip on one only to find you cant buy them unless you buy the full trim. So need to watch out for one at a breakers.

Post 754748 by M-R-P on 2015-01-06 09:32:36

[QUOTE=sanj;754709]Rails make a big difference.. Makes it not look like an explod so much and also makes it look like it's sitting lower. also can't notice the black grommets in the roof (due to be painted white... That's all I can be arsed to do to them lol) MPG.... Lol[/QUOTE] I vinyl wrapped my roof as the badly-filled holes kept leaking. I fitted new interior and headlining so I didn't want it ruined. Not an easy job and took 48 quid worth of wrap but it's still doing fine, 3 years later (maybe 4 - not sure lol). The only real way you'll stop it looking like a plodder is to paint it a different colour :) Enjoy the look - and the look of fear on the drivers around you :D

Post 754751 by sanj on 2015-01-06 10:51:38

I just had mine remapped by shemtek racing, it's dream3r map. All I can say is.......... (Speechless). My cousin who got v70r drove it and he was the same... I'll do a proper write up of it on the other thread later

Post 754752 by M-R-P on 2015-01-06 11:08:05

Yeah - Jon's making a real name for himself now, been following his progress for a while and I've not seen a bad review yet.

Post 754755 by expolicev70t5 on 2015-01-06 12:12:09

[QUOTE=sanj;754751]I just had mine remapped by shemtek racing, it's dream3r map. All I can say is.......... (Speechless). My cousin who got v70r drove it and he was the same... I'll do a proper write up of it on the other thread later[/QUOTE] Look forward to review! ordered VXR injectors for mine which should arrive tomorrow, with view to going down the same route ie. Dream3r map, I was originally looking at MTE based on feed back form some old posts on T5D5 but following recent posts on here changed my mind.

Post 754756 by Dream3r on 2015-01-06 12:29:15

[QUOTE=sanj;754751]I just had mine remapped by shemtek racing, it's dream3r map. All I can say is.......... (Speechless). My cousin who got v70r drove it and he was the same... I'll do a proper write up of it on the other thread later[/QUOTE] Nice one! [QUOTE=M-R-P;754752]Yeah - Jon's making a real name for himself now, been following his progress for a while and I've not seen a bad review yet.[/QUOTE] Jinx! :)