Post Your Car's Modifications

[AcidicDavey]

98 Volvo V70 AWD Auto

Exterior:
Front Hieco splitter,
C70 eggcrate grill (About to swap for black mesh),
Black projector headlights and indicator units,
Smoked LED side repeaters,
Moose stickers mounted on the front wings,
Volvo sill protectors,
Volvo wind deflectors,
Volvo S60 17" Tethys wheels with 15mm spacers at the rear,
Modern silver style centre caps,
R's foglight grills,
Debadged and rebadged with V O L V O under rear wiper arm,
Twin Jetex backboxes,
Silver rear bumper cover,
Ice blue bulb kit,
Bosch flat bade wipers,
Renault Clio MKII rear wiper arm,
302mm front discs.

Interior:
Phase III R's dark grey and cream leather and alcantara seats,
Cream XC's floor mats,
Cream Volvo boot mat,
Turbo badge by passenger air vent,
Chrome dial rings in the binnacle,
Matte silver cigarette lighters.

Under the bonnet:
Pipercross panel air filter,
Polybush engine top mount,
Aluminum Oil cap cover,
Carbon fibre/Kevlar TWR replica spark plug cover,
Blue silicone coolant hoses,
Some Nautic blue painted trim,
Strut brace,
Chrome Engine Bling,
Forge dump valve.

Also removed the propshaft as it was knocking like a ****!

This list will grow massively when funds are available!
Window tinting,
Anthracite powder coated wheels,
Rear spoiler,
New turbo and turbo-back exhaust,
RIP kit,
IPD Anti-roll bar kit and drop links,
Intrax Coilovers (Stupidly expensive!)
Simota Carbon Charger Intake System.

Loads of other stuff too probably.

[DesertDog]

Shameful I know, but there just aren't many decent performance mods available for the XC60....But at least this has to be the most modified XC60 in the UAE )

- K&N panel filter
- Debadged rear model & type
- Black rear "Volvo" logo
- Mudflaps
- Stainless steel scuff plates
- 30% dark tints all round
- Internal sun screens (all rear windows)
- Brodit iPhone holder
- Prancing moose rear badge

Wish list:

- Polestar upgrade (not currently available in the UAE)
- Eibach -25mm Sportline springs
- 21's or 22's

Dream On list:

Heico ECU upgrade
Heico bodykit with quad exits

[steve mooney]

Just bought an ex police V70 3litre T6 AWD, its done 140k motorway miles. Its pretty quick already ( said to be 300bhp in the advert ) - but what are the options to make it go a bit quicker ?... Can anyone give me some advice on good re-mapping companies, or other lower cost improvements in and around the Norfolk / Cambs area. Cheers .....

[Ross9]

Seen a reply to this for Jacq's T4 on the first page in 2005 but no idea if I ever added a second once the car was "finished" (its never finished lol) so here goes and apologies if its a repost.

CURRENT SPEC OF CAR

ENGINE

2.0 16v Turbo S40 T4
Rebuilt bottom end with replaced liners
Forged Pistons
Forged Con Rods
ARP Conrod Bolts
Kent Cams repfrofiled OE Camshafts
GT3076R Turbo at 1.7 BAR boost
Meercat Custom Tubular Exhaust manifold and full exhaust system inc external wastegate piping
Tial External Wastegate
MBC Boost Controller
Pipercross Cone filter and BSR Cold Air enclosure
Custom modified Fuel system to incorporate return line and adjustable fuel pressure regulator
RC 750cc Fuel Injectors
MTE Custom on the road mapping
Custom Modified Crank Case Ventilation System incorporating external catch tank
Forge Motorsport Front Mounted Intercooler (dimensioned by Ross9)
Free-Flow Custom hard intercooler piping
Aquamist Water Injection (fitted but not yet functioning)

BRAKES

EBC Dimpled and Grooved Discs
Ferrodo Premier Pads
Dot 5.1 Fluid

TRANSMISSION

SPEC uprated paddle clutch
Quaiffe ATB Differential

SUSPENSION

KONI suspension kit with adjustable dampers and lowered springs
Rear Strut brace

STYLING

Aftermarket grill
Removed front splitter (via unfortunate feline incident)

INTERIOR

Boost guage

[Fiddyspence]

Does anyone with an s40 t4 run a billet fuel rail.?

[domhart10]

No S40 T5's here so I thought i'd drop mine in.

2009 S40 T5 R Design

Current Mods
- K&N AirF
- Jetex exhaust system
- Superchips Remap
- Gates Performance Kevlar Timingbelt
- E-Focus Low Vib Torque mount

On the list this year
- D088 Performance Intercooler with pipework
- Turbo Intake Pipe (Not sure which one yet)
- Not 100% sure on Turbo yet but have been looking at Hybrid Turbo charger K16 / K04

Only performance gains this year ... next year will be ride and handling

[Jdsb]

2004 s60r

Month old forged pistons and rods
Block shimed
Snabb front brace
Snabb oversized ic and pipe work
Full 3 inch custom exhaust, race cat no silencer
Turbo diverter valve
Heavy duty boost control solenoid
Gustave stage 2 map.

In planning

Hi flow fuel pump
Bigger injectors
The biggest turbo I can cram in realistically
Said turbo modified by turbo dynamics
Water meth injection
Custom remap

In my dreams but will be needed

Sleeved block

[Peter Milnes]

Am I allowed to post with my DIESEL car, or is this for petrolheads only? It looks bog standard on the outside except for a couple of dings and it's Elk (Moose) badges. Mostly internal cosmetic but some interesting differences under the bonnet. I am still trying to wring the secrets from VW of their 225 bhp D24TIC upgrade. 200 bhp will be enough to go on with.

All the best, Peter.

[Iain_M]

Originally Posted by Peter Milnes

I am still trying to wring the secrets from VW of their 225 bhp D24TIC upgrade. 200 bhp will be enough to go on with.

All the best, Peter.

Peter, if you've not already found out, if you let me know whan engine model it is (or is D24TIC the model? I'm not that up on Diesel Volvos) and what VW it's also used in, I may well be able to get the info you need.

[burchi]

Here's a list of my mods....

1998 V70 R AWD Manual

OEM Strut Brace
RICA ECU upgrade
K&N Panel filter
Samco Turbo and Coolant hoses
Longlife S/Steel exhaust with 2 x 4" Tails
Dynaudio Premium speaker upgrade with dolby pro-logic
C70 MY2004 Clear headlights and corner lights
Braided brake hoses