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May 31st, 2016, 22:28 | #1 |
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Volvo V60 2011 - 2.4 D5 Engine
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New member here, never had a Volvo, don't have one....yet. Currently have a Mk5 R32 golf and the time has come to get something with a boot I can shove the camping stuff in without the puzzle element and inevitable stress of loading. I've had a mooch around the forum and found various comments and input, however I thought it might be best to put this in a thread and get a direct view. Due a fairly tight budget, I'm stuck around 10k for second hand V60 R design, I have come from 250bhp+ cars (leon Cupra & my R32) so I had been looking for something with a little poke, came across the D5 2.4 litre V60 from 2011, 202bhp or the 2012 215bhp (I assume they are the same engine but with a different tune?). My question is, and I have seen some conflicting views on this in the forums, will the internals hold up to a middle of the range remap, so , 240bhp, and if so, is that for both the manual and the geartronic? I'm thinking specifically in terms of the clutch/flywheel rather than the turbo, or is that worth looking into further? Second of all, I have read that Volvo engines are good for high miles, but I have found a car with 170k (!!! Poor person) in 5 years, 1 owner, full service history, cambelt done at 110k.....what other internals on the V60 is it worth looking out for with this type of use? I'm looking ideally at a 80-90k car but this popped up near me and is very cheap due to the miles, I'm usually put off but looks well looked after and I have to assume that the vast vast majority of those miles were on motorways so therefore cruising rather than thrashing. Thanks everyone, and I hope to be a contributing member as soon as I have a car! D |
Jun 1st, 2016, 10:02 | #2 |
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... you not considering the petrol alternative if your looking for performance from your R32, you will get more out of a remap with the petrol ... thats if your not worried about mpg
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Jun 4th, 2016, 21:16 | #3 |
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Look at a V60 T6 (petrol) AWD version if you want something with R32 pace. Or even better, £10K would get you an absolutely mint last of the run V50 T5 with the charismatic 5 cylinder 2.5T engine (as per Ford Focus ST / RS). These can be Stage 3 mapped to around 300bhp. I'm currently running Stage 1, and had fun keeping pace with an Audi S1 the other night.
The D5's are good, and characterful for a diesel, but not a patch on the turbo petrol Volvo's.
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Jun 5th, 2016, 10:42 | #4 |
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The earlier 202/215's had issues with headgaskets blowing,
It was mainly the boys in blue that used to have issues as there D5's were mapped, had a boot full of radio gear and were thrashed to death, But i have seen the odd jo blogs car aswell, they modified the gaskets a few times and seem to cure the issue though, Might sound abit odd but i actually prefer the 5pot single turbo D4 engine to the twin turbo D5, The V60 T3,4 and 5 are ford ecoboost engines and arn't bad if a little characterless, the T6 AWD is just nuts especially in the lighter s/v60's altho i also find them abit quiet,
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