Post Your Car's Modifications

[IC]

Hi thanks for posting your car's details - it's good to have a 240 on the list! Please keep us informed of the work on your car.

[IC]

Dai, thanks for posting info on your 340 - there's a number of modified 340s out there, it would be good to bring all the rarer modified Volvos together for a meet!

[Simon Linton]

My 850R saloon is shamefully standard, except for:
AP big brake kit
Goodridge braided brake hoses
ITG panel filter
Volvo suspension strut brace
Powerflex poly front bushes
Powerflex poly engine top mount
70-series washer jets and side repeaters
Black finish rear badges (just T-cut the silver off)
Black front grille
Oh...and an installed looney behind the wheel.

Insurance and practicality is keeping me away from engine mods - so far...

[Mike_Brace]

I'm very happy to post my mods and share info with others. In fact I just cant stop modding


I've got a retired guy coming this week to have his 240 slammed!!!!
I'll post pick.

Oh I am wanting to get to a meet soon.

Dai

[IC]

Hi Simon, how do you rate the poly front bushes?

>
>I've got a retired guy coming this week to have his 240
>slammed!!!!
>I'll post pick.
>
I'm looking forward to seeing another slammed 240. How do you go about your weedeating?

[T240]

Sadly, my 240 is currently little molested - but I'm collecting parts, and I promise she's going to be a giant killer - much in the vein of the 240s the boys in Sweden spend all their hard earned on :)

Anyhow, more about that when the project is in motion.

Now, if only this thread didn't say 'Volvo', I could post about my TVR, and Mini mods; but therein hangs another tale, or two . . .

[Simon Linton]

They replaced tired standard bushes at the same time as the brake upgrade, so it isn't possible to do a proper assessment against the standard article.

However, I've had no front-end handling problems and very accurate steering, so I imagine that much of that is due to the bushes.

My opinion would be replace when standard items wear out, rather than spend a lot doing it before that time.

[Dan F]

Ok here goes:
Bit embarrassing compared to others here though....

2000 C70 T5 Manual

* OEM Strut Brace
* RICA ECU upgrade
* K&N Panel filter
* Longlife custon made S/Steel exhaust with big pipes and a f**k off big tail pipe! ;-) Fantastic sound, as anyone who heard it on the rollers will testify.
* BSR 1.5 Bar boost gauge (sat on a shelf until I can find a pod that the wife can live with......has to be the same colour as the interior etc)

Wish list:
* to actually fit my boost gauge. lol.
* aerial down switch
* 19T upgrade
* Aluminium dash inserts
* Maybe, just maybe, a big brake kit if one presents itself for the right money. :-)

So far: 260BHP at the wheels on VTs old dyno, and a registered 282BHP on PEs rollers. Not bad for a rica'd 16T with a cat back, hi flow filter and an (at the time) dodgey MAF. :-)

Cheers,
Dan.

[noiseboy]

As requested here is the mods list for my 850 as at August 2005..

Engine

Powerflex Top Engine Mount
Cosworth Turbo Actuator (0.5bar)
Kalmar Union Re-Circ Valve bypass kit
Forge Motorsport Dump Valve
BMC F1 Performance Air Filter
Kalmar Union Straight-through Exhaust
Heat Wrap for Induction Pipes
Crankcase Breather system with Catch Tank
FSE Rising Rate Fuel Pressure Regulator
SuperChip™


Handling

Kalmar Union Strut Brace
Powerflex Suspension Bushes
LEDA 24-Point adjustable Suspension
TOYO 215 Series Proxes Tyres


Braking

AP Racing Big Disc Brakes Conversion
Braided Hoses & DOT 5 Fluid


Interior / Instruments

SMITHS Professional Boost Guage (0-1.5bar)
BLITZ Performance Computer
Corbeau Sprint Race Seats
Luke 4-point harnesses
Aluminium Race Interior - GVW = 1440kg


Planned mods

Transmission Oil Cooler
Power Steering Cooler
Lose the Roof Rails
Migrate Battery & Re-route induction


Phil :)