My 535 bhp/470 Ftlbs Volvo 850 T5-R :)

[ilovevolvo]

Hi all thought i would add my project to this section

This Volvo will be used as our company demo car as we are a volvo tuner


Spec at the moment is this (its changing every week)

So far :

Ap330 mm front big brake kit,

Volvo V70R 330 mm rear discs and R calipers,

Koni Fsd shock kit and Eibach springs. (Changing to KW race spec coilovers very soon)

RT front adjustable camber kit

Autronic stand alone SM4 Ecu with complete wiring loom

Autronic controlled traction control

Autronic controlled launch control

Autronic controlled anti lag

Autronic cdi unit with 5 individual coils

Volvo engine bay ecu wiring all removed

Digital dash display covering all sensors for oil temp/water temp/oil pressure/exhaust gas temp/boost pressure/speed/tacho and carbon fibre surround

Front fogs removed and brake ducts added

Complete strip and re paint of underside of car with body coloured underseal

All parts cleaned and repainted/powdercoated to match

RT Custom Intercooler with three inch custom alloy pipe work .

RT Custom front panel mods

RT Custom modified / Strengthened bulkhead

RT Pedal box and brake bias valve

Complete Braided brake lines front to back

Aeroquipt hoses on all fuel and water lines

RT Spec Custom engine re build with RT Polished ported 3 angle valve seats with matching inlet manifold/conrods/pistons/cams and all engine parts balenced.

Custom equal length tubular exhaust manifold

3.5 Inch exhaust system from turbo to tailpipe

RT custom Intercooler with 3 inch alloy pipe work.

Interior stripped front and rear volvo seats removed

D2 front lightweight seats

Modified seat frames and runners

Willans 3 inch four point harness kit

Poly wishbone arm bushes

Custom RT front strutbrace

Custom RT rear strutbrace

Ipd Anti roll bar kit front/rear,

Adjustable,Anti roll bar end links

18 inch Genuine Volvo silver pegasus alloys wheels

Goodrich braided brake hose kit,

RT carbon boot trim cover,

RT carbon with yellow weave spark plug cover,and throttle body cover,

RT carbon front lip spoiler

Crystal head lamps and side light units.

Battery relocated to boot area

This is how it all started to look a real mess and not much room to work on under the bonnet



This is now up to date but still have much work to do before i am happy



















My first RR session at 1.8 bar boost :



And at 2.3 Bar





I still have lots to do and am currently changing cam selection etc etc to get the power delivery a bit more progressive

Commets most welcome

Russ

www.rtmechanics.co.uk

Edited by ilovevolvo on Sunday 29th June 09:01

[Slagathore]

Looking good!

How much does the thing weigh?

[Silent1]

Is it an auto, it seems an odd RPM to start the run at

[Jessop]

Looks great that does!

How did you do about doing the underside of the car? the shell should i say. Components are easy to tidy up but underseal is an absolute NIGHTMARE!

[minimatt1967]

Nice, traction must be a bit of an issue though? Love that clour!

[Dale19]

Very cool, like these a lot, bet you shock a few people in that.

Got any rough performance figures for it?

[ilovevolvo]

sgathore said:

Looking good!

How much does the thing weigh?

Hi there not sure on the current weight i have removed lots of bits from the standard car just the front and rear seats were 14 stone

i will weight it when i have finished tinkering

Russ

[ilovevolvo]

Silent1 said:

Is it an auto, it seems an odd RPM to start the run at

Hi Silent1

No its a manual

Russ

[ilovevolvo]

Jessop said:

Looks great that does!

How did you do about doing the underside of the car? the shell should i say. Components are easy to tidy up but underseal is an absolute NIGHTMARE!

Hi Jessop

Thanks for the kind words The underside took about 100 hours to do we had to scrape all the old underseal off with a heat gun back to clean metal then looked in to the process of using coloured underseal (i did not know you could get such a thing) my brother then did the final prep and re painted it him self All the other parts where cleaned and re painted i will be having some powdercoated soon.

Russ

[ilovevolvo]

minimatt1967 said:

Nice, traction must be a bit of an issue though? Love that clour!

Hi there traction is a bit even with the plate diff it spins its wheels easily in the dry in third at over *** (on a private track)the launch control and traction control will help


Thanks
Russ

[ilovevolvo]

Dale19 said:

Very cool, like these a lot, bet you shock a few people in that.

Got any rough performance figures for it?

Hi Dale

Thanks for your comments i will have a few times in the next few months i also own an Evo 6 which on the road people are expecting to be fast (but a yellow volvo there not )

Russ

[vrooom]

Nice, i love volvo. i want one but i prefer 740 i like it, keep up good work. is that block called 'white block'?

[jamiep]

Nice work, 2.3bar is some serious boost, is that on race fuel?

[ilovevolvo]

vrooom said:

Nice, i love volvo. i want one but i prefer 740 i like it, keep up good work. is that block called 'white block'?

Hi thanks for the comments rear wheel drive is fun yes its a white block

Russ

[ilovevolvo]

jamiep said:

Nice work, 2.3bar is some serious boost, is that on race fuel?

Hi Jamiep

Just plane old optimax Race fuel is next

Russ