Look HERE for MANY more pictures.
Here are a couple pictures of how it currently looks, and CLEAN!!!
Best of last three dyno pulls was the A cam timed straight up, better torque/power than IPD Turbo Cam 2 degrees advanced up top and basically the same at lower rpm. Do not waste your time with an IPD Turbo Cam in your normally aspirated Volvo! And my latest timeslip... (Edit: Car has since done 112whp uncorrected and a 16.68 1/4mi. Can't wait for more numbers in the '09 year!)
Current details:
AW70 transmission
Power locks and windows
Keyless entry
Heated seats, that work
Airconditioning converted to R134 with Volvo conversion kit
Rear fog light
Dash mat
Black rubber floor mats
Black and blue interior trim
Goodies
-17x7.5" Tethy wheels from a S60T5, wheel and hubcentric 35.5/38.5mm spacers, rear fender lips "rolled", 215/45-17 tires
-Stainless front brake lines installed, stainless rear lines in the trunk
-ATE Type 200 brake fluid
-Poly control arm bushings up front
-Poly torque rod bushings in back
-IPD adjustable panhard rod with poly bushings
-25/22mm swaybars
-Stripped of undercoating and painted front subframe, control arms, coil springs, strut assemblies, front calipers
-Tom's upper strut brace, stronger and lighter than IPD/Cherry Turbo version
-IPD Cherry lower chassis brace(well worth it! feels much better under braking)
-GT strut tower reinforcement plates
-Volvo's B cam advanced 2 degrees for daily driver mode, straight up for track use(IPD's Turbo cam is no better than an A or B cam in a normally aspirated car, at least not enough to be worth spending money on it, FWIW)
-Modified stock airbox with K&N filter
-2.5" custom R-Sport International full mandrel bent stainless steel exhaust with Magnaflow high flow cat and rear muffler, Dynomax race bullet resonator in the middle
-ported exhaust manifold,
-Custom LH2.4 ECU/EZK chips
-Ishihara-Johnson crank scraper
-Oil pan drilled in optimal position for turbo oil return(that I will never use)
-Bilstein HD struts and Koni Red/Special rear shocks
-200lb front springs, 2.75ish coils cut from wagon springs in the back
Older, but similar configuration:
A while back:
Here're some pics:
Before lowering, and last time it was washed, probably three months ago, sadly...
After lowering pics can be seen at the top of this page.
Under the hood, dirty too...
First take at being on the dyno, with just the airbox mod and cam installed, my torque peak is higher than this, but I couldn't floor it without it downshifting. Next time I go I'll disconnect the kickdown cable so I can get a more accurate reading.
Check out my other two cars in my garage! And, for more pics/info, don't forget to check out the link at the top of this page to my Turbobricks thread...