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James says 107-109 trap, mid-high 12s... I say low 13s, 106-109 somewhere. There's probably 30+ whp left on the table to gain in tuning alone.

It's coming along though. Man I could smell the clutch by the end of our 'session' though Also probably brake pads...

Launching too aggressively and just spinning:


A would-be flyby where I lift too soon. You can hear me chirp the third gear shift though.


It's not all the way there, but now you all have a clue of where it stands.

Totally stock longblock, cams included

Can't find my Motronic 4.3 book and its pages and pages of associated wiring diagrams.

I did a manual swap and converted to a standalone EMS (VEMS) on my 850, and none of the power windows are currently working. Ignition switch works, power mirrors work, the door switches in the back don't do anything either. I can't find the fuse on the fusebox list, and I am not sure if one of the relays in the fuse box is for them or not. If so, I would start with the relay...

It's the same power windows switch box as I had when the car was an auto. Everything else in the car seems to work, can't really pin down where I could have touched anything regarding the power windows. The auto-down relay is hooked up, everything in the console from the power windows switch terminates at its proper harness in the front (gray connector to gray connector correct? )

Has anyone else had issues with this? Possible solutions? Wiring diagrams please?

With the help of some mad sweet tooner lugs from the not-so-friendly local Advance (this area is cursed for getting decent Advance employees), the 16x7 ET11 BBS mesh wheels are now mounted.


No center caps:



Yes center caps:




I am leaning towards the capless. What say you oh great internet programs?!

Edit: Yes it's practically parked on top of a hose and I was too lazy to wash it. Sue me!

Between working around the clock to help keep the company on its feet (it is Sunday afternoon, I am at my desk, answering e-mails and doing paperwork), having an offer on a house and actively trying to get it to go through, house and multiple pet-sitting, and all the other silly little projects the day tends to present you randomly, I have had little time to work on what I've started.

A couple of weeks ago I started tearing into the 850, got it up on jackstands and prepared to do some serious work to it.

There it sat, lots of things partially unbolted, until the following weekend's Saturday night where I caught another couple hours to work on it. Then last night I got another shot at doing things. I also found my camera, so here's the update.

Emptiness becomes the 850.... And after a couple cans of pblaster, engine degreaser, and 3 cans of brakleen, it still looks dirty and cluttered <img src="http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
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Past and future occupant of the space, still dirty
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Inside's all tore up and coming along
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Out with the old (btw on a pallet and for sale if anyone's interested. Shifted like butter I tell you! Hundred bucks picked up, or 100 plus you pay a trucking company to come pick it up and whisk it away, we have a loading dock here.
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In with the new
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Sweet ass downpipe/wastegate setup. Too leaky, going away in favor of my ATP internal gate. If anyone wants the piping and flanges (going to hack off the first 10 inches of the downpipe and replace it with straight 3" terminated in a nice v-band flange), let me know.
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Sad face <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />
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We'll see how much Turbonetics charges to fix it.

Home made angle-outlet flange, so now all the blue car needs a foot or two of pipin and some weldin. Then it's back on the road.. (by the way)
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Nice clutch, PP, and new throwout bearing.
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Scene of the crime
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Another angle of the mess
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Oh but what is this?
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Spaghetti
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Spaghetti posing for a picture
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How it's going to talk to me
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So I still need to resurface the flywheel (was planning on sticking some 150 grit sandpaper on a slab of granite or something but couldn't find any), drop the pan on the engine and replace all the o-rings and crap I can get to, hopefully encountering my loss of initial startup oil pressure along the way, run the wiring for the standalone, get an IAT sensor, hang the pedal assembly and hydraulic shiz, and I guess just put it all back together. Next weekend is a possible finish date, but I think more realistically I will just get the engine/trans in and get bogged down in all the little things before Sunday's over.

Anyway, that's what's going on in my neck of the woods. House is a 10,000+ sq ft waterfront ocean access lot in Hollywood FL, with a huge tiki hut, a 1400 sq ft 2/1 house, a 1 car garage that opens into the backyard as well as the driveway, no code enforcement or homeowner's association, and lots of resident iguanas.

Have a good week you folks <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />

Off anything from a 99 -70, 80 series, to 06 60, 70, 80 series... Need 5, will take 6 if you got em.