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#41 EricF

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 01:05 PM

Today I took the car for its first meaningful drive. About 20 minutes from the office to my new house. It runs freaking great, although I think one of the engine mounts is broken... I need to do some looking into that now.

I will also say that even at ~14 psi it's loads faster than it EVER was before even up to 18-19 psi.

If you can avoid throwing up and/or throwing your computer out of your window from watching this shitty video:

So, the conclusion-for-now, the car has finally joined the family at the new house, where it belongs :)

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Firsts for me during this car:
- Buying a non-running car sight-unseen and flying one-way to drive it 1000 miles home
- Swapping an 850 over to a standalone engine management system
- Swapping an 850 over to a manual transmission
I'm sure there are others, but those are the bigguns.

Anyway, next to come:
- Fix oil leaks
- Fix coolant leak
- Strap it to a dyno and tune it out a bit
- Swap in my NA cams to settle the case once and for all whether they're worth the effort (I'm suspecting 10-12 whp gain in the meat of the powerband, we'll see ;) ).
- Take it to the track
- Take it to the SE meet to horrify some engineer or another with a couple of my wiring jobs
- Maybe wash/wax it sometime...

Here is a full condensed story of the history of the car with me at tbricks... 'White 850 Turbo: An O.G. Volvospeed Ride -- With History!'
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1995 850 turbo - Turbonetics CBB T3/T04E, M56H, KW V2, VEMS Standalone, not as shitty as it looks! (I sell to you for good price?)

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#42 FINN

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 04:37 PM

Good shit Eric. Nice to see you are going to polish what Erik started.

#43 Boost_Junky

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 07:50 PM

Congrats. Love to see this coming along.

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#44 Spanky

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 07:53 AM

View PostEricF, on 21 August 2009 - 01:29 PM, said:


Spanky, you got any deals on T3/T04E hybrids? Or something comparable? I think Turbonetics has some wicked deals at the moment... I think I'm going to need a new turbo pretty soon. I'd rather buy it and let it sit around ready to go in than have to wait for shipping after the car goes down.

Nope sorry. I thought all you needed was a compressor wheel. I thought this was a new BB CHRA?

I actually like the white 850's ;). You must like to mess with wiring :blink: :blink: ... :lol:.
Contact me for turbos, turbo parts and rebuild kits

#45 BlackT5

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 11:43 PM

Good stuff Eric! Hows the VEMS software?
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#46 EricF

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Posted 29 August 2009 - 04:16 PM

View PostBlackT5, on 28 August 2009 - 11:43 PM, said:

Good stuff Eric! Hows the VEMS software?

Mark, they edited the highest version of Megatune to suit their software needs until their proprietary stuff is done. I really like Megatune personally, it's very effective and easy to use. I'll be doing some tuning this weekend as soon as I finish the front brake job B)
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1984 244 GLT - blue rat rod (SOLD!)
1995 850 turbo - Turbonetics CBB T3/T04E, M56H, KW V2, VEMS Standalone, not as shitty as it looks! (I sell to you for good price?)

"Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends." -Santiago





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