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[NChoy]

Outed at the IKEA meet on Oct. 3. Took some hero shots after the IPD show.














For those interested: 19x8 Work wheels, Porsche BBK's, Kaplenke Racing full coil-over system w/Koni Yellows, CJ's upper camber/strut brace, Wiseco pistons, RSI H-Beam rods, lightened 850 flywheel, SPEC Stage-III 6-puck clutch, M66 trans (AWD retained), CJ's 3" s/s DP & race cat, dual 2.5" s/s Magnaflow mufflers, "Super-60" turbo on ported/polished '04 S60R exhaust manifold, match-ported intake w/3" 960 TB, Ford Motorsport 550 injectors, Forg CBV, custom RIP kit, IPD 3" bar/plate intercooler, Turbonetics red silicone turbo hoses, 12-lb Odyssey battery, '03 C70 crystal headlights w/Hi/Lo HID's, exterior & interior lights converted to LED's, Pioneer DVIC-3 full-DIN touch screen, Infinity Reference series speakers, dual M-Audio 8" subs in custom ported box, Ford Motorsport pedal set, Heico shifter, aluminum door pins.

[GrandmaSideways]

Oh hallo tharrrr
This car is still cool.
Funny how it gets more attention on TB...

[flyfishing3]

you know i'm jealous already.

[(n)A-GAME]

You forgot UK-Spec V70R cluster

Looks great Nick!

[303jrodt5]

that thing is rowdy.

[mdlimy]

goregous

[greekone]

Beautiful car, definitely an inspiration.

[Oreo931]

Absolutely love it! More shots of the hood vents! Excellent work!

[POSTITSORGTFO]

Needs more color

[mrtl321]

Awesome, just awesome!

[lookforjoe]

Very Nice!

Where did you buy 550cc injectors? I'm thinking of getting a set as an interim step...

[98 Estey T5-M]

Awesome Car.

Where did you get the Volvo Oil Cap?

[Jesus]

Love it, very nice. Were the wheels difficult to obtain?

[ErikS]

What have you done for engine management since you beefed up the internals?

[Wagon Mafia]

Perfect.

[NChoy]

Strange... can't see the entire thread... it's like chunks of it are missing. Anyone else have that problem? Tried a refresh, but got the same problem.

Anyway, here's some answers to the questions:

- Yes, I totally forgot about the 160mph UK cluster. My bad.
- Engine management: Right now, during break-in, I'm using a T5M ECU. I have a TurboTuner ECU arriving any day now. Will dial in the car (after break-in period) on a 4-wheel dyno.
- Oil cap was a GB off of Swedespeed. It actually arrived to me damaged, and I had to have my machinist fix it. Tried to get a refund at first from the organizer of the GB, but he stiffed me... that monkeyer. I'll never do business with him again.
- 550cc injectors are sourced from Ford Motorsports... I guess they're used on the supercharged Mustang V8 cars that Paxton does. Got them from someone on Ebay. They have a number stamped on them, with the Ford logo... should have taken note before installation.
- The wheels weren't hard to source... got them from a chap in Canada, who used to have them on his V50. Had to machine out the center bore to 65.10mm, and use 10mm spacers on the front to clear the brakes. Rears have stacked 5mm and 3mm flat spacers, which make me a bit nervous. Will make custom 8mm solid spacers (wheel/hub centric) soon.
- Next few upgrades will be a mandrel-bent upper turbo tube, the TurboTuner ECU, SAS delete, rear Porsche brakes/S60R rear rotors, and possibly some kind of custom paint scheme. So stay tuned for v.2.5 sometime next spring/summer.

[sconeman]

Perfect.

beautiful car!

[B Mac]

Looks like quite the car, nice execution!

Strange... can't see the entire thread... it's like chunks of it are missing. Anyone else have that problem? Tried a refresh, but got the same problem.

Yeah, internet explorer does that to me too?? I'm using firefox now

[94850tx]

Looks great! Considered those wheels but didn't want to go that big.

You'll love the rear brakes, very glad Aaron got mine done first.

I wish I could post the current build pics of mine but alas...cannot let the cat out of the bag yet...much has developed since last post....

[magicaljake]

holy shit...!!

thats so freaking cool...i want to go for a ride in it