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[98 Estey T5-M]

So finally putting together a project thread about my 98 S70 T5-M. Little back story: Found car on CL posted for $2500 and contacted the owner and exchanged emails for a little. Knew it had a Intercooler, Driver Side CV Joint and a few other little things. Talked him down to $2200 and scheduled a time to look at the car. Car was located in New Hampshire which was about a 3 hour drive. Got there and noticed a few more things wrong with the car such as broken exhaust from the cat back and some chips on the front of the hood. So after a little negotiating, I finally was able to talk him down to $1800. Put it on my Grandfather's trailer and drove it back to Vermont. Bought the car in November of 2008 and didn't drive it until May of 2009.
I bought the car with 111,500 miles on the odometer.

Picture of the car after it got back home.



Little fresh wash to get all the dirt and salt off the car before going into the garage for the winter.

After:


Car in the garage for the winter to get fixed up. Gotta love jack stands! (For the time being )



My father and I do all the work to our cars that we own. It was finally time to remove all the broken/old parts.
Driver side CV Joint



Exhaust


Broken Intercooler


Brakes


More updates and pics will be added soon!

[rmorse]

Nice man, looking good.

That red paint REALLY cleaned up. Huge difference after washing it.

[98 Estey T5-M]

It was then time to remove some of the interior just to clean it out. I found about 3-5 dollars in change under the carpet and seats! I love the charcoal leather interior and the seats are really great shape.
And yes, proof it's a 5 Speed!

I need R door panels



Removing the Intercooler, Radiator, fan shroud and anything else that got in the way!


Everything is out


Decided to take the bumper off because it was broke and bent in a few spots...(hopefully R bumper soon)



More to come...

[magicaljake]

nice stuff chad... looking good

[sacrifice]

nice! very nice combo red/black/5speed

[scumcity14]

Nice. Looks like a familiar project...not quite the mechanical dog mine was though.

[98 Estey T5-M]

Next it was time to replace the Intercooler and Radiator hoses. Of course I went with Samco (blue)! Took a little heat and soap to get them on but they fit nicely and added a nice touch to the engine bay.





This piece was a pain in the a#@ but finally went into place...


And stock air box for the time being


Also had to replace the master window switch


While I was at it, I decided to relocate the horns


Please stay tuned!

[98 Estey T5-M]

Where did my exhaust go?



So after that came out I decided I didn't want to go with OEM so I did some searching and made a purchase from IPD. I ended up going with the Ferrita Performance exhaust. Finally got that in the mail so on that went...





Love the sound of this exhaust. Not a lot of drone when just driving but at the same time, it sounds great when I want it to. Now I am trying to decide what route I want to go with my down pipe, and please don't say OBX because I'm not going in that direction. My options as I see it is either go with EST, IPD full turbo back, CJ Downpipe (open to ideas

Some more quick shots of the interior. This is without any leather condition put on.

[besthaticouldo]

damn man, thats quite a transformation for sure. looks pretty good so far. how was the suspension and stuff? pretty rough?

[98 Estey T5-M]

damn man, thats quite a transformation for sure. looks pretty good so far. how was the suspension and stuff? pretty rough?

Yeah, it's been a great project to learn from. The suspension looked to be in rough shape. My next post is some basic suspension that I did, not serious yet but I will post. Thanks for the encouragement!

[besthaticouldo]

yea i was thinking with how rough the rest of the car was the suspension was probably pretty bad. nice resto man, looks like you've got quite the car coming along now.

[Matchbox22]

I can't believe you brought her home at let her sit for the winter, I would've to drove it after fixing the axle haha! Another clean project going on is all of them red?

[--Aaron--]

Nice 601 ya got there.

[Matchbox22]

also can someone point me to the obx downpipes I keep hearing around town? I went to their site and didn't see Volvo ?

[98 Estey T5-M]

Nice 601 ya got there.

Thanks Aaron, looks familiar just add the 5 Speed and turbo haha. My engine bay is looking similar to yours but yours puts mine to shame with the cleanliness but it's getting closer

[fivex84]

also can someone point me to the obx downpipes I keep hearing around town? I went to their site and didn't see Volvo ?

They pop up on ebay from time to time.

Edited by fivex84, 09 January 2011 - 11:36 PM.

[--Aaron--]

Thanks Aaron, looks familiar just add the 5 Speed and turbo haha. My engine bay is looking similar to yours but yours puts mine to shame with the cleanliness but it's getting closer

Just the 5 speed, I've had a 16T for over 2 years. It is getting tired though and will be replaced soon with a very young 15G, keeping the straight flange exhaust currently installed.

My best advice to you on the engine bay is every or every other car wash just wipe down anything you can reach. I just use quick detail spray.

I really like the blue silicone on the red car look, obviously. Red hoses would blend in too much, blue's a great touch!

[98 Estey T5-M]

Time to replace some of the suspension. Didn't replace most of these parts with OEM but will next time. Replaced the Control Arms, Tie Rods, Sway Bar Links and Wheel Hub/Bearing on the driver side.

Old

New


Old End links

New along with the Tie Rods


Car also came with some nice rotors and calipers




Will be purchasing IPD Anti Sway Bars soon along with HD End links. Not sure about lowering the car too much yet but we will see...

[scumcity14]

I can't believe you brought her home at let her sit for the winter, I would've to drove it after fixing the axle haha! Another clean project going on is all of them red?

We're trying to save all the 601 T5m's...otherwise they'll be extinct. Some day all of us 601 Red owners should do a photo shoot..

[rmorse]

Looking good.

Why didn't you replace inner tie rods while you were in there? Just curious...