BlackT5

Gearing up for some more upgrades! After bugging Trent for months to sell me his manifold, I was finally successful. Also bought his cat cams, wastegate and downpipe etc.. Then I was advised to upgrade my valve springs, so I bought these from Swedish mike at Autotech. These require different retainers since Volvo changed the spring design in 99 and the upgraded springs are the newer shape (right). The early RN heads still use the 7mm valves so these are the retainers you need. This got me wondering why I can't use the solid lifters too, but i'm still trying to wrap my head around that. Based on this thread.. and this post specifically, http://forums.turbobricks.com/showpost.php?p=804652&postcount=33 it appears that some of the 6 cyl motors got the solid lifters, updated spring design but retained the cams with 32mm base circle. It wouldn't be suprising if this happened on some of the 5 cyls also. I didn't get the cams that came with the junk head I pulled the retainers from, so i'm going to try get my hands on those. If they do indeed have the same base circle, it might be worth looking more into. Otherwise I just go with my hydros and keep the rpms at 8k Solid lifter on the bottom. I ordered all new timing belt, water pump, tensioners, cam seals, valve stem seals, etc etc.. a few days ago, so just waiting for all that to arrive and then I get to pull my car back apart. Stay tuned.. Also cut up and old cam cover to use for setting the cams up.. still trying to figure that one out too, measuring lift with hydro lifters..

A couple nice yellows!

I have Nira running the engine in my S70 but the stock ecu is still also somewhat connected. Both receive the rpm signal and ECT. Stock ecu feeds the cluster for tach and coolant temp, it also controls the rad fan iirc. Last time I plugged it in to an obd2 reader, it showed no codes Stand alone certainly has it's challenges, but much easier to tune without the maf.

Too bad you couldn't move or angle the wg dump so it's not dumping directly after the turbine. Without extending the WG out further, it looks almost unavoidable. Fab work looks good though Were you able to get a brace in there?

Butt welded

and I thought wrestling my angle gear out on the weekend was bad. Interested to see pics of the leak. Keep in mind the stainless manifold will expand/contract more than the mild version and may be even more prone to cracking. Is your turbo supported/braced? Might be something to consider adding.

What about cutting a couple inches out of your intake pipe to bring the filter back enough for a can?

Looks like a stainless LG maifold?

Sooo

Awesome. Looking forward to seeing what she puts down. With the traction the awd provides, I'm so tempted to start modding my wagon.

What do you guys do with the front fender liners? I tried tucking them behind the rolled part of the fender, but they just pop out. I thought of just taking them out completely or cutting them right back. I don't even drive this car in the rain now so that's not an issue. I could try raising the front like 1/4" and see how much it helps.

Looks good! Did you receive the steering wheel?? You have your front V2s at full drop?

Thanks man. It's going for an alignment on Thursday, but still drives really nice. KWs are amazing!

Yes. I will be getting headlights. I am torn between jewwls and black ABMs

Had some time on the weekend to get things back together. Rolled the fenders Got the front end all torqued down, brakes bled, car washed and insured.. a little late for the summer but the weather has been spectacular still

Thanks Here's a shot of the bolt thread into the hub. Full threads on the bracket side. Rotor shields are trimmed and installed. I did have to shave down the steering stops some more so before I torque down the calipers and put the pads in, i'm going to throw the wheels on and get the car on the ground to make sure no further alterations are required. Not much time during the week to work on the car unfortunately.

Test fit on the driver side.

Not quite the full thickness. The stock bolts stick out past the other side of the hub so now they just about reach the end. There's lots of thread there so i'm not concerned about it. I forgot to grab a pic of that, but will in the next couple days. Didn't get the fronts on today. When I bolted everything together, the caliper was tight on one side of the rotor. I'm taking it back to the shop tomorrow so he can machine a cunt hair off the brackets where the caliper bolts to. He used an old rotor for mock up, and the brand new rotor is just a bit too fat. I'm hoping to just wait while he does it so I don't have to go back out there. Aside from that, I spun the front KWs down a bit and loosely installed them with the control arms and end links. Once I get the brakes sorted out, it won't take long to button everything up. I will also have to trim the front rotor shields slightly. Edit: Oh, and I attempted to use my new fender roller on the rears today but the thing is too long, even at it's shortest setting. I'll either have to pop off the rear shocks and support the rear hub with a jack while I roll it or just do it the old fashioned way with a baseball bat or fat doweling. Not sure if there will be enough space in the front to get the roller in, will have to wait til the hub is back in place. It's strange, one thing I immediately noticed about the KWs when I jacked up the donor car was that the suspension stayed very tight and didn't hang much at all. I'm definitely curious to see how the wheels will sit once I get the car back on the ground.

They're OEM bolts. The bracket is slightly recessed into the spindle so there is plenty of thread. I'll get better pics today as I start putting the front end together.

Everything is installed in the rear. Springs, shocks, rear brace, calipers, rotors, pads etc.. Will be running 20mm spacers int he rear and 10mm up front. Test fit wheel for caliper clearance and it's all good. The fronts.. I was one the fence about going with the Porsche setup up front but wanted to be different and already had a full set of P2R calipers so I said what the hell. I know a guy in the UK had his spindles welded but I was advised against that. I took my front calipers with some spare spindles, rotor and hub to a fab shop in town. They fabbed some aluminum brackets which I picked up and took home, only to be sitting at work a few days later and suddenly realizing that I never test fit the axle. Sure enough, when I got home and tried it, there was no way it was going to work. Back to the shop it all went but with an axle this time. They redid the brackets in structural steel and everything fit together. I have not tried it on the car yet.. I'll tackle that tomorrow. I was a little unsure about losing my steering stops, but today I ground and cut down the S60R stops which I think will work, at least for the time being. Here's a better shot of the bracket setup. It would have been much easier to go with the Porsche stuff up front but we'll see how this plays out. :)

I must have been tired last night. The dragging noise on the rear rotor was the lug bolt(s) I threaded in to keep the rotor on. With no wheel mounted, the threads were in far enough that they were just barely rubbing on the tension spring for the ebrake shoes. lol Back to work..

I haven't driven the S70 in a year now. I've been putting off installing my new front control arms because I found a set of lightly used KW V2s that were on a car in Alberta. I wanted to wait and install them at the same time. That wait turned into weeks which turned into months. After the logistical challenges were dealt with, the owner sold me the entire car and even delivered it to my house. Then the fun began. Took about 3 days total and I had everything off it that I wanted, then the car was towed to scrap. KWs and IPD sways were put aside for my S70, some parts were sold and the rest was moved to the basement. Also waiting to go on are P2R calipers all around, new Brembo rotors, Akebono pads custom spacers and the Mirzams with 235/40R18 The S70 went up on jack stands and the suspension was torn out, and all the brakes were removed. The passenger inner tie rod had some play so I installed new inners on both sides. IPD sways were swapped in Rear shocks Rear coils Old (302) and new (330) rotors Front and rear caliper comparison Rear rotor shields trimmed Test fit rear caliper That's as far as I've gotten, I will be back at it today. I did test fit the rear rotor last night and after adjusting the parking brake it's still slightly dragging so i'll have to figure that out today. i'ts not the full sweep of the rotor and sounds like perhaps it's the upper spring where the adjuster is, but i'm not sure yet. Once that's figured out, the rear brakes and suspension can go on. Then it's on to the fronts..more about that later

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