German850R

Not the nicest one in the world but affordable: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Zylinderkopf-B5254T2-154KW-291Tkm-Volvo-XC-90-2-5T-AWD-XC90-06-1043-076/311983651813?hash=item48a3acbbe5:g:iGUAAOSwh9hZ6JU9:rk:20:pf:0

6 hours ago, gdog said:

Umm, we will need posts sir, or better yet, a build thread..  

I already have one for the 7064 somewhere here under showroom.

I can make a new one once I start on the 7670. Right now, the car is waiting for the body shop slot in January. Needs some rust removal and conservation. And engine bay paint ;)

On 11/18/2018 at 3:04 AM, andyb5 said:

We also went for a ride in Steve’s S70 T5M. It’s RN-swapped with an EFR 7064 and holy stuff, fast doesn’t cover it....his car is a monster! 

One of the best turbos for this application. Love mine, but am upgrading to EFR 7670 and a custom spaghettifold.

On 8/12/2018 at 6:48 AM, Andzey said:

Any progress here? 

Facebook and Youtube ;)

Thanks to you crazy guys I also bought a V40 T4 ;).

Will pick it up next week and then will see what I got myself into...

Awesome numbers.

I have to build a new engine this year and am considering dartons as well.

8 hours ago, B850 said:

This is awesome. Add me to the list as well please. 

Is this plug and play? I see the finished product uses Bosch connecters. Where do they go?

They go to the TPS and idle control valve. Installation is plug and play. All you need to find is a 12V source, so ignition coil or so. There is some adjustments you need to do at the device but Maarten includes a good manual with it.

2 hours ago, Blockpartie said:

Was it called "Hella Raintronic" ? I think they are no longer producing that.

Might be. I can check in the car if I find something. But if they are not making it anymore, there is no point ;)

10 hours ago, gdog said:

Do you have any links showing this product?  Sounds interesting..

Not exactly. It has been put in many years ago. I remember it being Bosch or maybe Hella.

Maybe related to this.

I also happen to own a Saab 9-5 Aero as a DD and the PO installed a Bosch aftermarket rain sensor relais. It comes with a rain sensor which you put somewhere in the area of your inside rear view mirror and the relais plugs into the stock relais socket. It works great actually. So I might be doing this to my Volvo 850 as well, tbh.

34 minutes ago, Burn-E said:

Love that track.  Have raced it many times on Real Racing 3 and after Eau Rouge, the back half of the track (Les Combes, Bruxelles, Pouhon, Campus where the elevation drops quickly) seems like a fairly tricky portion as well. As you say, what goes up must come down.

Better race it in a real simulation like Iracing or Assetto Corsa then ;).

I live only 2h from Spa but have never been unfortunately. Maybe because it always rains there :D

It moves... Do you have a chance to measure the acceleration with a Racelogic vbox, Driftbox, Performance box? 60-130?

Sure, helps tuning a lot ;). I can offer you a place to stay as a "road tuning base" with great access to good motorways ;). From our new place we have 3 great motorways within 10min of driving

Maybe I have a German view on it. Our cars see a significantly higher load collective due to our (few remaining) limit-free motorways. So, for us a car with twice the original power output reaching more than say 50000km with a certain setup is quite uncommon. Of course, there are cars which last longer than that, but that would be the exception.

Is it just me who thinks that 40k miles or 60k km on a build like that which went through a lot of tuning iterations and certainly some level of abuse is actually quite OK?

Congratulations on the car!

As for the powertrain, I drove a number of vehicles with VEA engines, diesel and petrol and I second your statement about their efficiency. Especially nice with the new 8 speed auto.

My favourite package was the V40 D4 automatic which pulls very nicely from 1200 rpm to 4500 rpm. Really nice overall package if you are looking for a comfortable daily driver.

My "dynamic" choice would be the T5 with polestar and 8 speed, though ;).

I personally like the V40 better but the "sportiest" P1x which I drove was a C30 D5 with Volvo lowering springs.

Your car will have the steering gear with 75mm rack travel which means the turning radius will be quite big. There is something you can do about it though with different travel limiters and software change if you don't mind a little rubbing.

Sorry, V40 will not come to the US.

It is a good car, though. Especially with the new VEA engines.

It is Volvo's last product on the Ford C1 platform. The new compact Volvos will be based on the Volvo Geely CMA platform and there might be variants for the US as well.

Thanks for the documentation about your heater elbow modifications. I have to do the same as my EFR 7064 compressor housing is also very close to the elbows and the lower one doesn't fit anymore in stock shape.

Yeah, with avoidable I meant something like: first ever lap, high ambitions, lack of talent and crash in Brünnchen ;).

This is clearly not the case here.

Which kind of defeats the purpose of a "race" rental, doesn't it? But unfortunately there are reasons for the high deposits given the large amount of idiotic and avoidable accidents sometimes.

Sorry for Emiel.

My bad. If you are on WG pressure, the TCV doesn't do much ;).

Good to read!

I see at least 2 areas where this can go wrong:

1) What is the bypass valve connected to? Intake manifold vacuum?

2) the built-in TCV. Maybe worth trying a regular one. Maybe the frequency the M4.4 sends is too high or low.

Just guessing, though

So, how does it run?

Maybe you can get your hands on a Racelogic Performance Box or Drift Box. This would be really interesting...