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v40 may have more limited options due to being 4 lug but those are certainly nice. I dont think too many folks on here ever had v40's. You might have more luck on Swedespeed, looks like they tried to absorb the s40 concepts forum members when that site shut down. https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/welcome-s40concepts-members.151738/

I suppose this is "performance" related... I'm an engineer so know the importance of rotational weight! Looking for ideas on wheels (rims in Australia). Currently thinking of OZ Racing which are easy to get here, specifically Superturismo style: Looks good, right? What do other people have?

So I've inherited my Dad's V40 T4 which was originally mine about 10 years ago! He wanted something newer. I have an Alphard as a daily, so looking to have fun with this car despite not knowing too much technically about Volvos and Volvo performance. I'm thinking the best way forward is a decent turbo. TD04-19T... GTX2867R...? Not really limited by budget, so looking to get the most out of the car in general, starting from increasing HP and then will set the car up with coilovers or whatever needs to be done to make it serious. Any thoughts and opinions welcome....

What injectors? Any head work, improved intercooler, etc? The GTX35 will do it, but you will be closer to 4000 for it to come on boost.

Hi everyone. I have not been on in some years. I had started a build in 2019 on my s70 after the head gasket blew. My goal was to have a vehicle producing between 500-700hp at the wheels. I bought forged connecting rods and pistons, as well as inconel valves and Darton Sleeves. Also bought a quaife lsd and stage 3 clutch. I had a td05 20g turbo, but i ended up selling it. I got the block machined, and the internals installed. Covid hit during the middle of all of that, and the project has been sidelined or slow going ever since. I want to put a Garrett turbocharger on the engine, specifically a gtx3582, as I can achieve the power numbers I am looking for with that turbo. Alternatively, I am looking at gtx3076. Regardless of which one I get, what hardware will I need to get to install this on the engine and downpipe? My downpipe is an obx, with full obx exhaust. Also going to get a hilton tune. I would really appreciate you alls help with this, as I have never done something like this.

Want to post an update, to keep the forum alive. All is fine! I have put the car together already Oct. 24 but it remained in storage until recently. During last weekend I drove it 200km and everything is just fine. Shifts nicely, clutch engages easily, no slip, no noise, no vibration.... I assume they just changed the design of the flywheel, maybe to fit to some newer Ford products, whatever.

Definitely report back, id love to know too.

Unfortunately theres no scrapyard nearby where I can test it. Thanks for your input, I think I'll just buy it and see if it fits.

Any salvage yards nearby with the same car in it? Grab a wheel off and try to swap it onto a s/v/c or 850. Your biggest concern would be the spline shaft the wheel slides onto, as long as thats the same, it should go on no problem. Honestly I do not know, but I would think the shafts would be fairly universally the same. I know you can put P2 wheels on P80s, so id think a p1 wheel would also fit. iirc I have a S90 wood grain wheel on my 98 s70.

Hi everyone, I drive a V70 mk1 from 1997 and I'm looking for a wooden steering wheel. Does the wheel from a Volvo V40 / S40 fit into the v70 1? And does the Airbag from the V70 fit onto the V40 wheel? I mean this wheel specifically https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/volvo-v40-s40-wurzelholz-lederlenrad/3003916608-223-2021 Thanks in advance for any tips!

Still have this beautiful car?

Since the other thread is archived. Touched the s70 a bit, and then installed some more lighting in the garage after doing some organizing of parts. Made a list of stuff to buy to do a stage 0 and replace.

Thats pretty exciting and awesome!

YEP. that's the guy.. and he's actually pretty well known as a bit of a "T-5R poacher" lol.. RIGHT NOW, there's a 278k mi yellow sedan out of NY on marketplace and i'd messaged the owner to inquire about some things done to the car and we'd got to talking.. he'd already been approached by this kid in the past and he knew who he was before i'd even mentioned his name and felt exactly as i did - that he strips salvageable examples and ruins T-5Rs and had no interest in selling him the car, nor providing him with any spare parts he'd had (another set of titans). he actually referred to him as an "A-hole" that doesn't know any better. this kid actually has a buddy who does something similar, but with less of a hard on for T-5Rs (in particular, but any P80R) and told me that they actually made a fake R and tried to sell it on marketplace. these dudes dont know anything other than stripping and i wouldn't trust either of them to put a car back together that would be road worthy for purchase. if any of you want to know their names or FB marketplace profiles, just DM me so i can save you the trouble from buying anything they've taken or created. i know this is a free country, but damn dude, who are these guys to be doing this and killing these cars or gatekeeping over anybody trying to put one back together in the name of preservation.. f-UUU- k these guys!

I think I came across him on marketplace. Younger guy? I have never been by his place, pretty sure he came here and bought a few things one time though ... I mean nothing illegal about what he is doing but I can see how it would rub you the wrong way ... I parted out a few VR's in my day but didn't hoard all the stuff for myself and only one of them was really save-able but it was on the rough side . . . Sounds like ya may be a little late now if you want to try and beat him at his own game or at least throw a stick in his spokes. speaking of late to the game that would be me if I ever want to possess an actual P80R .. prices are jacked up and I'm too cheap and don't drive very much anymore so my current wagon will likely last forever!

what do you think bro.. you're basically right down the street from me off rt44.. do you know the guy I'm talking about?

speechless in CT

i just wanted to point out another variable to this T-5R thing that i hadn't considered before.. i was on marketplace over a month ago and saw a yellow T-5R sedan here in CT pop up.. it was listed as a 'parts car' and was in very rough shape. i was intrigued, so i contacted the guy about selling it as a whole and he said he had a bunch of T-5R parts he could help out with. i went to his home and it was a bit of a salvage yard. i showed up before he was out of work and looked the car over and it was ROUGH; to the point where it would cost more to put it back on the road (correctly) than it would be to just find another T-5R. he actually bought the car for parts for his existing, complete, yellow t-5R sedan. i became interested in his complete sedan and asked if he'd be willing to sell it. he said he'd have to have $8,000 for it. this car had over 230k mi and wasn't close to perfect. hood was discolored and had some rust spots. front bumper had some cracking. rear passenger door was dented in, an odd dent above the 'T-5R' badge, etc.. it was manual swapped and had a k24 though. as we're talking, he shares that he's bought entire cars 'for the wheels' or 'for the bumper' and even for a superficial walnut interior piece! he has a hard-on for T-5Rs, specifically, and bragged about all the parts he has for them, including like 3 sets of titan wheels, gold emblem floor mats, entire interiors and so on. i came to the realization that this dude is basically gatekeeping and i'd later looked into his marketplace account, and he's gutted T-5Rs to their chassis! it showed his history of selling 3 T-5R parts cars without titans, R bumpers, mats, etc.. this dude is single handedly buying every T-5R he can, so he can strip it for its one year only model year parts, and then try to sell the parts he took, for an outrageous price, to the person he is selling the parts car to, from the very same car he took the parts off of lol!! you would think i'd be happy (technically), as every T-5R he basically destroys, leaves one less complete example out there - making my car that much rarer.. but in fact, this is a terrible thing he is doing and it ruins the enthusiast community. he's not bringing these cars back, like Robert DIY on youtube - he's attempting to create a scenario where he's the only guy to have T-5R specific parts that he's the gatekeeper of, because he's smug and it makes him feel good to have some sort of power over the community.. i could see it as he spoke; i could see it as i looked around the property.. all these junk volvos needless to say, he never contacted me back about selling the 230k mi yellow sedan - which had inspired my search of the yellow wagon, i ultimately ended up purchasing. i did contact him, in spite, in all honesty, to low-key rub it in his face that i'd found something better, that he'd never get his grubby little hands on and he pretended to be happy for me for about 5 min before he stopped responding via text and marketplace lol. i played it off like i wanted an extra set of titan wheels for my purchase of the car as a 'just in case' and some other wear parts.. but he was no longer interested in the convo because he couldn't gatekeep a T-5R (or its parts) out there. the point of the story is this - there are ppl out there that are killing these cars as complete examples, calling themselves 'enthusiasts' when in reality what's going to happen is THIS: there wont be any cars left to demand the parts you took! you destroyed the hobby! now what?

Bud its a free phone, dont fuck it to hard.

It passed inspections two weeks ago! Didn’t disappoint at all. Few notes from the tech. Still a lot to do but passing inspections is a huge relief. A lot more pictures on my Instagram; @jodelj81 💚

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plenty of skylines in Japan.. does that diminish their value here?

plenty more in europe

My buddy's uncle should read this. He's about to start his Volvo project once the suspension kit and skid plates from 4Wheelonline were installed on his Jeep project. It's been slipping bad and definitely need to drop the trans.