JaredR1

Yeah I think that is a Steve question At least you are starting with a MY00 which already has a more powerful EMS than MY99.

Good point. Can you control the intake VVT on ME7?

I'd throw it in and then work on the head from the other engine

Europe....if you're seriously interested I can probably hook you up with a group deal on shipping

Yeah, that's what happens when you put a ECE lens on a DOT reflector........you have to swap the glass AND the reflector. Cheaper to just buy a whole Depo ECE housing at that point.

Rubbing alcohol also fixes this. Works great on everything but the window switches since the grey color on the buttons is also dissolved by the alcohol unlike the dash switches.

Very interested in progress on this front.. please keep us updated. +1

Sounds like it's time for a new job.

Good call not doing the Bilsteins. My T-5R came with HDs and oem green marked springs and I could not get rid of that setup fast enough. The ride was unbearable and there are stress cracks in the paint on one of my shock towers because of them. I've also driven on Koni yellows (with H&R) and found that to be a much better experience. I liked the way it drove but it was still pretty stiff even if MUCH better than the HDs. If the roads around Boston were decent, I'd probably be running some version of Konis if Öhlins weren't an option.

I've been spending pretty much all my time sailing and working on school related activities the last couple weeks, so there hasn't been much happening here. However it was at the point where having both of my 850s out of service was about to impede my school (and possibly sailing) activities, so I finally got the new wheel bearing in today. Confirmed in the process that my AC clutch threw the shims, so I installed new ones with some loctite. Hopefully those will fare better. Also looks like I am going to be putting my 16T and a stock Volvo angle DP on here. The 15G is shot (using a quart every 1500 miles) and the magnaflow cat that has been welded into my stock DP is shot, too, so it's time to move on. Awesome The cat is throwing a permanent DTC - has been for as long as I've had the car - so it would be nice to have my CEL capable of giving me useful information (got sick of looking at it and pulled the bulb) It would also be nice if my car didn't smell like it is 23 years old. Aside from the environmental issues, it's also kind of not cool when almost all of my friends outside of engineering school (yeah you guys know where this is going) are at least as far left as I am and then I'm the one with the fast car that smells like it's killing the planet.....

This would be way cooler if I could actually drive around with this on there......but it's still pretty cool.

7:31 PM today, Boylston St. at Gloucester St. 2007 V70R. Rear facing baby seat in the passenger side rear seat. I can't believe you're not an enthusiast with those 18" pegs and that motorsport sticker, but you sure did look confused when I gave you a thumbs up and took a picture from the sidewalk lol.

You asked for a citation so I provided the information that I am working with. Not sure how that is confusing. Maybe the 1996 nav system probably never happened because it ended up in the x70 in 1997? Or is that a different system? Either way, there were a lot of grand plans for the 850 that never got off the ground before the x70 hit. I'd be really curious to see how/where they were planning on installing it in the 850 if you have more info on it. Your explanation for the non-matching walnut was my initial thought as well, but, as I learned about this car and have seen more and more 850s with walnut, none of which had this problem, I've concluded that it doesn't seem to be as likely an explanation.

"The main batch of cars, produced after week 40 of 1994, had emission code 0." http://www.volvo850t-5r.com/about-the-t-5r/volvo-850-t-5r-vehicle-identification/ Mine was built July '94. Week 40 isn't until early October. The chassis code range for all known T-5R estates is 078000-171000, and mine is 078626. There is also a ton of crazy stuff going on with this car that is documented better in my thread on SS. For example, the walnut on the console doesn't quite match the walnut dash, I am speculating because they didn't have the finish worked out yet. There is no 213 relay for the fog lights (they're hardwired) and the fog light wiring does not follow the proper path, not sure what that means but it's definitely not the way things were done on the production line. It also wasn't imported to the states until December '94, so what exactly it was doing for those first six months is also a good question. That's the story with my car. I am told that there are one or two T-5Rs in Australia that have a similar thing going on but I don't know the full story of those cars. I know there were a lot of different option packages around the world that we didn't get here. I'm speaking in terms of the option packages that you could spec in the states since we are dealing with California market cars here.

Headlight wipers were standard on the T-5R. An individual could not order a car with heated seats and no headlight wipers since they were both part of the winter package, but Volvo could, and did, spec out a number of press cars this way. There are a couple of other pre-production T-5Rs floating around in Australia that don't have headlight wipers. My dad's '98 V70 T5 SE appears to have been spec'd out by Volvo for some internal use and also has heated seats (front and rear!) and no headlight wipers.