Big Will

Nice photo to pique our interest. Looks like a cool new project. Good luck with it and update frequently.

Awesome stuff Hussein! Can't wait to see the car when I get back in a month.

Awesome video H. I love the few seconds when you drive by Adam's car and you can see both wagons side by side.

Good luck H. This is just another little hiccup on the road to perfection...your car is pretty damn close.

So the tune is working pretty well now? 23 PSI must be awesome! How much boost are you looking to top out at?

Hussein that video was awesome. Looks like things are about right.

Honestly though, there are already so many tuning companies here in Sweden for the 850/70 series engine management software. There are a ton of no-name chips floating around too optimized for specific setups like stock engine but full turbo-back exhaust etc. etc. Then there's MTE, BSR, RICA, Autotech. Plus, Wothrline has a bunch of maps for 850/70 series setups and in a sense that's about as close as you can get to Volvo's own performance tuning.

This thread put a smile on my face buddy. It's a good record of your car from start to "finish" and definitely will be an inspiration for the future.

Definitely welcome to VS. It's good that you guys are on here now and can contribute to the discussion.

Ok cool. I'm sure they'll do a great job on it (MTE will). As for Nick, mechanically I'm sure everything will work the same as LookforJoe's car - just get the software gurus in your corner and make it start!

I'm all for meeting up at some point in CT and caravaning it. Can't wait to see your car - and we'll have 2 manual swap cars at the meet. If only my parents would stop driving mine I'd M58 it and we'd have 3 NEC manual swaps all w/ different transmissions. Which T5 M ECU did you end up getting, the 450 or the 608? It must be running pretty smoothly now at least b/c the 98 T5 had a 16T stock so now if you get a remap on that thing it should be pretty insane for a Volvo. I'm really curious, can you elaborate a bit on what IPD will/can do for the ECU regarding the M66 and gear ratio stuff? Is it just a custom tune?

You have a good deal going then. Rein's Deli is literally just off of I-84 at exit 65 in Vernon, CT. It's a bit of a hike (1 hr. 40 from us) but it's worth the drive for the food and the good people. Plus, the meet starts around noon so there's plenty of time to get there.

All I can say is that I'm impressed. I can't wait to see the in person. You should come up to the Rein's Deli meet on the 22nd and/or the meet down on Long Island on the 15th (The food will probably be better at Rein's )

Hey Congrats on getting it up and running! The M66 in my S40 runs about 3000 rpm at 80 mph in 6th gear so 2600 at 70 seems about right. Which shifter did you use? One from an R or from an S40? (Not a big fan of the moonball from the R personally). Did you change out the angle gear oil while you were under there and had things taken apart?

Ahh wow very interesting. So the rear differential is turning out to be a problem with using the M66 is that what you're saying? The rear diff's final drive ratio is 2.56:1 ? Maybe look to the 940. I know they used a similar rear diff as the 98-00 AWD cars. I have no idea what the ratio is but maybe it's closer to what you're looking for? WWSD? "What would Seamus do?"

The username of the guy you're looking for is "Seamus" not Seagram. ;-)

Hey guys, I just wanted to say that I had a great a time as always hanging out. The drive up was fun with our little convoy...I guess my S40 was a bit out of place among the more original boxes ;-) I'll get some pics up on Webshots tomorrow and post the link. Hope to see you all soon!

Hey Guys, I'm gonna drive up from NY on Sunday morning so I'll probably be a bit late to this event but I'm excited to see you guys!

If he's running the stock 16s, there's no issue with 302 mm brakes? Is it simply that one would not be able to put 15 inch steel rims on for winter driving with the bigger brakes?

Thanks Greg. At least I'm confident that the level is correct at the moment and I'm careful about rotating the tires. As for HP, if IPD is to be believed I'm somewhere in the 230 hp vacinity. Greg's old R probably had a fair amount more than that.

Greg, I know the fluid in my angle gear has been topped up a few times and so far so good but does it get flushed under normal maintanance at any point in the service intervals? I've never seen mention of it.

Maybe the water pump?

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I have a metra DIN pocket from when I had a pioneer unit in my V70. It's a clean look installed. The color is black so it probably matches the 850s best. There's nothing wrong with it, I just have no use for it. Anyone who wants it can have it for free, just pay for the shipping. --Will

I can't tell you how many times I've passed that sign for Rein's Deli on my way home from college...mmmm mmm good.