lookforjoe Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Bracket/cable mount positioning...Volvo 1378153 bushing cut down to replace stock sloppy bushingsfender washer to prevent "walking" (shoulder faces downward for correct cable height off lever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NChoy Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Thanks Hussien. I pretty much made mine look like yours. The one difference may be the inboard mounting point... I think I may have made mine too low... might interfere with the top of the trans. We'll see... I'll simply adjust it with my special motivation tool (6-lb slege ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboTim1568908317 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Off topic but will a M66 with a 3.77 gear ratio work in my 99r. I got directed to this post so I thought I would ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilled man Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Off topic but will a M66 with a 3.77 gear ratio work in my 99r. I got directed to this post so I thought I would ask.Tranny is a tranny for volvo any manul tranny off any I5 Engine will work on any I5 engine car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NChoy Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I worked on the car all weekend and got it to run but it had a wicked exhaust leak So NEXT weekend, I get to pull off the damn downpipe, turbo, exhaust manifold and all the intake tubing I just spent hours installing. That's what this car has been... install, remove, reinstall, remove again, and so on. I'll be so glad when this project is freakin' over. On the bright side, I got that damn shifter bracket figured out. Now it goes into all the gears...And here's the artwork at the end of Sunday...Hopefully by next weekend I get to actually drive the damn car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Looks good, Nick!Can't you just pull the heat shield & recheck the manifold is properly tightened?Your IC Hot side looks the same as mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NChoy Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Looks good, Nick!Can't you just pull the heat shield & recheck the manifold is properly tightened?Your IC Hot side looks the same as mine Yeah, that's plan A. If nothing happens, then I move to Plan B, which is to pull the downpipe and move the turbo/manifold away from the head so I can see what's going on in there.This entire project has taught me one HUGE lesson: stick to redblocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Will Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Nick that all looks phenomenal from the pictures! I think you'll be happy you did all this to a whiteblock once you actually get to drive it. It'll be a rewarding experience with all this hard work. So now there's H's East Coaster, Nick's Texan, and your West Coast Custom (sorry for copyright infringement there) to round out the M66 AWD wagons. Niiiiice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVL WAGN Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Nick that all looks phenomenal from the pictures! I think you'll be happy you did all this to a whiteblock once you actually get to drive it. It'll be a rewarding experience with all this hard work. So now there's H's East Coaster, Nick's Texan, and your West Coast Custom (sorry for copyright infringement there) to round out the M66 AWD wagons. Niiiiice...And coming this winter...a Canadian M66 2000R with a complete liquidation of the OBD2 crap....back to OBD0 she goes courtesy of an AEM stand alone and one hell of a tuner at the helm to make it happen.This will only take place if I fail in obtaining my dream car...if I can find the one that I want...the R might have to move on to a new owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NChoy Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 As you've seen, I'm in another holding pattern, trying to figure out the resistance value and voltage range of the front O2 sensor. Until I get those numbers, the car's not going anywhere.But in the meantime, check out my new subwoofer box:Assembled from MDF, separate chambers for twin 8" subs...The specs called for one 3" diameter port with a tube 9" long per speaker. The configuration couldn't handle that, so I split the difference with two 4.5" tubes each 2" in diameter...Carpet's going on. I was just going to do simple black, but decided to get a bit fancy with a two-tone (since I had enough gray OEM carpet)...By the way, the cargo floor was cut up and modified. The hinge relocated so the "door" still works. Here it is installed for fitment purposes...Reverse view with the ports installed...With the two 8" downfiring subs (MA Audio). Both handle 500W max, and are wired in parallel (4-ohm). Fire extinguisher in case things get too hot... let's hope we never need it...Another angle. I think the two-tone idea actually worked!...The Rockford Fosgate 900W amp that drives the rest of the system (subs are powered by a Kenwood 400W amp mounted in the spare tire well)...Now this thing won't fit, so it's for sale... any takers? It's practically brand new: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboTim1568908317 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 You guys that are having all the problems with tuning the car after the M66 swap, do you know why this is? Have you thought of putting in a S70 5 speed harness and tune or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NChoy Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 You guys that are having all the problems with tuning the car after the M66 swap, do you know why this is? Have you thought of putting in a S70 5 speed harness and tune or am I missing something?The problem I'm having with the O2 sensor is because I took out the front sensor and replaced it with an LC-1 Innovate wideband. Evidently the analog signal going to the ECU isn't sufficient, and the ECU is looking for a resistance value that isn't there now. My first course of action is to find the resistance value and put a resistor in line on the white wires going to the old O2 sensor (which is now gone).The only other issues when doing the M66 swap into the P1 AWD cars is coming up with some sort of bushing to go between the shifter cables and the trans shifter linkages, and the driver's side transmission mount. Hussein has solved that problem with a custom bracket, and there's a number of solutions for the bushings. The rest of the problems are simply decision-making ones (dual or single mass flywheel? what clutch to use?). This swap is largely plug and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defgh1 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The problem I'm having with the O2 sensor is because I took out the front sensor and replaced it with an LC-1 Innovate wideband. Evidently the analog signal going to the ECU isn't sufficient, and the ECU is looking for a resistance value that isn't there now. My first course of action is to find the resistance value and put a resistor in line on the white wires going to the old O2 sensor (which is now gone).Suggest you add another front O2 bung, on the exhaust, for your wideband for tunning and keep the stock O2 sensor to keep the ECU happy.Doug H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NChoy Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Suggest you add another front O2 bung, on the exhaust, for your wideband for tunning and keep the stock O2 sensor to keep the ECU happy.Doug HThat's what Peter said. I'm going to try an in-line resistor first, since that's an easy/cheap fix. If the ECU still complains, then I'll go about pulling the DP, source a bung and rewire the damn thing AGAIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVL WAGN Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 You guys that are having all the problems with tuning the car after the M66 swap, do you know why this is? Have you thought of putting in a S70 5 speed harness and tune or am I missing something?The biggest issue that guys are having is ME7 related on the 99/00 cars. With the ECU controlling everything in the damn car, it apparently is not liking the M66 being installed. Nick and Juan in Texas are better suited to fill in the blanks on that though as they both have M66 2000's. That's pretty much why if/when I do mine this winter, I'm going with an AEM stand alone to eliminate all the stock crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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