gdizzle Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 So whats to come of SwedeDeamonI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted May 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 So whats to come of SwedeDeamonI?←I posted about it earlier, http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?showtopic=23599Not to long ago I decided to change the car to a newer model. Sincs most if not all aftermarket parts fit the S70 I thought this would make a nice candidate.Used ME 7 cars are still pretty expensive here, specially if you want a turbo model.Think prices between 12K and 18K Euro's. '99-2000 models go between 9600 and 18K Euro's for non turbo models at the dealers at the moment. For this reason I decided to rebuild the 850 back to how it was, remove the IC, KW stuff, turbo, manifold and some other stuff and see if I can sell the car.In the mean time I could search for a good replacement which I though would take some time.I spotted this car on a German site where it was offered for export.. In our country we have a place where all the state owned transportation items and also any kind of other items are offered for auction. From time to time these Volvo Police vehicles show up but ofted one has to place a bid on more than one car, often 2 or three. In the end they show up at small retailers or they are offered for export mainly because of the condition these cars are in.What this means is that often they sell for less than half the regular prices of such vehicles.Problem was that the Dutch Royal Police Service changed their policy a few years ago. In the past they used Porsche Targa's and later a lot of tuned Volvo T5's.Later on Highway partol changed to diesel versions and NA version, made them look all the same and added only a few T5 models which were then tuned to ~280 bhp by a company named RICA.. ;-)T5's are very strong highway patrol cars any in the past they could realize a very high "hit rate" catching speeders. Even the Porsches and other fast cars they managed to catch with these T5's.Problem is that there were plenty of 850T5's offered but the S70's were only offered sporadicly.Also the S70 2.5T has proven to perform well enough when tuned. Speeds in the Netherlands came down a lot over the last 5 years so real peak power wasn't the issue anymore.Currently only a few S60T5's are in use and as of early this year also a few R models which go as unmarked police cars or video surveillance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Nice! Us ME7 guys will be looking forward to what you come up with. Also, if you would be so kind to post your impressions of the KWs on the 850 vs the 70. Some of us are going to be a doing a little suspension comparison and would like to know if there are minor differences between the two cars that would change the ride/handling.Congrats on the new car. Your kid seems to confused to why there are so many Volvos. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniman342 Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Nice car! What does ME7 mean?Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCviggen Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Nice car! What does ME7 mean?Stephen←engine management system (version)Bosh Motronic ME 4.3, 4.4 (850) and >99 ME7 of course there's a lot of things that are not directly related to ME7 but that were introduced at the same time, just do a search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniman342 Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Oh, thanks.Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DougK Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Very cool Johann... a CF hood would sure look sharp on that car ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 One other note. It seems through my limited research that the CV boots/axles are different on the ME7 cars for whatever reason. The bottom of the KWs may touch the CV boot. Just something to watch out for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 awesome... hmm... i'm in norway now... might pay a visit to swede demon II :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C70drvr Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Congrats Johann! Very nice S70 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniman342 Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I wish cops here used cooler cars. All the cars they use in my area are caprices and crown vics.stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Veneficus Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 That engine bay is pretty dirty. I can't wait to see what you do with this beast. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoson Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Looking good Johann! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legbend Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I've gotta get a 5-speed T5 soon... or I'm going the way of the ///M :phear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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