Mogatu'r Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 First of all I'd like to thank everyone who was patient enough, dealt with my crazyness and helped me all the way ~ Aaron (ajher), Bruce, John (Caliwagon), Jon (Htwon..) his lil brother , and Brian (understudy)..2000 V70R-M FWD Introducing the wagon volvo lost in its production line.Specs:2000 V70RM56H Est IntakeBilsteins (TME) <not for too long> True Coilovers on the way!19T <not for too long> GT30 and FMIC in progress! IPD SL Tune for Manual ECU config removal <not for too long, lol.. 034 >BONE STOCK!!!After months of dealing with the pain in the a$$ parasitic AWD components failing and then the transmission itself just taking a big fat crap on itself. I had to sit for 6 months and watch my poor wagon sit in the garage and waste away everyday as I left to go to work and come home. I spent time doing research and looking at archived threads trying to learn as much as I could about a manual swap into my ME7 car. I realized there was a lot of doubt that this was even possible. Staring down at barrel of a few difficult options, putting in a new transmission from Volvo, attempting a ground breaking swap that nobody believed in, selling my car as is and taking the loss, or burning it to the ground or just hand the keys to Jon (htownturbobrick) and let have it.5 weeks ago I finally pulled the trigger and said screw it, I'm going to do the most cost effective option that would let me keep my car. I bought John's (caliwagon) M56h swap and prayed Aaron (ajhehr) could make it work. Discussing it Aaron he assured me, mechanically theres absolutely no reason for the swap not to work. As he did the swap it became more and more apparent, even the electrical aspect wasn't going to be an issue as everything plugged in as if it were designed to fit (I wonder why). The only hiccups we ran into was swapping some FWD components to make everything fit properly. Thursday we stayed up late and cranked the motor at 1:00 A.M. Friday morning. Aaron, pesimistically, said that the car would not start in the first shot. We have more faith in him then that and believed the car would crank. It spun over with no hesitation , and started to spin the wheels in the air while on the lift. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th they all worked to everyone's in the shop amazement . It was late, we called it a night and reconveaned to complete the car friday afternoon. The car is not yet completed, over the next couple of weeks, we're going to make the car the way Volvo should have made it . As it sits, it runs fast as HELL!!! the 2.4 HPT w / 19T is much much more happier, WOW! day to night difference.. IPD should receive the ECU this week and then the real fun will begin As far as the AWD goes, pshhsht! don't need it, POS anyway.. Please don't clutter this thread with useless comments, AWD this / FWD that .. umm.. My choice, my $$$, I have a fast car already (nt volvo). The V70R will probably have some stupid amounts of horse power (thanks to Aaron lol) and it will be the weekend car.Please feel free to PM and ask me any questions, Aaron is going to combine the list of parts needed for those who would like to do a Manual swap in a ME7 car. Btw, EVERYTHING works !!!Aaron doing the finishing touches.Bruceteaser Sorry for long post,, I'm just UBBER excited ... We added life to the car B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_the_fox Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Sweet dude ! You must be lovin' that! I want an M56 =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVW855R Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 very nice i'm happy to see it was done now lets see if an 850 can do itnever mind thought it was 6spd awd looked at it wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownTurboBrick Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 mwhahahahahahahaha ME7 can't get a manual swap my a$$!!!!! hurry up with the IPD flash i wanna see 21psi wheelspin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aequitas_Veritas Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 nice man, no thanks for me? i helped a tiny bit too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Betty Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 congrats have fun with it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikS Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Those wheels on the car look like shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilled man Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Awsomenessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss now if we could do that with a AWD Tranny and manual that would be balling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Awesome- good choice, cool car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Account_Deleted_T5M Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Sorry to say this but your not the first :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Very nice!!!Congrats on getting it together.Don't throw that viscous coupling out.Are you going to remove the rear dif & driveshafts to reduce weight?Did you change your handbrake cables & shoes whilst you where at it? - mine crapped out immediately after completing the conversion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Will Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Congrats! I personally would keep the rear diff and driveshafts b/c the AWD suspension is very good relative to the FWD IMHO. Sure you'll have a little extra weight, but you've already pulled the angle gear, VC, and Prop shaft right? And hey, there's nothing wrong with a FWD R. They made them for all other markets in 98 as an S/V70 FWD manual. They didn't make any manual Rs in 99 or 2000, but now you have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogatu'r Posted March 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Sorry to say this but your not the first Just prove it , Me7 00R Manual, just post link and I'll change the tittle.Big Will, thanks bro.. Yes, I kept the rear, and it does make a difference HUGE ONE. The VC and Driveshaft I did remove, those were fairly new, 12k miles or so.Thanks Joe, nah.. I have everything lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian854 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Nice work! You have something very unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnknownSoldier Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 mwhahahahahahahaha ME7 can't get a manual swap my a$$!!!!! hurry up with the IPD flash i wanna see 21psi wheelspin!!+1, :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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