Jonathan Johansson Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 BAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD! Love your car man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Large intercooler is large. Damn it looks good! What mirrors are those?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okoye Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 your car definitely has a mean presence! it looks alot better than in summer 09 can't wait to see it this year. also would like to find out more info on the mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciekb2002 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 That is the best looking front bumper on 850 + x70 ever . Trust me Hussain I am Polish !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Thanks guys. Mirror covers come from autolampsplus on eBay. They have to be painted. Changed the oil today. Apexi AVC-R controller took a dump this morning, and one coil pack died coming home from the car wash. It's also hard to drive this carefully & gently. I can hear the turbo just waiting to spool, but I'm keeping out of boost & accelerating gently to keep it that way until I have at least 500 miles on it. Clutch has to be bedded gently as well. Sounds kinda rattlely without the DM flywheel, not used to that either. Also found a vacuum leak around the MAP flange I added - I had two sets of mount holes in it, the ones I didn't use were causing enough of a leak to drop 2-3inhg at idle. My vac @ idle is now 16-17inhg. Interestingly, the Volvo diagnostic tool didn't register any vacuum leak when I stopped there after work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Mac Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) Loudest turbo I've ever heard! Those surge ports make the turbo scream bloody murder :lol: Edited May 13, 2012 by B Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Loudest turbo I've ever heard! Those surge ports make the tubro scream bloody murder Video? Also, I'd like to note I'm sad I won't be making it to carlisle this year, and this build is one of the reasons why. *grumbleface* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 No Videos yet - haven't actually gone over about 6psi boost - and that was only briefly. I've been accelerating very slowly & carefully, driving like a granny. Finally got the airbox modified to fit, installed the brace yesterday @ Ben's. I left the coil cover off while I checked to make sure the coil pack issue is done - I killed two coil packs on #5, somehow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bum2kev Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 why dont you go ME7 ard tune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_moneh Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 standalone is MUCH better and much is a pretty big understatement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 why dont you go ME7 ard tune? No reason to - I have VEMS that I'm building. Lucky does better with builds that still retain Volvo family turbos, not sure he can really tune (remotely) for builds outside those parameters. I'm sure hands on with dyno time he could do pretty much anything, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
550 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 No reason to - I have VEMS that I'm building. Lucky does better with builds that still retain Volvo family turbos, not sure he can really tune (remotely) for builds outside those parameters. I'm sure hands on with dyno time he could do pretty much anything, of course. Especially since the data logging options for our cars aren't very robust. Standalone won't leave you unhappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Got on it a little more this morning, steep uphill grade - it hit 20psi before I realized it - I have the Apexi off, I assumed the WG would open at 14psi! It seems too lean @ light load, part throttle - I was getting 1400ºF EGT's on long hills, light load & part throttle, AFR's were in the normal cruise range of 14-6-15.2, so I enriched the 12 - 28% ranges over 3K rpm. 3rd gear EBR is much better (add 14.7 to IBP to compare to EBP), at least here - where I didn't sustain heavy throttle AFR's are insanely rich (12sec on) - obviously my previous map is not even close for this turbo working on the spreadsheet to go with these - I'll add them as soon as I get them edited 4th into 5th gear highway Don't know how I'm gonna get this refined before Carlisle EDIT: These were basic part throttle, light load graphs from Sat nothing outlandish, pretty even base settings. I'll have to really work on the mid/upper load ranges, but... tricky when I don't want to hammer the new motor - only 300 miles on it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCviggen Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 No need to drive like a granny, just don't load it at low revs (or for too long) and use plenty of engine braking. I think actual break-in time is very short IRL. We beat on Florian's new engine after around 100 miles and it ran extremely strong even hardly used any oil on track (less than my own that had a longer breakin but the same components) 300 miles is considerable...if you can get to 500 and do an oil change I'd be totally happy revving it out and beating on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 No need to drive like a granny, just don't load it at low revs (or for too long) and use plenty of engine braking. I think actual break-in time is very short IRL. We beat on Florian's new engine after around 100 miles and it ran extremely strong even hardly used any oil on track (less than my own that had a longer breakin but the same components) 300 miles is considerable...if you can get to 500 and do an oil change I'd be totally happy revving it out and beating on it. Thanks for the input - that makes me feel better about going on the Dyno this coming weekend - I'd like to run it to 8K for at least one pull, if I can resolve the tune before then. I did drive it a bit harder on the highway this evening, and I have to say, it goes like shit off the proverbial shovel! Installed the NRG torque mount today - engine side is a little ungainly, may have to revise it. put the heat shield back on the header, now I'm sure it's all good back there 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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