Johann Posted August 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 About those 336's, I don't think a suitable bracket is available. The Focus RS also uses these brakes but uses the wider mount pattern of the bracket afaik. P80 is different also. @Commander Riker, TNX! Some doors are 1.85 mtr. Others are little over 2 mtr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEU Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 (edited) I think the RS and ST are different when it comes to brakes suspension, I'm not 100% sure on that... (edit... Found some new info they are the same ST to RS upgrade) I was referring to the Mk3 ST, which has a revised Mk2/p1 suspension with different geometry, different axles, knuckles and bearings and used the same 320mm (12.6"). Ford has upgraded them to 332mm (13.1") I converted it wrong, it's not 336mm. You can swap the p1 to the Mk3 ST for better steering response, better caster/camber and a better bearing design. ST 12.6 to 13.1" brakes The rears upgrade is using a Volvo p3 rear 300mm rotors with a Mazda 5 bracket and you reuses the same caliper. The thing I noticed is the ST uses 271mm rears and the c30 uses 280mm, so it's a slightly bigger upgrade for the ST guys. And apparently the RS uses this similar set up (edit... Not 300mm, 302mm I must need some caffeine.) ST 300mm rear upgrade. Both these upgrades are as easy as the 302 p80 upgrade. Edited August 24, 2016 by NEU 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted September 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Dig this.. Literally .. We wanted to repave a part next to the house where rain water didn't move. After heavy rain a larger puddle of water kept standing against the house for longer time. Don't have picture of standing water before the pavement went out but this is what it looked like, (left red stone) After taking the stones out water still didn't move that fast. The moss on the wall stones shows where the water often kept standing. There was a drain but it was blocked. Tested the drain by pushing a running hose in the drain pipe but after about 5 ft it stopped. Digging at the spot showed a brick drain collector with 3 pipes. One where we came from, one blocked and one leading to the back of the house. We were under the impression that rain water drainage runs to the front of the house to the street because this is how it has been done over the years. There is a ditch at the back of the house but it is 68 yard from the drain point.. Maybe there was more to it so we put the hose in the pipe leading to the back of the house but after 12 yard it stopped. Measuring the distance above grond with some assumptions led us to an apple tree... Hm.. Maybe a root growing through the pipe so after searching for the pipe with a metal pin at the collector point and again near the tree revealed something present near the tree at the same depth. About a foot and a half. Digging at the spot didn't turn up a pipe but debris.. Brick.. Lots of it. But no pipe. After more digging and removing brick, plastered brick and more brick we ended up in what appeared to be an old layered brick septic tank.. But no pipe.. Being fed up I called a plumber who I knew had a very long distance high pressure cleaning device with a transmitter. Just the right gadget for the job. Two days later the guy arrived and rolled out the equipment. A couple of minutes later the cleaner went underground and a lot of noise could be heard coming from under ground going in the direction of the septic tank after which it stopped.. briefly. The noise went on going underneath the terras in to the lawn behind the house after which it stopped again. The plumber said that it had entered some sort of well or another collector point but it was underneath the lawn. Using the very sophisticated receiver the plumber pinpointed the spot where the transmitter in the cleaner tip had stopped. Using the metal pin again there appeared to be something there and some more pinching gave us a contour which looked like a rectangular shaped box or lid so we started digging. (In the immaculate lawn..) Turned out to be another collector point with 4 pipes one pointing to the ditch. So maybe the drain was running to the ditch after all.. Next the high pressure cleaner was put in the pipe leading to the ditch and it went on for another 23 yard after which it stopped again. Pinpointing the location gave us a direction so we searched the ditch for a drain exit but couldn't find anything. One more try with the cleaner only progressed a couple of yard but that was it. After the plumber left I decided to get the mini digger and dig up the pipe at both locations which revealed that the angle of how the the pipe was running from the house was different from assumed. Another search revealed the drain exit in the ditch but turned out to be a couple of yards from the previous assumed location. The drain exit was overgrown and partially blocked with root/grass whatever stuff. In an attempt to clean the pipe a lot of rubbish came out.. Using the water hose again in the opposite direction from ditch to house it appears the drain was blocked little over 5 yard from the ditch at which point it appeared that one of the poles of a nearby fence was right on top of where the pipe ran. I decided to dig up the pipe between the two block points, about 8 yard, only to find an old cracked fence pole running right through the pipe and a huge tree root running in to the pipe. The only way to solve the issue was to install a new piece of pipe, Finding the larger brick chunks which are the remainders of an old pig stable made me curious.. Investigating the history of the house already gave me some knowledge but I hadn't expected to find old pieces of the stable. A bit of history, December 1944 our RAF friend made some nice aerial photographs and a couple of hours searching the photo's revealed the situation of the house at the time, The stable can clearly be seen at the bottom. This is Apple Maps 2012 data, A already had some pictures of the house dating somewhere '70's, And also drawing made in 1974 right before the stable was demolished. Some digging in the week before to map the sewage system outside the house already revealed a foundation of one of the main poles of the former stable. Which exactly corresponded with the location shown on the old drawing so I started searching for the foundation of the pole next to it to reveal this, So there had to be more.. and there was, This is the corner as shown in the picture. Turns out the foundation of the front and the side up to the big doors is still present.. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Dang, all that to fix water pooling along the house wall - wouldn't it have been simpler to put in a French drain along the house ;) ? Very cool sleuthing on the vintage structures, though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted September 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 15 hours ago, lookforjoe said: Dang, all that to fix water pooling along the house wall - wouldn't it have been simpler to put in a French drain along the house ;) Guess it would have but one thing lead to the other and eventually only curiosity was left. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Hi. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 why helloooo there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 This the one you were waiting for that was held up in customs/delivery? Looks pretty :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 hour ago, lookforjoe said: This the one you were waiting for that was held up in customs/delivery? Looks pretty :) No this is the 6 cylinder. Two years on the road now. I think you are talking about this one, Has done 7900 km so far. A blast to drive. Had so say hi because this thread got archived already.. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Right... that white one is the 4cyl (Or it at least as the 4cyl updated wheels) Pretty jealous... cant wait to get a polestar some day. Used of course. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Polestarised the wife's XC.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 love the xc60 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Looking great as always, Johann. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted April 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 4/19/2017 at 6:10 PM, gdizzle said: Looking great as always, Johann. Thank you Greg. Visited the racetrack twice with the S60. First time was to get familiar with the car. An afternoon session at the TT-Circuit, Assen the Netherlands. Went alone and did some 30 laps. Had an issue with a wheel coming loose and the brakes were warped after the session. The second trip was together with Emiel and the wifes. We went to that great Belgian racetrack called Spa Francorchamps. Car was fitted with new discs and brake pads after a lot of hassle because Volvocars didn't have brakes in stock.. We had great fun and the car did reasonably well. Used all Volvo-Polestar provided settings for tire pressure and suspension but I had a bit of a hard time getting used to the somewhat understeering behaviour of the car. Power wise it was a blast. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Looks good being actually put to use. Any video from that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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