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Simply T-5R, The Build Thread

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Hello guys!

 

So as most of you know, I'm pretty active on this forum, whether it is the paddle shifters (which I really need to get working on), M4.4 tuning / hacking or just chit chatting.

 

I've been so busy with my paddle shifters and with M4.4 hacking that I never really got a chance to show my car.

 

Well here is my story.

 

I bought the car in February from member Biased Waffles. Was very excited to start working on it.

 

Car is 1995 Volvo 850 T-5R in black, bought it with 209,000 miles.

 

Time to let pictures do the rest.

 

Here is the car in the parking lot meeting up with biased waffles. That is my dad and biased.

 

0 The Subject  1995 Volvo 850 T5R  5 Cylinder Turbo Charged 250HP stock  1 Of 185 imported into The US
 
Got the car home(barely), kept stalling, etc. Determined fuel pressure was low(25psi) so i removed the pump, the hose simply came loose and was leaking fuel back into the tank, problem fixed!
 
4 It
 
Lets get that manual swap going...
 
3 5 speed swap stuff
5 5 speed shifter
6 Manual swap here We Go
7 Manual swap here We Go
Flashing a M4.4 608 manual binary from a s70 t5m.
9 Flashing A 12psi manual tune To My Ecu  Along with Sas delete And evap delete
8 Manual swap here We Go
10 And she
11 Automatic removed
20 Pure 1990s class
23 Interior detail

 

 
Manual swap was finally all done and the car ran beautifully! Couldn't be more happy!
 
Next up was some suspension work! Time to get low so I can hug the asphalt around corners.
 
Picked up a set of TA Technix Coilovers off ebay for 550 shipped from Germany. I love them!
 
12 Coilovers have arrived
13 Yessss
15 Rear still needs To settle another 1 2in
14 Yum
Repainted the calipers red with the duplicolor kit, came out very well!
16 Red calipers Add about 100hp
What a queen!
18 The queen

 

At this point i determined the car wasn't low enough in the rear and I didn't like the rake look.

 

TKI rear spring perches and some touge work 8in springs.

 

17 New rear suspension setup  Time To dump The rear
Sleepy Volvo!
32 Sleepy Volvo
For fun hahaah BTCC?
34 Race Car

 

 

Next up was an OBX exhaust. I got my exhaust right before the price change... 400 shipped, sold my old cat for 100 and the straight dp for 150, gotta love $150 dollar full stainless exhaust that bolts right on, sounds great and performs great. Also put on a angle exhaust housing!

 

22 Yum
A little crooked, oh well.
21 Exhaust  A little crooked
31 High flow exhaust housing For My New turbo back exhaust

 

NA goodies, Cams, intake, tb, etc. Cams are timed properly at (+5exh, -4int).

 

28 3in throttle body goodness
30 New performance Cam shafts Are going In  He
33 New performance Cam shafts Are going In  He
 
At this point it was time to start tuning the car. Time for some M4.4 goodies!
 
Laptop in car with VAGCOM cable and Ostrich 2.0 USB cable.
25 Just doing some tuning  EEPROM emulator Is Up  Aka homemade access port
Ostrich 2.0 EEPROM Emulator
29 Just doing some tuning  EEPROM emulator Is Up  Aka homemade access port
Wired in a boost sensor and AFR guage into my ECU so i could datalog them along with everything else all in one neat place in tunerpro.
26 Finally My Ecu Can monitor boost pressure And Air fuel ratio
 
All ready to leave High School.
27 Cya north

 

 

So this Saturday, Aug 24th, I am leaving for college. I will be studying IMGD(video game design and computer simulation) and minoring in electronics at WPI.

 

I figured I might as well see if all my hard work paid off this summer and get the car dyno'd.

 

36 Getting ready  Dyno session 18 Psi
 

 

Dyno Sheet. If you look closely you can see the run only went from 3000-4000RPM the tach input got messed up or something and froze the graph. The dyno operator recovered the max HP and TQ values and wrote them on there in hand writing. Unfortunately I never got to see my curves. Oh well.

 

DynoSheet
 
I made 312bhp(272whp) and 321 torque.
 
Quite happy with the results and quite happy with this car.
 
Upcoming plans? Well see...
 
35 19T billet compressor wheel  Hello 300WHP volvo
 
The car now sits with 212,500 miles.
 
If you are interested in my tune, please PM me.

 

That is all for now!

 

 


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