here goes my second attempt for the write up of my build for my volvo 850 t-5r hope you all enjoy. comment and suggestions for what could be done to improve are alway welcomed.
it all started with my first car a 96 volvo 850r that i purchased when i was 16 it was black with a tan interior R with minor upgrades such as catback custom 3" exaught and ipd tune that i bought for 2000. being 16 with a quick car i started to hang around street races friday night. after about 8 months i bought the car the transmission went out from street racing. i started to look on craigslist for a parts car or a used transmission when one day i find a yellow 95 t5R crashed for 600 after about a week begging the owner to sell it to me and no part it out i went to pick up the car with my dad. [/URL]">http://
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when i got it home my father and i fell in love with the car and instead of using it to fix my 850r we had my neigbor fix what it needed and have it the front clip painted. when i was done it was beautiful i had fallen in love
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after about 2 months i bought a ard tcv and first time i stepped on it i blow the motor. 
i ended up going to the local pick and pull junk yard and buying a engine off a 96 850 turbo and swaped out the engine it had ( it had a 2.5 na motor that some one turboed)
about 6 months of owning the car i needed more performance and i bought a 5 speed swap kit for a local. after trying to look for someone i would trust to swap in the transmission i had no luck and my 16 year old friend and i 17 year old with a 100 bucks with of habor freight tools did the swap it took us about 3 week to finsh it with school in work we worked on it when ever we had time. i did timing belt, water pump, r clutch, rear main seal, cap and rotor, nrg spark plug wires, m56h transmission.
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the 5 speed swap was the best modifation i have done to date it felt like i had just bought a new car. after about 6 months of that i let my friend drive the car and he blow out 3rd gear completely. so i had to take out my engine out again for the 3rd time in a year and a half. after another vist to the local junk yard i found a nother m56h and bought it. but onice the engine was out again i decied to upgrade the engine. 3" exaught from old 850r, 3" dp, green injectors, na intake manifold, na throdle body, R exaught manifold, kkk-24 with 6+6 ard billit wheel, fmic, and ard blue tune, h and r springs, bilstein shocks, tki endlinks.
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some lucky finds i have found in ebay, junk yard, forums since ipd strct brace, e code head lights, hre 543r, kw v2 coil overs, evolved sway bars, 5 sets of white injectos, 2 sets of blue injectos.
now for what the my car looks like now
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my plans for my for the car would be keep it for ever and turn it to a track toy/ autoX
if you guys have suggestion to what should be next i would love to hear it thanks