1999 V70 R - Needed a VS build thread.
Wagon is a Canadian, originally tested by a rental car company and thankfully for me was rejected. Purchased in 2012 I'm the third owner. Vehicle thad a full service history that would put other anal Volvo owners to shame.
Mods list run down
Suspension/Brakes:
Ohlins Road holding kit Front - Out for Rebuild
Ohlins Road holding kit Rear - Brand new waiting to go in.
TME AWd Springs - Awaiting Shock Rebuild
IPD Front 25mm Sway bar
IPD Rear Bar
IPD Strut tower brace
Solid-ish Top engine mount
Poly Firewall Mount.
Ceika 330mm large 6pot Front set (Awaiting install)
Porsche 330mm 4pot rear brakes (Awaiting install)
Engine/Exhaust:
Stev0 Tune running 15psi
Stock 18T with upgraded spring/new diaphragm
Snabb Reverse intercooler piping kit
Snabb Intake Tubing/elbow
EST intake box (i know its worse but i like the sound)
Volvo R exhaust manifold - Blasted and cleaned by Bill Grindle. ( Sorry if that's wrong )
EST 3" downpipe (not the nicest welds but it has held up after a year so far.
IPD/TME awd axle back exhaust (courtesy of previous owner)
Do88 intercooler - Awaiting arrival
Cool blue vacuuming tubing because it adds power.
Exterior/Interior:
Nifty ipd R gauge / pod
35/20% tint
Sweet Canadian/non US market brake light rear wing
KM only Blue faced Gauges
Fancy Pants center speaker audio system
Respray in 08/2013
Wheels:
Borbet LV5 with Bridgestone Potenzas.
Many thanks to Bmac,Steve, Hussein, and anyone else for answering the endless questions.
Day 01:
Car came with its drive shaft pre-removed but included. 12 total wheels and tires, a brand new set of R mats in the volvo box, and a stack of service receipts totaling 26,000 CAD.
Purchased at 121,000 miles currently 144k on everything.
March 2014 - Acquired many nice parts through the winter. Met Bmac and got everything installed and then had Steve tune it the same evening. Long day but everything has held together like new since then.
Snabb kit was a oh yeah! to install, lower pipe need to sit just right to make it all work.
18" of space was nice but we almost needed more.
Clamshell was not surprisingly rusted closed.
ugly ugly welds but it went in perfectly. Did require cutting the old downpipe to clear the angle gear.
Bens BIG turbo
Manifold and turbo and exhaust removed.
Nice new nuts and reused the washers.
Huge difference in design.
Sway bars are such a nice improvement on this car
Reused a front bar from VS, rear can be had new without buying the set (just ask)
Practice Safe Turboing
May '14
Tint and Clear Bra - No surprise it doesn't show up in pictures. The Tint Shop of Rochester NY did a great job. Happy to protect the newly painted front end. (barely visible below)
'Winning' Only two volvos that weekend so I can't be too happy.
Summer 2014
Fitting some poly bushings to rattle my fillings out.
Sticker from the EST customer bbq day
Nice little paint job under the hood
Nothing Special but it does the job
March 2015
Prep the Front shocks for service
Found a guide form what what i can't believe is 10 years ago. Thankfully the pictures are still up http://v70r.com/forums/topic/1667-ohlins-strutspring-install/
Had to get a offset box wrench but it was really the only tool for the job.
Rear set still brand new in box. Really excited to get this all in and be on the road
Not sure if VS works this way but Saving this space for suspension and brakes when they go on.