Hi all,
Wanted to share my daily ride, traveled all the to Adelaide from Campbelltown NSW to pick up this one up in March 2012. Longed for a manual after years of doing without, saw this one on gumtree and the rest is history.
When i picked it up (one owner and 88K's) my first impression was it a slug and was quite disappointed given the paper stats of 176 kw. After a few WOT pulls with BP 98 the performance came back to what i was expecting. I presume there was excessive carbon build up that was cleaned up from the 98 fuel under load.
In addition there was the TRACS ABS module that needed to be fixed and also found a faulty BSC, replaced that will ACdelco one, performance was great with the new BSC in place.
And then the modification bug hit....and continues....LOL
Mods that i can recall to date in no particular order:
Koni FSD - front and rear (Love the better than oem ride and handling)
OBX turbo back exhaust 3" downpipe and straight pipe, 2.5" 3/4 back
LED Interior lights
Philips H7 HID
Putco Jet Yellow fog lights
330mm Willwood front brake kit 4 piston super lite calipers (need 5mm spacers to clear BBK)
2003/04 Jewel tail lights
3" N'A throttle body swap with Snabb silicon hose
650cc Bosch injectors
255lph Walbro fuel pump
ARD E85 21 psi tune (15 months in this config)
ARD 19 PSI pump gas tune
ARD lighten pulley
Snabb quick shift
Snabb intake mani spacer
Snabb intake pipe
Drop in K&N filter
IPD CBV Red spring
ARD 19T billet wheel
Kinugawa 8 psi preload wastegate
Turbo rebuild and balanced
Stage 0 - inc PCV with 3/8" 500 psi oil rated hose
Silicone hoses
Do88 drop in front mount intercooler
Alpine PXA-701 DD,DTS processor
Alpine IVA-502E HU all to retain centre speaker cause i love the surround sound, love the extras such as USB, IPOD, bluetooth steaming (music,phone calls, Pandora, Spotify etc)
V70R Cluster and LED cluster bulbs
Cluster ring trim
Innovate AFR and Boost Gauge
2003/04 egg crate grille
FK Lowering Springs
Poly upper engine mount
Need to do ASAP:
Clutch is slipping under moderate load in 1st and 2nd gear, i have purchased a complete 850R clutch kit with release bearing and volvo oem rear main seal. Also have a single mass flywheel machined ready to go.
I have quotes ranging from $600 - $800 for labor only, let me know if your have any connections that can do this change and is close to Campbelltown NSW, 2560.
Purchased but not installed:
NA Cams
Billet 20T compressor wheel
Volvo 20T housing (Kinugawa)
11 Blade turbine wheel
R exhaust manifold