DVS SuperRattyT5 ™ - 1998 V70T5

AshDVS · 2015-05-17T04:30:29+00:00

Mmm , what wheels did you go for?

egads (she/her)

Ooooooohhhhh yyyyeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!!

PaulG

This wagon will be perfect for the kinder run with the little man, love the look of a sporty wagon. Those brakes look MASSIVE. Sooo glad you didn't paint them red or yellow

AshDVS

PaulG;31089 wroteThis wagon will be perfect for the kinder run with the little man, love the look of a sporty wagon. Those brakes look MASSIVE. Sooo glad you didn't paint them red or yellow

The V70 is just a toy and helps get though some work a bit quicker - it'll be a good 3rd car for a little while before it gets replaced though.

My DD will get replaced before the end of the year. I just need a few spare days so I can drive a couple of things. Was debating a new XR6 ute but I cant get the insane pricing I could get last year and this year may be my last racing karts, so something smaller would be ok too. Decision decsions.

Brakes are indeed huge and make the common swap to 302mm brakes feel pretty ordinary.
A decent 4 or 6 spot caliper would be better but this conversion is very cost effective.

Ex850R

Ash , are those Korean callipers any good? Forget the name now , they have many spot callipers , way many ones!!

AshDVS

K Sport, D2 and XYZ are the common ones. Specs look reasonable but I really don't have any first hand experience with them

Ex850R

XYZ were the ones! Not that cheap if I remember correctly..

AshDVS

K Sport, D2 and XYZ are the same - siimply rebrands of eachother.

Interesting bit of info about the Ohlins struts compared to the typical oem Sachs and the other, more common options -

The Volvo dust boot fastens to the bump stop, however due to the upside-down nature of the Ohlins shocks and the fact that the bump stop is internal, the Volvo bump stop and dust boot wont fit.

The original dust boot on the Ohlins struts must have been an Ohlins specific/provided part.
I didnt get them with my struts as they'd already been disassembled, so I wont use one.
Not a really big deal at all, as the reality is that, again as they're an upside down design, a dust boot isnt neccessary and the bore assembly (which you think is the shaft when looking at them) actually has a very good dust seal between it and the body.

AshDVS

After a bit of a break from this project, we've spend two solid nights on it. By the end of tomorrow night, it'll be close to having all the current 'to do' list stuff done. It's a big list.

Tonight was a bit too busy to take pics, here's one at the very start with the radiator draining -

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Ex850R

I was looking at my indicator units recently.
Thinking body colour on the side reflector area cos the large looking thing is no t a design I like , never have , too USA for me.
But your USA spec orange reflector may just suit my colour car!!??
Maybe I can play with a set I have , its this or smoke tint it instead....

AshDVS

Mine are normal late C70 jewel indicators, but I didnt bother with replacing the headlights as there is nothing wrong with the ones I have.
Dont tint them - they look pretty horrible.

irishbastard

Where abouts did you get the bumper from ash?

AshDVS

irishbastard;35004 wroteWhere abouts did you get the bumper from ash?

Front V70R bar came from Swedish Wreckers. Rear V70R bar came from Volvrek.

Got a good chunk of work done over the last couple of nights, but still a bit to go.

* New water pump
* New timing belt
* New timing belt tensioners
* New timing belt idler
* New serpentine belt tensioner assembly
* New serpentine belt idler pulley
* New power steering pump
* New thermostat

I had the incorrect serpentine belt and dont have the correct one in stock - will get one tomorrow.

* Fitted the rebuilt Ohlins struts
* Fitted the DVS strut brace

Here's a quick teaser -

I should get another full day on it on saturday and it'll be close to being finished mechanically.

irishbastard

Nice, the reason I was wondering about the bumper was that I've got a S70T5 I'm wanting to get a V70R bumper for, you're V70 looks like it's coming along well and it looks awesome with the R bumpers on it too

Ex850R

Looking great Ash!!!
I have the marks on my strut brace where the Öhlins reservoir was clamped and thought it an odd spot , convenient yes but considering the heat there not a good spot. My alloy brace gets too hot to touch so the shockers are getting cooked oil?

Darcy , I have an interesting solution to your front bar if you don't want it original , I shall post a picture but it is like Porsche 944 Turbo look or big lip.....I have the part here!
You will love or hate , I thought it a good look but have an R now so don't need it.
Stay tuned!

AshDVS

Ex850R;35039 wroteLooking great Ash!!!
I have the marks on my strut brace where the Öhlins reservoir was clamped and thought it an odd spot , convenient yes but considering the heat there not a good spot. My alloy brace gets too hot to touch so the shockers are getting cooked oil?

There is no good way to have the reservoirs fitted where they look 'neat' The Volvo genuine brace makes mounting easier than fitting to our brace, given its layout, but our brace is hugely stiffer and does its job more effectively.
Engine bay heat doesn't do anything any good, but they're intended/designed to work in hot environments and the heat generated internally when they're working hard massively exceeds engine bay temp.
The canisters are actually very impressive - there are a heap more moving parts internally than there are in the shock itself. The walls are quite thick and they're aluminium. I should have grabbed some pics of the internals.

I'm helping out with the rebuild of another set at the moment actually.

egads (she/her)

Any chance of some pics of the internals on the set you are helping with?

240Joe

Progress looks great Ash! How does it sit now with the new springs and shocks?

AshDVS

egads;35088 wroteAny chance of some pics of the internals on the set you are helping with?

I didnt take any - although reassembly of that is beyond my capability at the moment. Matt may have. If so, I'll get them and post them up.

240Joe;35097 wroteProgress looks great Ash! How does it sit now with the new springs and shocks?

I don't know yet. It's still up on the hoist. Didn't do any work on it tonight as we went out for dinner instead - I haven't seen Jae much this week, so I wasn't about to make it four nights in a row of not being home.

We still have to do driveshaft seals, CV boots, tie rod ends and swaybar links before it is back on its wheels again. There's a few other things we should get through tomorrow as well.

AshDVS

We had another huge day on it today and didnt get to make it to the Geelong Revival (I'll get out for a look tomorrow).

Today, we got the following done -
* New serpentine belt
* New coolant reservoir and cap
* New coolant reservoir hoses
* New radiator
* New radiator hoses
* New clamps, o rings and seals for trans cooler and oil cooler.
* New driveshaft seals on both sides
* New tie rod ends
* New swaybar links
* New inner and outer CV boots on both sides
* Rebuilt one of the shafts from scratch - in hindsight, I should have bought a reco shaft (or a pair)
* Fitted a RIP kit (Genuine Volvo)
* Cleaned the intercooler

Everything we touched or reassembled has new fasteners.
The H&R spring set drops the ride height about 35mm. The ride is firm but quite good. I've got the front shocks set quite softly (adjustment is on setting 2 out of 8)

The car needs a proper wheel alignment, a tailgate repair kit and maybe an upper trans cooler hose, but other than that, it is ready for RWC and to register.
I have to put the radiator splash guard back on too - I couldnt find the bolts for it tonight and neither of us felt like looking for them particularly hard.
I might buy a new guard and fit that instead.

This week, two of us have spent 18 hours each working on the thing. I'm happy to not touch cars for a few days now.
Myself, when I haven't been working on this, I've been working on getting the VE ready for RWC.

Here's some pics -

The one above is just because I like pimping the brake conversion. :)

The engine bay looks much cleaner with the RIP kit fitted.

Back on it's wheels.

Jamest5r_

Quality that.is, stance looks spot on :)

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