James's 2000 S40 T4 Super Tourer

jamesinc · 2024-02-05T05:12:06+00:00

I bought this S40 at the start of the year from @Steadfst who I think bought it from @Ballast a few years prior, and I am fixing it up. It is in interesti...

AshDVS

Springs for the first gen S40/V40 are a bit of a challenge because of the variation between the years/facelifts. Add to that that the cars are old enough now that they've been messed with and there's additional complexity to contend with.
Springs are available though - we do a lot of Spax kits for them.

jamesinc

AshDVS I want to run a phase 2 spring. Basically I want to convert the whole upper strut to phase 2, at this point I think it's just the spring itself that I need. The phase 1 and phase 2 shocks have the same part numbers so I'm assuming the lower spring seat is the same for both phase 1 and 2 springs.

Purely because Phase 2 parts have been easy to get, and IMO the phase 2 strut top design is better,

Spac

Evo10 tops don’t work. You need 4₉.

The PCD of the 10 tops is smaller than the x40, CE, and Evo4-9 (etc).

jamesinc

@Spac all good I don't know why I said Evo X, that scared me for a second, the ones I got were advertised for evo 4

jamesinc

Started it up to do the strut tops yesterday but it would only run on 2 cylinders. I took that as a sign to do the coilpack wiring, which I'd been putting off. I ended up cutting out quite a lot of harness, I did the coil wiring but I also repaired the head ground lead and resoldered the suppression cap that was hiding in the loom.

I also helicoiled the threads for the bolts that hold the coilpacks down, both were stripped out.

Apologies, the photo doesn't really do justice to how much work I put into it.

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So hopefully will do the strut tops on Monday.

jamesinc

Okay, the strut tops are finally done 🎉 so the car is ready enough for inspection.

jamesinc

Blue slip passed 👌 will go get plates tomorrow

Also, man tyres have got expensive lately. I'm looking for 195/55R16 or 205/45R16 205/50R16.

Usually I'd run RE003s but that looks to be an $800 endeavour atm 😭

Ex850R

jamesinc

Tyres for 16" are even stupid price on used ones on Marketplace!

Have you thought of maybe 17" or 15"? Both cheaper in the size you would go and cheap rims available everywhere.

I sometimes get lucky on Marketplace with near new sets for good price , gots to be quick though. ( theres a tyre shop guy who makes up sets from spares off customer cars , or the ones left when they do full set of new)

Johnno_

jamesinc The RE003s are great on these cars. Won't get anything else now I have some fitted. Bridgestone have a "Buy 4 pay for 3" deal going but they've gone up to $289 each!

I went through a lot of issues you have been having. Fab cars once they are properly sorted. I've got a 2002 2.0T auto. Love it to death.

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Ex850R

Hilo , my guys put them on most of customers cars, X5, QAudis even.

The stopgap tyres on my 90 were even cheaper than them ! While I sort other rims.

They are good!!

volzman8

I used to have a T4 phase 1 and a half

(2000 model in other words).It blew the head gasket..

I have some parts I kept off it including the 2 front struts. They have the custom strut tops mounts that look like phase 2, but are a bit different . The Monroe shocks and the mounts were 3 months old when the head gasket blew. If you are interested, 150 bucks for the 2. They will slot straight into your car

Ex850R

Johnno_

I used to run 002s then 003s, they go off after a certain wear point, lose the best they had when new, I don’t recall time or how much wear but Ash was saying same thing with them.

I did try Toyo R1R road/track on my 855R back in the day to quell front spin but they needed heat into them before their best was available, super tyres when they were, my Toyo shop sold them at club prices to me as well! He was part of the WRX club and they all used them for track days, some pretty balled up and gooey ones on spare wheels in the shop! KOOL.

Michelin was much better than the 003s, good grip to the end of life and only noisier when they were about done .

But having tried the grippy China brand ones I’m impressed, even on the heavy xc90!

China makes most of the big brands now anyway……

If not their then Indonesia and other Asia countries iirc.

jamesinc

Well I went down to Service NSW to register the car and the rego system is down state-wide, no ETA on the fix. If it comes back up today I'll go down again as it's only 10 minutes away otherwise it'll be later this week.

nut3y

You just missed a 3 for 4 deal on some Hankook ventus prime 4s. All 4 fitted for $660. Mate had them, seemed grippy enough.

jamesinc

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Registered 👍 going for tyres and alignment tomorrow.

Johnno_

Good to see another one of these saved and running around in NSW. Congratulations on the registration. Mine was initially insured as a twice-a-weeker and eventually ended up being my daily, I like it that much. My poor old much newer Benz C300 got downgraded.

I shared your pic and thread over on the Oz/NZ S/V40 Facebook group. The international S/V40 Facebook group is very active, mostly Poms and Dutchies but I've got some good advice (and parts).

jamesinc

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New shoes

Johnno_

I had those Kuhmos on a CLK500 Benz. They were pretty good.

jamesinc

They performed just fine in the rain in Sydney this arvo. I have been driving the car around to get a feel for it and build some trust, and it's been great so far. The engine mounts cause a fair bit of vibration at idle, but when moving its not too bad at all, you mostly feel it through the steering wheel.

Needs new front brakes and rotors, so I'll order some, rears are fine.

I'm trying to decide what to do about the camber, whether to revert to stock control arms.

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