A few months ago while wasting time during my uni exam period I thought itd be a good Idea to try and track down my parents old 850R.
This car was owned by my parents - driven mostly by my mum to work and to Orange and back from 1998 to 2003 where it was traded in for a slushbox XC70 POS.
Ever since that day they regretted trading her in, we had a blue 850 10v wagon that was destined to be my car but was sold to Lance Philips' Daughter in law a year before I got my licence :(
This left 2 boxy holes (go figure) in our garage that I planned to fill one day with at least THE 850R and another swagon of my choice.
Current day - I posted up in the wanted section about the car:
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/2856/tracking-down-an-850r-that-used-to-be-owned-by-my-family-ntv387-red-auto-sedan#latest,
@volstretch came forth as he had owned it between 2003 and 2009 where it was sold onto another club member who largely looked after it, but came into disrepair later in his ownership.
I called Voldat out of curiosity to find out if it was still around.
To my horror John replied with "Oh... the one thats for sale?" My heart sank... Im in the slow and expensive process of putting a T5 engine into my 240 and reallllly didnt need the extra expenses.
The car was owned by one of Mark's customers (The last owner) and was sold direct to Mark on the basis that it needed some serious work or it would have been taken to the wreckers :'( - It wasnt running and was quite faded... its red, what did I expect -_-
Long story short, I bought it off Mark and now I have four fking Volvos out the front of my house and only 1 that works most of the time
THE PLAN!
Restore her to her former glory
Maybe a track day or two
Sick gains
Roast tyres
Manual conversion
Roast more tyres
Upset XR6 Turbo Drivers
The GOOD :D
- SUPER MINTY front spoiler, this thing it SO clean and intact, Haters gonna hate
- Dash lights all work
- Came preinstalled with one of
@AshDVS's Strut braces
- ABS and TRACS work
- XR5 Calipers up front, EBC slotted & dimpled rotors all round
- Pmu NS400s up front, euro ecos in the rear
- Falken FK453s all round in 215 45 17's, some rub
- ITS RED
- ITS THE ONE I WANTED THIS WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
The BAD :(
- Dash is getting a little rattly during daily driving
- Rear shocks are shagged (Koni reds)
- Need to fix passenger electric seat heating
- Paint is so-so
Engine
- Engine is smooth and pulls hard
- Reco'd AC comoressor - Icy cold :)
- M4.4 ECU running a european S70 T5 tune at 12.5 PSI Stock
- White injectors
- Do88 Silicone hoses all round
- Kinugawa 20t
- 3' Stainless downpipe
- TME Stainless Catback with rear muffler deleted
- Forged rods
- Fresh piston rings
- Fresh rod bearings
- Ported head
- Ported exhaust manifold
- Ported intake manifold
Chassis
- 25mm front swaybar
- Quaife
- Walbro GSS 342 Supra twin turbo fuel pump
- IPD Springs
- Koni yellows up front, reds in the rear
Here she is!
Mmmm... That bar <3
She will be going into storage for a little while for the next few weeks until I get my act together
But expect to see her at the Hangs some time in the next few months :D
