Silver Unicorn, S40 T5 AWD M66

Philia_Bear

I found a Unicorn!
2007 S40 T5 AWD Manual M66
Its silver with a black Interior
170k on the ODO (mostly highway)

Good
-T-belt done at 158k
-New Pirelli Cinturato P1's
-Premium Sound
-Has Aux In
-Heated seats
-Interior is spotless
-Purchased from hot lesbians
-Came with roof racks with Snowboard/ski bars
-HIDS from factory
-Fogs from factory
-Aircon is ice cold and heat is hot
-Premium climate system with air filter etc...
-Free of spiders...
-Rego until December

Issues
-Very light ting from front end (suspect mounts or sway bar end links)
-The bit of plastic cover around the steering shaft in the drivers food well is borked (mounts have gone... epoxy should fix...)
-Needs an expansion tank like every other
-Needs PCV like every other
-Has been in minor front end event... repaint of poor quality, front bar and drivers side 1/4th need repaint
-Fuel pressure sensor is on its way out (common)
-Lacks bluetooth
-Sits stupidly high
-Engine/trans mounts slightly worn (more movement then there should be)

Plans
-Tubro upgrade
-Big intercooler or A2W setup
-lowering springs
-17x8 rimps with 225/45/17 rubber (Will wait until current tyres are dead)
-Tune (want 350whp minimum)
-NOS bottle sub in trunk for LOL factor
-Upgrade high beams with HIDS
-30W LED bar for reversing light

Pics to come soon!

Philia_Bear

Dan_xc90
Any pics?.. I'm keen, he wants a manuel one too

Build Thread....

Philia_Bear I found a Unicorn! 2007 S40 T5 AWD Manual M66 Its silver with a black Interior 170k on the ODO (mostly highway) Good -T-belt done at 158k -New Pirelli Cinturato P1's -Premium Sound -Has Aux In -Heated seats -Interior is spotless -Purchased from hot lesbians -Came with roof racks with Snowboard/ski bars -HIDS from factory -Fogs from factory -Aircon is ice cold and heat is hot -Premium climate system with air filter etc... -Free of spiders... -Rego until December Issues -Very light ting from front end (suspect mounts or sway bar end links) -The bit of plastic cover around the steering shaft in the drivers food well is borked (mounts have gone... epoxy should fix...) -Needs an expansion tank like every other -Needs PCV like every other -Has been in minor front end event... repaint of poor quality, front bar and drivers side 1/4th need repaint -Fuel pressure sensor is on its way out (common) -Lacks bluetooth -Sits stupidly high -Engine/trans mounts slightly worn (more movement then there should be) Plans -Tubro upgrade -Big intercooler or A2W setup -lowering springs -17x8 rimps with 225/45/17 rubber (Will wait until current tyres are dead) -Tune (want 350whp minimum) -NOS bottle sub in trunk for LOL factor -Upgrade high beams with HIDS -30W LED bar for reversing light Pics to come soon!

Its currently unregistered and has been sitting at a mates place in colo-heights because I was in the USA for nearly a year

I can easily get it blueslipped and registered for a sale

Will come with the ATE race spec front brake kit not yet installed, and I will do the T-belt and all the fluids again because they are nearly due

$12k

AshDVS

Sounds good.

Slowbrick

Philia_Bear wrote Plans
-Tubro upgrade
-Big intercooler or A2W setup
-lowering springs
-17x8 rimps with 225/45/17 rubber (Will wait until current tyres are dead)
-Tune (want 350whp minimum)
-NOS bottle sub in trunk for LOL factor
-Upgrade high beams with HIDS
-30W LED bar for reversing light

Just drive it and enjoy it for what it is ;)

AshDVS

Slowbrick;56450 wrote Just drive it and enjoy it for what it is ;)

Said no one ever. ;)

Slowbrick

Dont encourage him.

Philia_Bear

AshDVS;56451 wrote
Slowbrick;56450 wrote Just drive it and enjoy it for what it is ;)
Said no one ever. ;)

Well... I did for about a week...
Now have started ordering bits from merika for pickup while I'm there

Philia_Bear

$500aud worth of stuff on its way to a place I am staying
Still picking out some springs and shocks and strut mounts though

Philia_Bear

So... for $2800 i can get a new in box KW series 2 coilover kit
Other option is a set of EIBACH springs for $400aud or so

So much money can easily be spent....

T3rrorbyt3

ha yeah you can absolutely spend all your money on upgrades as they usually don't come cheap! have you looked at the elevate site yet? don usually does pretty good deals.

Philia_Bear

Stuff showed up to me in amerika today
-Fuel pressure sensor (mine is half dead)
-IPD heavy duty TCV (mine is failing)
-NTK wideband stock O2 sensor (response time is slow on the original unit)
-IPD HD front swaybar end links
-URO upper strut mounts and bearings (will last for a year until the KW coilovers go in)
-Haldex Filter
-1L of Volvo branded haldex fluid
-Spark Plugs
-Air filter
-Cabin Air filter
-3 pack of oil filters
-Fuel Filter

I have put a backorder in with do88 for their intercooler & pipe/hose kit
They said I should get it sometime this year which I'm fine with
shipped its $500AUD cheaper then the elevate unit so it wasn't a hard choice

Not yet worked out what I want to do for springs....
Talking to Mike from FCP on Monday to see if he can do any better on the H&R kit they are clearing out

AshDVS

Let me know if you want to fit a decent intake plenum to it - we're now able to offer PumaSpeed products and theirs flows better than both the Mountune and the Elevate (copy of the mountune product) offering.

Philia_Bear

Send me a pm with some pricing @AshDVS
I'd love to do something awesome with the intake

Backup plan is to Port the heck out of the stock one and tig up my own with an Audi quarto group 3 design style one

AshDVS

Here's a pic. They ship raw rather than coated. This one is finished in simple wrinkle coat which looks great.

Philia_Bear

I like that
Send me some pricing

AshDVS

clicked send about 3 seconds ago. Have a read. email me if you have any questions.

We're also offering GAZ shocks and coilovers. Obviously there's a big difference between those and spring sets.
I need to find out what AWD options are possible though.

Philia_Bear

argh
Mike had a set of progrssive Eibach's but... I waited to long and they wouldn't be able to make it to me on time
grrr....
Might just have them sent to my dad and pick them up later this year in October when I see him again

Philia_Bear

Woke up this morning at 5:45am and got to work (Yay jetlag)

Fuel pressure sensor replaced (looked original)
Stock wideband O2 replaced (now using an NTK sensor instead of OEM bosch)
Replaced the plugs (looked original as well) with some nice NGK v-power copper plugs
Replaced the OMG dirty air filter
Cleaned lots....

Starts and idles massively better (and sounds better as well), the CEL also went out within about 2 seconds of starting it which gives me hope!
Hopping it drives better

Tomorrow morning (or possibly this evening) is going to be an oil change and cabin air filter time

Going to save the suspension stuff until I get some springs in my hands

Looked at pumaspeed intakes and I think it may be the way I go for an intake
Was also looking at cams and other things from PUMA... easy way to spend $10k quickly...

I did talk to my KTS rep and he has about 9 different coldside wheel options for the stock turbo
Still considering the idea of a GT30R on the ATP manifold though...

Philia_Bear

Pos pulled a "reduced engine performance" on me today while on m4
Would not rev above 1600rpm bit idled fine

Restarted and it went away
But for sure something is not quite right on it
Especially around 2000rpm
(surging or missing or something)

Going to do the tcv on it tomorrow and see how that goes as well as plug it into Vida
Also going to pull and clean the etm and look at the pcv just cause

I did also stop at auto one and get
12l of Hpr10
2.5l of full syn 75w85 gl4 (m66 fluid)
2.5l of full syn 75w90 gl5 (angle gear and rear diff)
So by end of weekend all fluids will be super fresh

Philia_Bear

Tcv installed this am
Total pita
Would be massively easier on a non awd car

Drives a little better but still the odd miss around 1800-2000rpm

Time to clean the etm and check the pcv for sure

AshDVS

Did you use the IPD TCV?
If so, it'll be the MAC as per Snabb, ARD and Pumaspeed.

What was the issue? Just a case of no space?