Silver Unicorn, S40 T5 AWD M66

Philia_Bear

phonsa

Nice, i like silver and its ability to hide dirt and dust more than darker color shades. I like its sleeper look, hows the turning radius on these things?

Philia_Bear

Acceptable while not that great compared to say a 240

Slowbrick

Nothing matches a 240. The V70 had a turning circle of a Mack truck.

Philia_Bear

So....
Bit of research and some reviews and some thoughts....
For the suspension, going to go with a Bilstein B16 coilover kit
Its not cheap at $2k AUD, but the quality is amazing and the adjustability of both rebound and compression separately as well as height
Its also one of the few kits that are setup to be used on both AWD and FWD! meaning I can flog it off to just about anyone later on if I like

Will be picking it up in May when i'm over in the USA

sucksqueezebangblow

Philia_Bear;72595 wroteSo....
I can flog it off to just about anyone later on if I like

Yes please

Philia_Bear

Mmm parts

Vee_Que

Good to see! What did you Do for the turbo?

Philia_Bear

Vee_Que;74903 wroteGood to see! What did you Do for the turbo?

Nothing yet
After the land next door sells im going to start with an intercooler and a turbo back exhaust and intercooler pipes and an intake and a tune and see if i really do need a bigger turbo for the power i want

This is never going to be a track car, just a fun dd and club car
So absolute power less important

AshDVS

The B16 kit is quite good. I'm keen to hear what you think about the rear end setup too. Absolute worst case scenario, the shocks are easy enough to rebuild too, so a good way to go.

jamesinc

@Philia_Bear whats the deal with the land? You just selling the front half of the property?

Philia_Bear

jamesinc;74924 wrote@Philia_Bear whats the deal with the land? You just selling the front half of the property?

confirmed

Volvotech

Same shocks on my sons Ford Focus XR5 they are great but only downfall is make sure your brake lines are long enough so it doesn't get caught in the brake line bracket welded to the front shock which will destroy your lines.

Philia_Bear

effing sunroof leaks... or something... heavy rains of late have meant wet floor

Philia_Bear

Tomorrow the car gets
new shocks (B16 kit)
new spring mounts
new shock mounts
new sway bar end links
new brake lines
flushed brake fluid
new AMM
new CLT
new pressure sensor

And... going to try and work out where all the water came from

AshDVS

It'll be a new car by the end of the day!

PaddlerEd

Would it be helpful to say the source of the water is a hole other than an appropriate opening aperture?

Oh, at least the S40 wasn't built in Holland, they couldn't build watertight cars for toffee..

sucksqueezebangblow

How's this coming along?

Philia_Bear

Done

There is a tiny bit of difference :-)

I have the shocks set to 5 out of 9
Im changing them to like 2 out of 9 tomorrow

Philia_Bear

I only did the suspension stuff
Brakes will be done after i get new rotors and pads front and rear

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