DVS LT Vocus XR5 - 93% Volvo content

AshDVS · 2016-03-06T11:29:20+00:00

We'd been looking for a P1 platform car for a little while and the delayed sale of our V70 meant that the C30 we'd had our eye on didn't work out. So, we de...

AshDVS

Current pic.

AshDVS

I've now got a pair of adjustable rear camber arms ready to go in, I've bought some longer wheel studs so I can get the final (maybe. who knows?) set of wheels on it and hopefully some oil line will arrive in the next few days so that I can plumb the oil cooler.

Time is going to be tough to find as we're about to sell our house and move and I'm still recovering from breaking my hand back in May.

AshDVS

Cracked/split coolant reservoirs are becoming a fairly common issue on P1 C30/S40/V50 and LS-LV Focus models now.
Genuine Volvo ones aren't particularly expensive, but there's some other options out there.

This one arrived yesterday which will got into the Vocus, They're alumnium, available in polished or powdercoated and use an off-the-shelf cap.
They're available with a sight-glass too, though this one doesn't have one. We'll have these available via our website shortly. I might even be able to do some special pricing for the first 5 if we can facilitate a small GB.

I sent @Philia_Bear an sms about 3 seconds after unpacking it.

I'll swap it over when I do the timing belt, water pump, tensioners and RH engine mount at some point in the next month or so.

rado

AshDVS Cracked/split coolant reservoirs are becoming a fairly common issue on P1 C30/S40/V50 and LS-LV Focus models now. Genuine Volvo ones aren't particularly expensive, but there's some other options out there. This one arrived yesterday which will got into the Vocus, They're alumnium, available in polished or powdercoated and use an off-the-shelf cap. They're available with a sight-glass too, though this one doesn't have one. We'll have these available via our website shortly. I might even be able to do some special pricing for the first 5 if we can facilitate a small GB. I sent @Philia_Bear an sms about 3 seconds after unpacking it. I'll swap it over when I do the timing belt, water pump, tensioners and RH engine mount at some point in the next month or so.

Were these made for the focus or is it a universal one ?

AshDVS

No real updates, but a couple of new photos!

cubic25

Sitting very nicely.

AshDVS

Not too much has been happening with the Vocus of late.
A couple of odds and ends have arrived - new shifter knob and boot, engine front cover, etc, etc.

In the background, we've sold our house, are packing up and getting ready to move, and there's a heap of other good stuff going on.

With the recovery after having broken my hand coming along in leaps and bounds, I've got fine motor skills back now to the point where I'm going to make up the hoses in the next few days (assuming the hose arrives - I didnt have anything sitting around in AN10)

I didnt really want stainless braided hose and red/blue AN fittings to be visible through the grille opening, so I've got some black AN fittings and some black nomex braided hose instead - I'm skeptical about the black nylon sheath over rubber and certainly wouldnt use it to make up oil lines.

Once the lines are done and the oil cooler is plumbed, I can then fit the grille. Once I've fitted the grille, I can fit a front number plate.

After that, I can drive it around a bit more and work through a few more odds and ends.

The next two on the list are -
* Weeping RH driveshaft seal
* Fit rear camber arms and get a wheel alignment

From there it's back to working through the list.

AshDVS

Here's the pic of the Anembo Engineering upper engine cover.
It's a billet aluminium piece and I've opted for the black anodised version.

carnut222

AshDVS;116601 wrote In the background, we've sold our house, are packing up and getting ready to move, and there's a heap of other good stuff going on.

Ash, be sure to shoot me your new postal address for the Rolling magazine as I still have your old Alan St one. :)

carnut222

AshDVS;116685 wroteHere's the pic of the Anembo Engineering upper engine cover.
It's a billet aluminium piece and I've opted for the black anodised version.

It would be nice if they'd make a re-designed full engine cover. I always thought it looked pretty odd with what looks like a vestigial oil filler cap in the middle...

Philia_Bear

carnut222;116688 wrote
AshDVS;116685 wroteHere's the pic of the Anembo Engineering upper engine cover.
It's a billet aluminium piece and I've opted for the black anodised version.

It would be nice if they'd make a re-designed full engine cover. I always thought it looked pretty odd with what looks like a vestigial oil filler cap in the middle...

Tripple oil fill options for 24hour racing :-)

AshDVS

carnut222;116688 wrote
AshDVS;116685 wroteHere's the pic of the Anembo Engineering upper engine cover.
It's a billet aluminium piece and I've opted for the black anodised version.

It would be nice if they'd make a re-designed full engine cover. I always thought it looked pretty odd with what looks like a vestigial oil filler cap in the middle...

It irks me as well.
It just screams 'afterthought' when I look at it!

AshDVS

carnut222;116687 wrote
AshDVS;116601 wrote In the background, we've sold our house, are packing up and getting ready to move, and there's a heap of other good stuff going on.
Ash, be sure to shoot me your new postal address for the Rolling magazine as I still have your old Alan St one. :)

I will. We're still in Alan St at the moment (until October 2nd), we should have a rental property organised in the next couple of weeks which we'll move into while our new place is being built.

Ex850R

AshDVS;116714 wrote
carnut222;116688 wrote
AshDVS;116685 wroteHere's the pic of the Anembo Engineering upper engine cover.
It's a billet aluminium piece and I've opted for the black anodised version.

It would be nice if they'd make a re-designed full engine cover. I always thought it looked pretty odd with what looks like a vestigial oil filler cap in the middle...
It irks me as well.
It just screams 'afterthought' when I look at it!

This is going to kill you isn't it!

AshDVS

Ex850R;116730 wrote This is going to kill you isn't it!

Every. single. day

AshDVS

Finally got the oil cooler plumbed on the Vocus over the weekend.

Here's the sump adaptor that I posted a few pages back in place and mounted -

We simply looped the coolant line back onto itself as we're obviously replacing the coolant cooled sump mounted oil cooler with an air cooled cooler, mounted up front in airflow (and not below the the turbo).

We had the lines in and out a few times as we cut them to length and made brackets to mount them out of the way.

The lines are Aeroquip rubber oil/fuel hose with a black Nomex outer sheath.

On the sump end, we used typical red/blue Speedflow AN10 fittings, as they're out of sight, whereas up-front we used black AN10 fittings so that they're not easily noticeable from the front of the car.

With the grille finally in place, black lines, black fittings and the black intercooler are barely noticeable. The grille is an aftermarket Zunsport grille that we offer, as the original was broken and unusable.

This is the first time in quite a while it's had a grille and front number plate on it.
Finally having a front number plate fitted is great as I'll be more inclined to drive it around a bit more.

Tzantushka

Nice!
Should have come from the factory like that.

AshDVS

Cheers,
The grilles and grey features should have definitely been black from factory. Even when well looked after, the grey just looks faded and horrible.

It's quite the contrast when I look back. Here's a before and after -

Ex850R

B& W plate next!?

sucksqueezebangblow

Plate would look great with white letters/numbers on black background

AshDVS

I like the old retro green letters on white background Victorian plates - This is a personalised plate but is actually a reissue of a standard plate from the 80s. At a glance, you don't realise its a personalised plate.

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