8-ball, the $200 S40 T4.

Spac · 2016-04-15T11:11:33+00:00

Next step was to strip out the interior. Found some real delights in there... Because this car has a bloody sunroof, I don't have room for my noggin in a h...

AshDVS

Can I come up for a steer?

Spac

Sure! They're desperately short on entries for Sunday...

nickm

Yes latter phase 2. They look good. Less like a pulsar.
Same as my S40 but i have no egg crate. Different front spoiler, VVT, turbo and brakes. They spool a little quicker and the torque curve is different. Even though they are rated at the same power.
I can see a rally spec V40 late model being a very cool club car. Room for spares in the back too.

Spac

Still wet, just after a wash: as good as it will ever look!

I bought some TRW brake pads for it. They work brilliantly in the Frikken Laser, so I assume they'll be fine in the S40 (which has a lot more go, but also has bigger brakes).

It's hard to say what it owes me at this point. Too many bits that I already own, particularly the bits that came on other cars/as part of package deals.

Spac

Car is going great *touches wood*. Got too much neg camber, but it's good to drive.

Photos by me, not of me... Boormat overtook the Barina very shortly after this photo was taken.

In the most recent session, he spun off at the end of the straight.

Spac

...and did this:

Spac

Philia_Bear

Too much or too little camber? Or something else?

Spac

Too much. It doesn't work the outside edges of the tyres at all. And braking traction is pretty poor.

Actually, it stops quite well, but the transition to a locked wheel is very fast.

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My best time was a 1:19.38 on a slow track. There's way more in it.

The old Dunlops came alive with the right pressures. 30/26 (F/R) seemed to be working very well, and I was starting to get my head around them when Boormat trashed one.
Fitted the newer Yokohamas to the front and they were clearly much better.
Next run, we fitted the Yokies to the rear too, and it was fantastic.

Then the crunchy 4th gear started to pop out. Then it refused to go into 4th at all (even stationary). Then it began to pop out of 3rd gear, until it popped out and refused to go back in again.
The other three gears work fine, but not the gears you actually use.

So that brought an end to the process of figuring out where the limits were. My semi-educated opinion says that I should be able to get a high 1:16 out of it as it is.

I did my last run in the silver car. It goes considerably harder, has a relatively crappy brake pedal (due to ABS still being active), and the road tyres had NO traction. I did my best bogan impersonation by smoking the shit out of the LHF tyre on the way out of the fish-hook. I managed a "very low risk" 1:23.mid in it.

Back to the black car: The KYB coil overs are garbage. Too stiff in every way, too low, and not enough travel. It makes it twitchy and uncomfortable.
The excessive neg camber is also a product of these struts.

The brakes are a bit weird. If you think about them mid turn, the back comes out - but then they'll lock the fronts early under heavy braking in a straight line. I think the shocks are to blame for this too.
Either way, the brakes are working way below their capability. When everything is right, it stops great - but you get punished for missing the mark.

Lack of an LSD wasn't noticeable. It was very noticeable in the silver car - I'm interested to work out how much of this is tyres, and how much is suspension.

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The upgrade path from here (not committing to doing any of this, just thinking out loud. Which is most of the point of this thread):

Sort the gearbox. I'm hopeful that it's just a selector problem. One of the cable mounting plates is moving on the box, so I'm guessing perished rubber bushes.

Shocks! I don't know what I'll put in there yet. MCA Blues are the obvious answer, but are also $1600... I need to figure out what I'm doing with my fleet of S40s and Mirages before I can make a proper decision here.

3" exhaust, including cat delete.

Bigger intercooler. I have a couple of chinabay ones, plus a bus one. Got to work that out.

Then I'll look at the turbo. Maybe just some more boost, but it's a bit tired so maybe something more serious.

As much as I've just bitched about it, is a good FUN car.

Vee_Que

16t time!

Spac

Yeah, something like that. I've got a couple of 15T(?) turbos here but they don't bolt onto the whacky T4 flange.

Obvious answer is a new exhaust manifold, but I'm buggered if I know when I'd have time for that...

Again, not me:

nickm

Change it from the cold side and CHrA. Hope the gearbox is not terminal

Vee_Que

They bolt into the housing.

Philia_Bear

19t bolt on kit now available for very resonable money
Easy 200kw at wheels with it and bigger intercooler and a tune

Have you thought about running the suspension strait from the wagon i gave you?

With the kyb and springs that were in it i would think it would be massivly better than what your running now for zero cost

Spac

Good news on the 19T. Any links?

Wagon's Konis are earmarked for the white NA car.

If the gearbox problem isn't too serious, I think I'll start taking this car a bit more seriously (so much for being a cheap banger!).

Philia_Bear

Spac;73966 wroteGood news on the 19T. Any links?

Wagon's Konis are earmarked for the white NA car.

If the gearbox problem isn't too serious, I think I'll start taking this car a bit more seriously (so much for being a cheap banger!).

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kinugawa-Turbo-Upgrade-Turbocharger-VOLVO-S40-V40-TD04L-19T-Twin-Scroll-250HP-/272213201474?hash=item3f612bd242:g:u5sAAOSw91NTuxFv

Spac

The problem is inside the gearbox.
I've solid-mounted the cable bracket, and replaced one of the tired rubber bushes on the end of the cable with a bearing, but to no avail.

For future reference: the bushes on the end of the shifter cable are the same size as a 608 bearing, and you can use a pair of vice-grips to push the bearing into the cable end.

Currently considering my options. My inclination is to put the car in the backyard and ignore it for a while...

nickm

open it up.... bet it is the shift forks or the little pads on them
http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/topic/143293-m56/

you have some emotional involvement now don't you?

nickm

from about 23:00

Spac

I was wrong about the silver car: I got a 1:21.54.
This means that the black car is less than 2.2 seconds faster with sticky tyres, race car suspension and all that weight reduction...
L-)

In hindsight, the reasons why are clear: the suspension made the back car far too twitchy and unpredictable, and it lacks top end grunt.

I'm currently regrouping, and figuring out what to do.

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