Newish Volvo V50 AWD T5 -6 speed - time to modify

veefifty · 2017-07-11T00:30:43+00:00

Bcs are not really worth it if they are the base model ones. You do get what you pay for there.

timbo

Looks great @veefifty I like what you've done with the grille and foglight surrounds.
If your interested in any of the Xtreme clutch offerings I can do razor sharp pricing on their twin plate organic kit

Ex850R

Nice!
I need paint and ding correction too, it bugs me to see my car all clean and the blemishes show.

If whole motor and gearbox has to come out for clutch, what about I beam rods and Darton sleeves, a proper LSD, Quaife, and big downpipe to go with that big throttle body!? ?

*grille not bad but we need volvo badges to advertise our killer karz!

Ex850R

Love wheels! What are they?

A new

Big! Snail, hybrid turblow .

veefifty

timbo;c-151457 wroteLooks great @veefifty I like what you've done with the grille and foglight surrounds.
If your interested in any of the Xtreme clutch offerings I can do razor sharp pricing on their twin plate organic kit

Cheers mate. I've had a look at the extreme stuff and got a couple of prices. Who do you work for?

veefifty

Ex850R;c-151458 wroteNice!
I need paint and ding correction too, it bugs me to see my car all clean and the blemishes show.

If whole motor and gearbox has to come out for clutch, what about I beam rods and Darton sleeves, a proper LSD, Quaife, and big downpipe to go with that big throttle body!? ?

*grille not bad but we need volvo badges to advertise our killer karz!

I was actually considering an LSD but I don't know how that works in with the AWD system. Do you know anyone who's done that before? I know plenty of the FWD C30's and Focus's are running them but I haven't read anything about doing it on an AWD....

Downpipe/exhaust and tune will go in after the other bits and pieces. I'll probably stop there then! Going any further gets really expensive. I was looking to go K16 but yeah then you start looking at sleeves and all the rest and it starts to add up really quickly.

veefifty

I do have a billet compressor wheel sitting on my shelf though so may play with a hybrid set up.

veefifty

wheels are 18inch Work Emotion T7. Took forever to get them from Japan in Volvo stud pattern.

Ex850R

Apologies! You don't need an LSD! AWD...

Doing downpipe may require awd parts removed to install, check it out before you put it back together save cash...

timbo

I'm planning to run a front LSD when I AWD swap my C30. Considering its at most a 70/30 split front to rear it will take a bunch of load off the AWD system. It's probably only a concern once youre running a bigger than k04 turbo though as I have seen 2 m66 stock diff failures on tuned cars
I work at Ike's motors in Canberra but can source the twin plate kit I'll pm you a price

veefifty

Ex850R;c-151471 wroteApologies! You don't need an LSD! AWD...

Doing downpipe may require awd parts removed to install, check it out before you put it back together save cash...

Sadly the exhaust is going to have to wait but the clutch can't!

veefifty

timbo;c-151478 wroteI'm planning to run a front LSD when I AWD swap my C30. Considering its at most a 70/30 split front to rear it will take a bunch of load off the AWD system. It's probably only a concern once youre running a bigger than k04 turbo though as I have seen 2 m66 stock diff failures on tuned cars
I work at Ike's motors in Canberra but can source the twin plate kit I'll pm you a price

I had the same thoughts about the LSD in the AWD since it's biased to FWD through the Haldex anyway.Do you know anyone running that set up? I've been doing a bit of reading about the Haldex swaps that a few of the guys are doing in the US, where they are dropping a same gen haldex unit from another Volvo model with more rearward bias. Sounds like results vary but a few guys have found that it switches drive to the rear much quicker and has really improved the driving characteristics to a more performance oriented setup... I've not been game to tinker with it until I can see some really concrete evidence of it working without chucking codes but I am interested to see what happens.

Philia_Bear

We put a front lsd into my mom's 2011 s40 t5 r-design awd because snow/ice traction for Oregon winters

It's running a maxed out tune for the stock turbo and tbh when not on ice it is not worth the $$$
On ice it makes a huge difference

veefifty

Philia_Bear;c-151514 wroteWe put a front lsd into my mom's 2011 s40 t5 r-design awd because snow/ice traction for Oregon winters

It's running a maxed out tune for the stock turbo and tbh when not on ice it is not worth the $$$
On ice it makes a huge difference

Good to know. I know you wouldn't get much benefit from it in daily driving but I was thinking of doing some Motorkhana in this car - just for fun I might add. I know this platform does not naturally lend itself naturally to motorsport :)

Asside from that the outlay may still not be worth it since:
a) I've never done motorkhana and I'll probably be crap at it
b) realistically how many times would I do it to get the benefit of it.

....yet I'm still kind of thinking about it. lol

Philia_Bear

veefifty;c-151521 wrote
Philia_Bear;c-151514 wroteWe put a front lsd into my mom's 2011 s40 t5 r-design awd because snow/ice traction for Oregon winters

It's running a maxed out tune for the stock turbo and tbh when not on ice it is not worth the $$$
On ice it makes a huge difference

Good to know. I know you wouldn't get much benefit from it in daily driving but I was thinking of doing some Motorkhana in this car - just for fun I might add. I know this platform does not naturally lend itself naturally to motorsport :)

Asside from that the outlay may still not be worth it since:
a) I've never done motorkhana and I'll probably be crap at it
b) realistically how many times would I do it to get the benefit of it.

....yet I'm still kind of thinking about it. lol

My 530d is about to become race car because hail damage
Go to auctions in a few weeks and find a hail damage stat write off and pay nearly nothing for it and use it for motorkhana

veefifty

fair point! lol

veefifty

Time flies when you're having fun - I can't believe I haven't posted an update in 6 months!

In fairness I haven't had a heap to post about on the Volvo. I had a little distraction though as I bought myself an old car that I've always wanted! It's a 1969 VW Notchback Type 3 and I love it. I am resisting the temptation to play with that until the Volvo is done, so through to Christmas this year it will be year of the Volvo!

So where is it at I hear you ask? Well it's currently at Lupica motors to get the For Focus RS Clutch and flywheel upgrade that I bought from Dreamscience installed and I'm getting the Haldex system flushed out and filter replaced as well since the car has 80,000kms on it now. I should get the car back tonight. I can't wait as I've been driving around on a broken clutch for nearly 18 months so I'm looking forward to being able to put all the power down without it slipping!

In other news I've still got a stack of parts sitting there waiting to go on. Air intake, snaab pipe, porsche throttle body, Do88 intercooler.... I had a go at installing the snaab intake pipe but the clearances were so tight I was struggling to get it in place (I'm not sure if the clearance is reduced because it's RHD instead of LHD as designed for in it's domestic market?). I've since had some tips on getting it into position but I haven't had time to play around with it. I might just give the lot to my mechanic and just get it done or I'll probably still be looking at the parts sitting around for another 6 months....

carnut222

Wow, the notchback is awesome and looks great in that colour. I had my eye on a squareback when I was about 12...it had been sitting out in the street up the road from our house in Bakersfield CA (we’re talking around 1978). My dad finally went to the house and asked whether they wanted to sell it so we could do it up, but the lady just loved it and about a week later they moved it into the garage to avoid further requests to sell I guess! A few years later we ended up with an orange 1973 Beetle with the infamous auto-stick-shift transmission. It was interesting to drive - as a learner driver at the time anyway! You could hold your hand on the gear lever to engage the clutch, rev the engine then let your hand off the gear lever and it would chirp the tyres. Great fun, but that car didn’t last long as my dad didn’t really like the looks of it (in addition to being orange, it had a wide yellow, brown and red stripe running down the side!) Very 70s, but it was then the early 80s LOL! Thanks for invoking some memories and sorry if I bored you with that story!

veefifty

carnut222
Wow, the notchback is awesome and looks great in that colour. I had my eye on a squareback when I was about 12...it had been sitting out in the street up the road from our house in Bakersfield CA (we’re talking around 1978). My dad finally went to the house and asked whether they wanted to sell it so we could do it up, but the lady just loved it and about a week later they moved it into the garage to avoid further requests to sell I guess! A few years later we ended up with an orange 1973 Beetle with the infamous auto-stick-shift transmission. It was interesting to drive - as a learner driver at the time anyway! You could hold your hand on the gear lever to engage the clutch, rev the engine then let your hand off the gear lever and it would chirp the tyres. Great fun, but that car didn’t last long as my dad didn’t really like the looks of it (in addition to being orange, it had a wide yellow, brown and red stripe running down the side!) Very 70s, but it was then the early 80s LOL! Thanks for invoking some memories and sorry if I bored you with that story!

Cheers @carnut222 . Similar story to me really. I saw a notchback (same colour as mine) when I was about 12 as a petrol station near home and feel in love on site! I've been hanging out to get one for years :)

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@veefifty keen to hear your thoughts on the clutch feel when you get the car back, I'm still undecided about what clutch to use

veefifty

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@veefifty keen to hear your thoughts on the clutch feel when you get the car back, I'm still undecided about what clutch to use

I'll let you know 👍️

It was a tough call really. Most of the other options were switching to a SMF (a more heavy duty clutch) and I really didn't want any extra noise that a SMF can allegedly bring. The RS clutch was speced to handle the kind of power I'm looking put down whilst keeping factory drive-ability. Fingers crossed that it works as planned!

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