My Volvo 850 T-5R project

[kerryt5r]

rb5230 said:

i do like those, the v70 dash is much more pleasant to look at and i am hating the "wood" inserts on the dash, lovely car though and a great colour for one.

Many thanks, I have to disagree about the V70 as the 850 is my favourite Volvo but I do also like S/V70's and S60/V70's as well. You gotta love the fake "wood".. The wood is standard on all R's - if I ever strip the car out for track use only, I will get a base model plain black one from the scrappies I think.

[jbi]

kerryt5r said:

jbi said:

planning north of 350bhp?

otherwise that cone filter is a waste of time I'm afraid

I hope to have 400bhp by this time next year.. Once I have posted up the rest of the project you will see that I went for handling first, next is brakes and of course more power!

In that case all power to you

really missing my 850 now.

Unique styling, good build quality, nice car to drive.

Don't miss the FWD though.

[spaceship]

Excellent thread. Enjoyed reading that.

[fabienne]

Excellent post and great car thank you.

[martin mrt]

Excellent thread and a great write up, I really do love the 850 T5-R and the 850R albeit in estate form preferably

I went to the ring in 2008 and spent a week in an 850R the handling was comical but it raised a few eyebrows in the car park

[ikonic]

Love it mate.

Brings back good memories for me when I was a kid and my dad had a black T5 estate. Unquestionably the coolest car my dad ever owned.

Don't see many about these days, but its nice seeing yours in such fine fettle.

[jt racing]

Not gonna hijack your thread here bud, but i've a 1997 t5 saloon myself in black. Ultra rare over here in ireland and by god i love it.
Have an absolute ecu, mbc, uprated intercooler and a k+n 57i.
Planning bugger injectors, maybe a 18t (if i can find one), exhaust and decat, (yours looks mint, what make is it and how loud? Going for descretion myself!) and a new induction kit as mine has seen better days think!

Will throw up some pics tomorrow.

Well wear with the car!!

[walter leever]

Hi Kerry,nice to see you here aswell(with your own tread),your car is looking lovely(as allways)

gr,walter

[slipstream 1985]

very nice but think id pay out for a touring car style paint job. just for that stand out look.

[Fartgalen]

Sorry, couldn't let this one slip - "homogulated"

Nice car.

[cv01jw]

kerryt5r said:

March 2008


Found out how to stand the bonnet vertically...

Can I ask how you did that?

[5potTurbo]

jt racing said:

Not gonna hijack your thread here bud, but ....Planning bugger injectors, maybe a 18t (if i can find one)....

Cwikey!

[irf]

cv01jw said:

kerryt5r said:

March 2008


Found out how to stand the bonnet vertically...

Can I ask how you did that?

open the bonnet to where it would normally stay. on the side there's some slideable clips(both sides), push them out of the way and the bonnet goes up all the way.

nice car btw, used to have one myself

[cv01jw]

irf said:

cv01jw said:

kerryt5r said:

March 2008


Found out how to stand the bonnet vertically...

Can I ask how you did that?

open the bonnet to where it would normally stay. on the side there's some slideable clips(both sides), push them out of the way and the bonnet goes up all the way.

nice car btw, used to have one myself

Excellent, thanks for that

[tuborgman]

lovely car and a lovely write up, any info on what you done to the t4

[kerryt5r]

spaceship said:

Excellent thread. Enjoyed reading that.

Many thanks, still lots more to come!

[kerryt5r]

fabienne said:

Excellent post and great car thank you.

Thanks for the kind words

[kerryt5r]

martin mrt said:

Excellent thread and a great write up, I really do love the 850 T5-R and the 850R albeit in estate form preferably

I went to the ring in 2008 and spent a week in an 850R the handling was comical but it raised a few eyebrows in the car park

Sounds good fun, I like the estate but prefer the stiffness of the saloon. I must admit that the standard handling as well as the standard 280mm brakes are shockingly bad!

[kerryt5r]

ikonic said:

Love it mate.

Brings back good memories for me when I was a kid and my dad had a black T5 estate. Unquestionably the coolest car my dad ever owned.

Don't see many about these days, but its nice seeing yours in such fine fettle.

Many thanks, thats funny because my Dad used to have a black T5 estate (until he got his yellow one ) and thats probably the reason I ended up buying this car. You are right about not seeing many about these days, I expect quite a few have been scrapped by now as they can become money pits in their old age if you dont keep on top of the maintenance..

Edited by kerryt5r on Wednesday 25th August 13:22

[kerryt5r]

walter leever said:

Hi Kerry,nice to see you here aswell(with your own tread),your car is looking lovely(as allways)

gr,walter

Thanks Walter - is your project on here as well?