Volvo 854 T-5R Olive green
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Carlos24 said:
That steering wheel looks brilliant as does the rest of the car, as already mentioned you either get fast Volvos or you don’t! What kind of power is it running?
Probably less than 300 at the moment as the boost has dropped off for some reason, only hitting 1.1 bar, used to hit about 1.5. It’s got forged rods and a few other bits. Not looked into it yet as I’m not really using it as lost a little interest in cars this year. I’ve got 2 T-5Rs, M3, Golf GTI and a Touareg and find myself driving the Touareg all the time as I prefer comfy lolCourt_S said:
That’s bloody cool. I love these 850’s.
How’s the new garage?
Thanks.How’s the new garage?
New old garage lol, it was getting damp inside last winter as the garage is built into a bank so ground level is at waist height. Had to have a dehumidifier going from Nov to March most days. It’s on my to do list to do something about it.
Got electric in there now, painted it out, put flooring down, built a work bench at the back, cleaned the pit out and made some steps down into it. Put a few pics of a few of my old cars up on the walls, it’s getting there!
cosworth330 said:
Stedman said:
Brilliant to know. How is Tim?
I had to get the car recovered to him when the oil pump failed and he had a new pump in and ready to collect the next morning! He be seemed fine, always enjoy having a chat to him as he is so knowledgeable when it comes to the 850.Just never ask him to replace your cracked block as he will shim the one in there and hope for the best leaving you with a problem a few months later.
He even suggested I put steel seal in it and flog it on to some other poor bugger when I called him about it. Cash only......Scamming a
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Fantastic car and some awesome work gone into it. 
Cracking garage too. We’ve just moved house and I now have a rotten old timber garage. Can’t wait to build my dream one in a year or so.
I think you’d have to dig a load of ground away and have a gap eg pathway with a retaining wall down the opposite side to the garage, to stop your damp issue. I had it at an old place but the high ground was in the neighbours garden against my back wall so we couldn’t even do anything about it.
A quick question if you don’t mind, I’m collecting a V70 T5 tomorrow. Where is your guy based (Tim) and is he a Volvo specialist? The car has been tuned by Shemtek but I had a bit of a weird text conversation with him earlier. It was like getting blood out of a stone to be honest, so I doubt I’ll be using him.
So I’m always open to hear about other options for when rebuild time comes. Which it will as the car is on 190k miles.
Cracking garage too. We’ve just moved house and I now have a rotten old timber garage. Can’t wait to build my dream one in a year or so.
I think you’d have to dig a load of ground away and have a gap eg pathway with a retaining wall down the opposite side to the garage, to stop your damp issue. I had it at an old place but the high ground was in the neighbours garden against my back wall so we couldn’t even do anything about it.
A quick question if you don’t mind, I’m collecting a V70 T5 tomorrow. Where is your guy based (Tim) and is he a Volvo specialist? The car has been tuned by Shemtek but I had a bit of a weird text conversation with him earlier. It was like getting blood out of a stone to be honest, so I doubt I’ll be using him.
So I’m always open to hear about other options for when rebuild time comes. Which it will as the car is on 190k miles.
cosworth330 said:
Thanks.
New old garage lol, it was getting damp inside last winter as the garage is built into a bank so ground level is at waist height. Had to have a dehumidifier going from Nov to March most days. It’s on my to do list to do something about it.
Got electric in there now, painted it out, put flooring down, built a work bench at the back, cleaned the pit out and made some steps down into it. Put a few pics of a few of my old cars up on the walls, it’s getting there!
Garage looks good though. New old garage lol, it was getting damp inside last winter as the garage is built into a bank so ground level is at waist height. Had to have a dehumidifier going from Nov to March most days. It’s on my to do list to do something about it.
Got electric in there now, painted it out, put flooring down, built a work bench at the back, cleaned the pit out and made some steps down into it. Put a few pics of a few of my old cars up on the walls, it’s getting there!
My old garage was built into the slope of my old garden and it was always a bit damp in the winter. Sorting it would have been a pain.
marky911 said:
Fantastic car and some awesome work gone into it.
Cracking garage too. We’ve just moved house and I now have a rotten old timber garage. Can’t wait to build my dream one in a year or so.
I think you’d have to dig a load of ground away and have a gap eg pathway with a retaining wall down the opposite side to the garage, to stop your damp issue. I had it at an old place but the high ground was in the neighbours garden against my back wall so we couldn’t even do anything about it.
A quick question if you don’t mind, I’m collecting a V70 T5 tomorrow. Where is your guy based (Tim) and is he a Volvo specialist? The car has been tuned by Shemtek but I had a bit of a weird text conversation with him earlier. It was like getting blood out of a stone to be honest, so I doubt I’ll be using him.
So I’m always open to hear about other options for when rebuild time comes. Which it will as the car is on 190k miles.
Tim Williams is in Coalville Leicestershire, not that far from Shem really. Both my cars have Shem maps from previous owners. Yes he is a Volvo specialist and owns a pretty quick 850 T5 estate. Nice guy and very knowledgeable but can be hard to get hold of, I think mostly because he is so busy. I don’t have a number for him I just contact him through FB messenger. If you are on FB join up to the Volvo tuning and other groups on there and you will then find Tim.Cracking garage too. We’ve just moved house and I now have a rotten old timber garage. Can’t wait to build my dream one in a year or so.
I think you’d have to dig a load of ground away and have a gap eg pathway with a retaining wall down the opposite side to the garage, to stop your damp issue. I had it at an old place but the high ground was in the neighbours garden against my back wall so we couldn’t even do anything about it.
A quick question if you don’t mind, I’m collecting a V70 T5 tomorrow. Where is your guy based (Tim) and is he a Volvo specialist? The car has been tuned by Shemtek but I had a bit of a weird text conversation with him earlier. It was like getting blood out of a stone to be honest, so I doubt I’ll be using him.
So I’m always open to hear about other options for when rebuild time comes. Which it will as the car is on 190k miles.
cosworth330 said:
Tim Williams is in Coalville Leicestershire, not that far from Shem really. Both my cars have Shem maps from previous owners. Yes he is a Volvo specialist and owns a pretty quick 850 T5 estate. Nice guy and very knowledgeable but can be hard to get hold of, I think mostly because he is so busy. I don’t have a number for him I just contact him through FB messenger. If you are on FB join up to the Volvo tuning and other groups on there and you will then find Tim.
Excellent, thanks for the info. I’ll join those groups once I have the car. Train tickets for 7.20am tomorrow. Looking forward to a car buying day out. 
Re my garage, out of all the houses we looked at this one probably had the worst garage but I didn’t mind too much as everything else about the house was perfect, large driveway and garden!
The last year I’ve spent decorating and doing loads in the garden as the garden. So no time for cars.
Games room just finished
The last year I’ve spent decorating and doing loads in the garden as the garden. So no time for cars.
Games room just finished
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