Volvo 850 T5 Build

[barrysc]

Hi all,

I am very new to this forum but have been on other forums. Here are some of the post i have placed on the other forum.

Hi all,

I have had my t5 for 3 weeks now (Owned by two previous VOC members - im the third VOC member to own it) and thought id post up some pictures after cleaning it up. It is a t5 S with Mas Italy 17" titan replicas, air con, electric windows / mirrors / sunroof & heated seats - Not a scratch on it! It has full service history and all old MOT's and receipts. very pleased with my purchase.

heres some pictures



more to follow....








heres a photo before six hours of cleaning the engine! :



and after:





so far the only modifications are a re-map (by one of the previous owners) I replaced 2 of the worn out assimetrico's (it has p zero assimetrico's all round) and a genuine volvo strut brace fitted last week.

i will use this thread to post my modifications and maintenance.

cheers

Barry

[barrysc]

finally i got the camera working.

here are some pictures of my interior after i stripped the interior out and clean it all.

My nice new arm rest.




The all new carpet, freshly cleaned.





After cleaning the car inside and out it decided to snow heavily the next day, so i took the opportunity to take it out and get some pictures in the snow. heres the best photo out of them all.



I will let you know of the next time i get something changed or added to the car.

cheers

barry

[barrysc]

I know its been a while, but finally got round to do some more work on the car. And after waiting 3 weeks for the braided brakes hoses, i finally completed the 302mm brakes conversion with the braided brake hoses. We had trouble with getting the bleed valves un-done but with a bit gentle persuation they loosened off.


Here are some pictures from the day:





and the finished project:



As you can see we also painted the carriers and calipers in copper. Which i think it brings them up alot.

it has made such a difference to the handling of the car, for the price of the conversion its a well worth upgrade.

cheers

Barry

[barrysc]

I was just looking through my thread and realise i was missing out that i have now got some v70 rear lights. Here is a picture of them off the car.



I will post another picture of them on the car when we get some nice weather (if we ever that is).

cheers

Barry

[barrysc]

Hi all,

Now i have had all the work to my suspension, i thought i would post some pictures of the rest of the upgrades and some pictures of comparison with some after shots.

here are some photos:

-Poly bottom mount:


-Poly bushes for the lower control arms:


-New track rod ends:


-New rear drivers side brake caliper:


-Sport lowering springs:


-Eibach camber adjustment kit:


-Comparison of the old rear suspension and new:


-New front suspension assembled:


I will post more pictures of car when we eventually get some nice weather.

cheers

Barry

[barrysc]

Hi all,

Long time no post. I have done a few "minor" changes to the car since my last post Firstly i changed the door handles to V70 ones and colour coded side strips to match.

Next i bought a few bits for my car:


1x MANUAL donor car


New 850R clutch


Poly tie bar bushes

Also solid gear linkage bushes from a Toyota MR2.

Here are a couple of photos of the fitting process:













The car drives perfectly, very pleased with the outcome especially as i am only 23 years old and have only worked on cars for the last couple of years (the first year very casually).

I would also like to thanks Dooby for his article on "how to convert auto to manual" it was very informative.

cheers

Barry

[barrysc]

One Sunday morning whilst on a 'spirited' drive, having a play, in 4th gear at 4000rpm I had a sudden loss of power and plumes of smoke pouring out of my exhaust making the road behind me disappear..

After having the car off the road for a while I finally decided to find out why the car was pouring oil out of the back and a total lack of power.

From doing a compression test I discovered that the compression was down on cylinder 4 so I took the head off to see what was going on.





A brief inspection made it clear why there were problems.



I then took the engine out of the car and stripped it down with the help of T4Mark and iMacca...













You can see the detonation damage on the piston where it has blown a hole and melted it at the same time, also melting a crater in the side of the cylinder bore.

We suspect this is from a sticky injector as there were only very tiny signs of det on the other pistons.

More updates to follow...

Cheers,

Barry.

[barrysc]

After identifing the issue it was clear that the engine couldn't be reused so I sourced a donor engine from Niles.

Again with the help of my friend (Imacca) we stripped the engine apart in his mancave to rebuild with stronger internals.



Here's some pictures of the engine in various stages as we stripped it down:







All of the bearing journals look in good condition and the bores look good too not showing any signs of glazing or wear.









And lastly, an arty shot of the original pistons and rods (one piston with special lightweight conversion):



The block and head have been taken to AMS in Burgess Hill for machining, honing and porting. It should be back along with many more parts in a couple of weeks.

Cheers,

Barry

[barrysc]

Also decided to buy myself some little goodies!





I got the Quaife diff installed and my gearbox reconditioned by Bexhill Gearboxes who gave me a really great service. On inspection they reported that my gearbox was in near perfect condition so ideal for the power I'm aiming for. When I told them it had done 210k miles they were very surprised!

Cheers,

Barry

[Max M4X WW]

Great thread.

If the wheels are supposed to be replicas, they are poor! Look good though.

Are the V70 light bottoms any different?

[barrysc]

Max M4X WW said:

Great thread.

If the wheels are supposed to be replicas, they are poor! Look good though.

Are the V70 light bottoms any different?

yes the plastic on the V70 light do not fade

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Some great work there ! I recently bought a T5 myself and I absolutely love it.

Where did you get the boost gauge from, and how do you find the Quaife diff?

Cheers

[y2blade]

I'm spent
I miss my old T5

following with interest.


Edit to add: I love the front bumper shape on the T5..the lower section (around the Fogs) has a lovely line to it.

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 15th March 10:37

[Max M4X WW]

barrysc said:

yes the plastic on the V70 light do not fade

Perfect, I will let my mate know.

Is there a reason why loads of 850's have Pirelli Asimmetrico's? Were they factory fit?

[BorkFactor]

Great thread - very impressed with all that work that you have done!

Lovely car, I will own one of these at some point in my life

[crocodile tears]

I always end up looking at theses every few month

great mods so far, shame about the engine

[BorkFactor]

crocodile tears said:

great mods so far, shame about the engine

What is wrong with a T5 engine?

[barrysc]

Max M4X WW said:

Perfect, I will let my mate know.

Is there a reason why loads of 850's have Pirelli Asimmetrico's? Were they factory fit?

I think they came as standard on the t5r and 850r not 100% sure on that though.

[barrysc]

Ecurie Ecosse said:

Some great work there ! I recently bought a T5 myself and I absolutely love it.

Where did you get the boost gauge from, and how do you find the Quaife diff?

Cheers

I got the boost gauge from Ebay. I havent fitted the diff to my car yet, but i have driven a few friends cars which have Quaife's fitted and was such an improvement, personally i couldnt see the point in going down the gripper route due to its reliability issues. Also the Quaife has a lifetime warranty on it!

[Greg_D]

BorkFactor said:

crocodile tears said:

great mods so far, shame about the engine

What is wrong with a T5 engine?

That it broke as opposed to it being a t5 engine per se.