Mike_T4

hello, new to this board, so i will just come straight out and admit it..... i own a Volvo

before you start mentioning labradors.. it is a T4 with a few mods putting out about 220bhp
it has served me very well on many trackdays so i thought i would share the pics with you -
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/mikejduncan1981

i have joined this board 'cos a scooby is very high up on the possible replacements list (and i have heard it is one of the best online performance car communities)

Mike

Tommy 2000

not as cool as the bright orange Volvo 850 saloon I saw on the M25... it had the biggest bonnet scoop and the biggest wing known to man!

marty_t3

As long as you car isn't the Volvo i spotted in Bradford a few weeks ago. Red saloon with an EVO7 wing and bonnet vent. Pissed myself so much i almost wrote off my car.

Marty (owning up to wanting a T5 not so long ago)

brickboy

Used to love my company T4 -- 3 turns on the wastegate actuator and a few other bits & bobs, and it used to fly. I loved third gear in it -- plant the throttle at 2500rpm and it used to pull and pull and pull ....

Bit wayward, even with DSA on ...

Chris Churchman

Do you remember the picture of the orange volvo that was on here ages ago, with the scoop and big wing ?

Mike_T4

chris- would that be this hideous creation
http://community.webshots.com/album/47069684zmpmgZ
he tried to defend his actions once on the performance volvo club forum...... he failed.

Brickboy - i wasn't expecting anyone else on here to have had one of these!! your right a few turns on the wastegate makes hell of a difference, i've aslo got a K&N induction, ss exhaust, cold air ducting, recirculating dump valve, it can out drag a confirmed 280bhp 850R, so i think 220bhp is conservative estimate!.

the best mod i ahve done though is a strutbrace...it completely transforms the car, no more torque steer, much sharper turn in and steering feel and so much more grip accelerating out of corners.. best £70 i ever spent!

Mark Miwurdz

RAOTFLMAO!

That is the funniest thing I've seen for ages. Do you reckon the bloke who owns it wears a balaclava when he's out and about?

Awesome - thanks mate.

Cheers
Kav

Tommy 2000

...that's the one I saw on the M25!!

he didn't have a balaclava on but had heavily tinted windows to hide from the world!!

the wing was higher than the roof?!

brickboy

Mike_T4:

sounds nice I always liked the stealth factor of the T4 -- most people didn't know what it was. Guaranteed fun with BMWs on motorways

Could never mod mine too overtly 'cos it had to go back to the lease company, so I did the wastegate, and put a pressure relief valve (not a bleed) in the yellow airline between the solenoid and wastegate actuator. After careful adjustment to avoid "Check Engine" lights, it rocked!!! Providing I always used Super (no Optimax back then) I never had a problem.

I also found that carefully gapping the plugs to the minimum gap (0.7mm I think) every 10K miles or so made a nice difference to pick-up and mid-range.

Wish I could have done the exhaust, but hey



[Edited by brickboy - 10/30/2002 11:17:54 AM]

ianc

Nice car, took a long look at them last time I changed, but decided I wanted 4wd.

Love the Q car aspect, know where you're coming from on that one, nothing quite like upsetting driver's with fragile ego's!

Ian (skoda)