Thinking about a V70R, Anything to be wary of?

[Avinitlarge]

Been doing a lot of research and there is one thing I am still not clear on. Which is the better car to have Phase 1, 2 or 3??

[Thanatos]

hard one the p1 is pre me7 so has a throttle cable and a manual gearbox
p2 me7 electronic throttle 4 speed auto and manual
p3 me7 electronic throttle 5 speed auto only


my personal choice would be a p3 in laser blue

[Avinitlarge]

Is there any advantage to pre ME7 apart from no expensive TB

[Shortstuff]

Unfortunatly finding all those things will take some looking but not impossible. AWD V70R's are becoming rare and a manual gearbox is also quite rare in volvo's in general. I'm not 100% but someone here is bound to know, some R's may have a geartronic box giving the best of both worlds. Having said that they'll be expensive if they go wrong.

Hope you find what your looking for buddy

Oh yeah and a fair few V70R's will also have a stage 3 rica tune done already giving that 300bhp your looking for and if not I believe its about 300 notes to get done

[Avinitlarge]

I think I've found one, its got everything I want apart from AWD which I'm not too bothered about, just got to sell my truck then go for a 300 mile drive

[Shortstuff]

Sorry just thought of something else.

A V70R driven on the limit might be a little worse mpg than your misti but driven sensably will return high 20's.

I know there are differences between them but I manage to get around 26mpg from my t5 850 with a mixture of looning about and taking it easy. Plus strange as it may sound the torque on these cars is emence even standard your looking at 350 torques and thats Evo territory if memory serves me correctly

Handling wise they are 1 of if not the best handling estate money can buy so once again good luck in your hunt and I'm sure you wont be disapointed

[Avinitlarge]

But the main difference with the fuel economy will be the smile on my face. 18MPG in the Pajero pottering about 18MPG with 300BHP

When I mapped my Mondeo, I tuned it over a period of 2 months, I purposely fitted a biggish turbo so I could drive off boost with good fuel economy, and ee by ekk it was good off boost but when it was boosting it was thirsty but was SO worth it.

[Shortstuff]

Oh yes without a dout there. Think a stage 3 gives 308bhp but a few members here have got much more under the hood

[Avinitlarge]

I would say "I would be happy with 300bhp" I know what I'm like and I know what Ive done in the past, Ive spent thousands.

[vern0s]

Originally Posted by Avinitlarge

I now know what I am looking for, I have a horrible feeling it may be like hens teeth though. Manual, AWD, Black (not that important) with black or dark interior. Does such a thing exists? I have no idea what so ever.

I've just had a V70 D5 S as i have a baby on the way and will require more mpg, which now means my Silver '98 V70R AWD Auto is up for grabs if that's any use to you and you can convert to AUTO and handle silver paint? It has black half leather interior too with silver trim and the AWD is working... proving very useful in the snow we had not so long ago:-) Drop me a message if you're interested :-)