V50 T5 Project

[Thekilt]

Morning all,

As some of you may have seen i have been scouring the thread and asking questions the last few weeks. Time to get some photos up and info on the project.

Picked up this T5 between christmas and new year with brand new MOT the day before I collected, and had full service and cambelt change at the Volvo Dealer in Poole (Top work!) Has 106,000 miles on the clock and runs nicely. Only a few adviseries on MOT and Service, one front tyre low now been changed) and brake fluid needs flushing. Personnaly i think the Brilliant blue is one of if not THE best colour. Also has the Aux in behind the waterfall which upon reading preivous posts, for a 2006 is quite rare? also has 6 disc changer which is good i can drag out my old CD collection and make best use of it!





Got some goodridge brake hoses en route which i will fit and bleed, then get the system flushed properly by the garage behind my work.

Also picked up some Medusa wheels from FleaBay at a reasonable price (originals are 17's with 205x50 which is a random choice for a high powered FWD car):



They were in OK condition on the front faces only some small marks and curb rash, however the rear of the wheels were in really bad condition with corrosion:



So rubbing them down and getting ready for a re-spray ready for summer wheels:




Next step is to get some Bilstien B14 shocks, new Polybushes and drop links which will be the task before summe when the wheels are ready.

Only thing i dont like about the car is the black trim around the bottom of the car, so i'm waiting to find either a "repairable" or breaking car which to swap the bits over for, as the colour matched body kit from volvo is around £600.

Going to run it for the year, then look at Re-map, Down pipe, and when the exhaust goes a new Ferrita one (want something quiet and suttle).
I want to keep this subtle but also increase power nicely to make it sleeper.

Any ideas or advice is welcome I will get some interior photos in the next few days.

[Montana]

Looks nice, plans sound good too

[domhart10]

Lovely looking car, nice to see another T5 project. You should create a thread in the project section of the forum here:
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=45

I hope it serves well, great cars but they need their regular oil changes.

As for the exhaust, Ferrita are good but might be worth looking at going down the custom route as it will be made to exactly how you want it. I had a custom one on mine and its been brilliant with 2 small mufflers rather than one large back box.

Good luck, remaps defenitly wake these engines up a lot.

[Thekilt]

Originally Posted by domhart10

Lovely looking car, nice to see another T5 project. You should create a thread in the project section of the forum here:
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=45

I hope it serves well, great cars but they need their regular oil changes.

As for the exhaust, Ferrita are good but might be worth looking at going down the custom route as it will be made to exactly how you want it. I had a custom one on mine and its been brilliant with 2 small mufflers rather than one large back box.

Good luck, remaps defenitly wake these engines up a lot.

thanks Dom, have posted it in the project setion and will keep that one updated. Here can be more of an intro and if people what to see progress they can view the project thread

[Thekilt]

Originally Posted by domhart10

As for the exhaust, Ferrita are good but might be worth looking at going down the custom route as it will be made to exactly how you want it. I had a custom one on mine and its been brilliant with 2 small mufflers rather than one large back box.

Also Dom, how much is it generally for a customer exhaust? I ideally wanted a plug in and go whichi can easily do at home.

[FunkyMelon]

Originally Posted by Thekilt

Also Dom, how much is it generally for a customer exhaust? I ideally wanted a plug in and go whichi can easily do at home.

Looking at around the £700 mark for a JT Tuning system and a bit more for a Ferrita.

[domhart10]

Originally Posted by Thekilt

Also Dom, how much is it generally for a customer exhaust? I ideally wanted a plug in and go whichi can easily do at home.

Mine was about £550, there are photo's of it in my project thread:
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...271945&page=36

[Thekilt]

Originally Posted by domhart10

Mine was about £550, there are photo's of it in my project thread:
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...271945&page=36

Thanks Dom, i remember reding your post previously on the exhaust and i feel a 3" (as you have found) will sound a bit drowned. I quite like the sound of the 2.5" ferrita which seems to be almost stock like when low down in the revs, then seems to growl when it opens up.

I will see if there are any decent exhaust fabs close to be, i know plenty of stainless welders (its all we do here where i work) however we dont do thin pipes, we do from 6mm to 60mm thick stainless and duplex materials!

[domhart10]

Originally Posted by Thekilt

Thanks Dom, i remember reding your post previously on the exhaust and i feel a 3" (as you have found) will sound a bit drowned. I quite like the sound of the 2.5" ferrita which seems to be almost stock like when low down in the revs, then seems to growl when it opens up.

I will see if there are any decent exhaust fabs close to be, i know plenty of stainless welders (its all we do here where i work) however we dont do thin pipes, we do from 6mm to 60mm thick stainless and duplex materials!

yeh defenitly, I only upgraded my previous Jetex 2.5" system because I needed the 3" system for the K16 turbo. As you are on the standard k04 I wouldnt suggest anything more than 2.5" and a custom system you could tailor to how you want it.

With mine, I just popped some deadning matterial in the spare wheel arch area under the matt and all fine now.

[Thekilt]

I may at a later date upgrade to a K16, but that will be after serious engine mods etc in which cas ei can upgrade the Exhaust after, however i still dont want to be too loud. Might do some experiments with 2.5" exhaust se how it does (unless anyone already has?)