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These are mine...

Right here goes then just a few of my mods that i can remember

Engine block b5234t5 with extra piston cooling jets and bracing internal and external.
Lower engine block modified internallt to stop air surge in oil.
ARP head studs and nuts.
Own Custom Camshafts with longer duration and lift.
Custom forged racing pistons with ceramic crowns and molyslip coated sides.
Custom forged h beam conrods.
Diamond honed bores.
Knife edge crankshaft.
Custom race engine bearings.
All internals lightened and balanced including clutch flywheel crank pulley etc.
Sachs race clutch
Custom lightwieght crankshaft pulley.
Fully ported and polsihed cylinder head with 3 angle valve seats.
Manifolds ported to suit.
Custom five branch loose collector stainless steel exhaust manifold and exhaust system.
Nascar 950cc injectors.
78mm throttle body.
Inhouse custom water pump.
Custom radiator and intercooler.
Custom remote oil cooler setup.
New gearbox bearings and very aggressive limited slif diff.
Modified driveshafts.
Garrett GT40R ball bearing turbo..
Custom inlet system including 76mm pipework.
Front brakes porsche 993 turbo 4 pot calipers with 330/32mm discs.
Rear brakes drilled/grooved discs with hawk racing compound pads.
front hub carriers with ultra spec bearings modded inhouse to take volvo hub.
Front lower arms mounted with solid bushes.
Front subframe mounted with inhouse solid aluminium bushes.
Custom front adjustable strut brace.
Seam welded shell at stress points.
Full weld in and bolt in roll cage.
Rosejointed shock absorber mounts front and rear.
Powerflex top mount bush and reinforced front and rear engine mounts.
Bulkhead modded.
2 1/2 inch coilover adjustable leda shock absorbers front, and gas adjustable ledas shocks on the back with separate springs all with remote canister adjustment for bump and rebound.
Inhouse front and rear axle camber modification.
Inhouse custom wheel spacers front and rear.
Uprated front and rear antiroll bars.
750lb front springs.
400lb rear springs
Wheels
road use 9/19inch volvo pegasus rims with 235/35/19 kumho eu15 soft.
road use 9.5/18 technomagnisio custom rims with 255/35/18 marangoni zeta linea.
track use 8/18 Team Dynamics lightweight rims with 225/645/18 moulded slicks.
Rydell genuine rear touring car spoiler and front splitter[not fitted yet]
modified bonnet to include two bonnet ducts.
fully lightened shell including underseal removal etc.
sunroof removed and roof panel strenthened.

Thanks Stuart Williams

[smartbomb]

Not done too much yet, but so far the results have made me smile :-)

2000 (Phase 1) S40 T4
Longlife Race Cat
Longlife 2.5" Cat-back exhaust
ITG panel filter
RC Engineering 650cc injectors
Turbo Technics Garrett T28 Hybrid
Custom MTE remap

291bhp, 301lb/ft

Paul

[MissDMeanor]

Howdy Dudey!!

I'm the proud owner of a Yellow T5R manual estate aka The Mouthy Blonde.

Here are some of the modifications to date:

Tuned engine
18T turbo
Performance cat and stainless steel exhaust system
Race-clutch
IPD front & rear anti-roll bars
LSD
302mm police spec discs (front) & pads (all round)
18" alloys.....to name but a few!

All work carried out by S W Autos last July (04) and I've never looked back. Initially the car performed well but ran out of steam very quickly. Mouthy's performance is now consistently impressive and I've had no complaints whatsoever.

[Ross9]

Nice spec, nice time Julie. good to see another girl getting in on the act.

0.6 secs to go to catch Jacq ;) lol

Ross

[MissDMeanor]

Hi Ross (& Jacq)

Thank you, 14.2 is very impressive!! I look forward trying to better mine

I also forgot:

Strut brace
Moved air-horns
Black mesh grill
Pine air-freshener!

[Ross9]

:o, dear lord, not the air freshener.... lol

just kidding, look forward to seeing how you get on next year.

Ross

[SMT]

These are mine...

PICS PLEASE stu850t5r

[Iain_M]

Originally Posted by Peter Milnes

I am still trying to wring the secrets from VW of their 225 bhp D24TIC upgrade. 200 bhp will be enough to go on with.

All the best, Peter.

Peter, if you've not already found out, if you let me know whan engine model it is (or is D24TIC the model? I'm not that up on Diesel Volvos) and what VW it's also used in, I may well be able to get the info you need.