Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5 UD 03/10/09

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Turquoise
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Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5 UD 03/10/09

Post by 340GLT » 22 Jul 2008 07:03 pm

Well i have been fairly quiet on the forum recently and have not really done anything to my grey car, but i have had some spare time so felt i should share with you my new project, which i will update in this single thread.

Final product will be a 2 door saloon with a T5 engine. So i will make a new braking system to cope with the power etc. I want roughly 300BHP to start with from the T5 then once the car has been finished etc i will upgrade engine again.

So here are a few pics to show what i have been up to including my lovely new 330mm Mercedes Brembos.

I have also included a load of photoshops of possible colour choices of what the car should look like when finished. I have narrowed the choice down to the dark blue or yellow.

Cheers to Clayton (clitti) for the shell.
Adam

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Post by jarlidge » 22 Jul 2008 07:31 pm

hi adam

glad your keeping busy i see. the blue looks good.

is that 360 glt you had lying around at your uncles.

bet it will look great once you have finished with it.

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Post by 340GLT » 22 Jul 2008 07:34 pm

No its a 340 with 360 Running gear i bought from clitti on the forum.
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Post by jtbo » 22 Jul 2008 07:40 pm

Blue one looks best for my eye, electric so to say :D

Also that 2 door saloon is something incredible, car will be real head turner, I'm sure of that :)

Good luck to project, I believe this will take bit longer to complete than your previous projects? Not that project car will ever be complete, but I guess you get idea :D
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Post by Jason B » 22 Jul 2008 07:41 pm

you obviously posted them for a reason.... whats the deal with the brake strut assembly? :D
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Post by 340GLT » 22 Jul 2008 07:47 pm

They are the coilovers from my grey one, i need the inserts shortened to get the car as low as i want it with some travel left, so i took them off to do work to them, just used them to make the brackets up for the brembos.

Yeh just wondered if people wanted to say their colour preference.
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Post by Jason B » 22 Jul 2008 07:54 pm

hehe, I was thinking 2dr saloon once I had a roll cage and other bits sorted - so you're re-shelling the 3dr stuff then?
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Post by 340GLT » 22 Jul 2008 07:55 pm

No mate i'm changing the rear end on this shell, its much easier and safer, as a saloon is the same underneith all the way to the back edge of the boot floor.
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Post by cheshire190e » 22 Jul 2008 11:32 pm

why is it everybody but me can find rust free 3 doors, hopefully ill have one off the bay in the next week.

Good luck with the project, cant wait to see what it will look like
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Post by V6 Man » 22 Jul 2008 11:36 pm

Can I vote for Ford ASBO Orange please?
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Post by hatch360 » 23 Jul 2008 12:32 am

Has anyone actually contemplated a 2 door saloon before....its such an awesome idea, adam your prototypes outdoe the volvo ones

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Post by Chris_C » 23 Jul 2008 10:07 am

Def the goldy/yellow for me :D
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Post by SteveP » 23 Jul 2008 12:24 pm

Looks great mate, I vote for the electric blue... what about the V70R/S70R blue colour, or is that what it's supposed to replicate? This will be awesome! :D
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Post by Ali » 23 Jul 2008 12:34 pm

Bloody hell Adam!!!! Fair play I can't wait to see this progress!!! Make sure you keep updating it with pics every step of the way :D
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Post by WooDooUK » 23 Jul 2008 04:40 pm

Excellent Stuff, I did wonder when the big reveal was going to be :)

Its deffo got to be the yellow/Ford signal amber (you know the colour :wink: :wink: )

How are you planing on mating the engine to the rest of the transmission or will it bolt to the 360 gear?

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