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Re: Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 11:11 am
by 340GLT
No where near finished and i'm not using the MERC struts. They are just merc brakes and a totally one off coilover.
Adam

Re: Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:16 am
by 340GLT
Well weather has been crap preventing work on grey car so i decided its about time i stripped the saloon shell of all its saloon goodness and set about with the grinder and spot weld drill after removing the rear window.
Adam

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Re: Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5 UD 11/08/09

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:26 am
by foggyjames
I've just been doing something very similar with the roof of a Honda CRX. The owner has bought a glass roof (pretty sweet!), but it requires some quite scary surgery!

cheers

James

Re: Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5 UD 26/08/09

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:18 am
by 340GLT
More progress on saloon stripping. Oh and the new front Bilsteins for the 350R that once belonged on a tarmac spec Cosworth. Oh and got my ME7 T5 on a stand finally.
Adam

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Re: Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5 UD 26/08/09

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 12:08 am
by foggyjames
Haha, loving the strip-down of the panels! I have the boot springs here, by the way...found them when having a tidy-up, but failed to bring them to RRG...

cheers

James

Re: Volvo 350R 2door saloon T5 UD 26/08/09

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:15 am
by 340GLT
Had a bit of a chance to test fit a certain engine today and yesterday. Looks good i reckon!!! :lol:
Adam

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

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:08 am
by Speedy88
You, my sir, are quite mental. I insist that you take us all out in this once it's done :D

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

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:11 am
by tommysb
Major OOOOFage! 340pw

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

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:47 am
by Edcase 300
:D :D
Dream material! Cant wait to see it when its finished- and maybe a video of the beast cat too ;-) sm4

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

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 06:28 pm
by foggyjames
That turbo is a bit gratuitous, isn't it? :D The last one that kinda size I saw on a T5 made 4-figures worth of power. I think you're going to need to do some major block surgery before you can make full use of it...

cheers

James

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

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 07:32 pm
by 340GLT
Turbo is a piss take. Its going to a diff hot side, plus i just won some H beams on ebay mwhahaha
Adam

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

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:37 pm
by foggyjames
You can make 400bhp on a GT28 on those things, easy. Damn them and their nice-flowing heads...!

cheers

James

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

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:10 am
by Fuse
Nothing wrong with a turbo that size. Turbos that size just needs to be utilized properly. :D Usually in this way

http://r-sportinternational.com/custome ... drik01.jpg

Though that's "just" a redblock in case..

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

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 09:48 pm
by WooDooUK
Win!
I take it that requires custom engine mounts?

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

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:41 am
by 340GLT
Yeh and a new front crossmember.
Adam