Bro's 5-Link Setup

Post by **ducatievo** » 12 Nov 2005 07:34 pm

Thought I'd share what my brother has been up to on his 'Drift' Volvo again; he's spent the last 4 days making a 5-link rear setup on it, to improve the handling while drifting etc. Also added an in-car alloy fuel tank and hydraulic drift e-brake (forgot to grab pics of that). Obviously still needs to be painted/powdercoated etc.

Next job is to refurb the R19 16v engine he's got and stick that in.

Post by **Ali** » 12 Nov 2005 07:53 pm

Thats mad you'll have to let us know how it handles now, i'd love to see some videos of his car in action, loving the pimp badge too

cheers
Ali

Post by **340GLT** » 12 Nov 2005 08:44 pm

Thats awesome i want!!! lol Any chance he would share sizes of brackets etc?
Cheers Adam

Post by **classicswede** » 12 Nov 2005 10:53 pm

Looks good so far. Well done for going to all that effort.
Fair play to the 300 it does have one of the best leaf spring set ups.
I would be interested to have a spin in this to compare it to my set up.

Dai

Post by **sven360** » 12 Nov 2005 11:33 pm

tidy job under there

like the look of the car but those minilites

wanna sell em?

Post by **classicswede** » 12 Nov 2005 11:38 pm

Looking at the pics properly I've noticed it is a 340! bit slow today.
Is he going to fit an anti roll bar?

Also talking of the 16valve motor haw are you going to get around the manifold?

Dai

Post by **ducatievo** » 13 Nov 2005 12:52 am

i'd love to see some videos of his car

He's got some small vids but they're all mobile phone types, next time I've got my camera out I'll take a clip and pass it on.

chance he would share sizes of brackets etc

Brackets he's just made as necessary so it fits, but if you wanted rod lengths etc no problem. He still needs to clean it up and get the alignment double checked, only been running for 2 days on the 5-link.

best leaf spring set ups

He snapped the leaf spring while drifting, hence the move to the 5-link setup.

minilites wanna sell em

umm...no!

I've noticed it is a 340! bit slow today.
Is he going to fit an anti roll bar?

Yup tis a 340 1.7, once he's finished the coil over on the front, and set the spring rates he will see how it goes, and add an anti-roll bar if necessary.

16valve motor haw are you going to get around the manifold

Not even looked at the 16v as yet; it's sitting in the garage awaiting overhaul, once he's ready to fit it any problems will be looked into.

Post by **foggyjames** » 13 Nov 2005 01:36 am

Now that is very impressive. I'd love to see how that thing handles. Was your brother not tempted to go for a Watt linkage instead of the Panhard rod? A lot more work I guess.

I've had a dark plan hatching for a while involving making a pair of subframes which bolt into the stock suspension mountings, attached to which are the mountings for an IRS setup with coilovers. Damn you for kinda beating me to it

cheers

James

Post by **Japper** » 13 Nov 2005 02:04 am

that is a nice piece of enginering (don't lnow if that's correct english). Where do the shocks come from? Respect for that. My utility belt tells me it's to the track batman.

Post by **petefarrell360** » 13 Nov 2005 02:20 am

I with everyone else here, we need videos of this beast in action! That looks superb, all credit to you both for the work that has gone into that. Soooo much going on in all areas now with the 300's. People picking up where Volvo left off and making some very unique cars, it's great to see, espeically so long after production ceased.
Pete

Post by **340 Nate** » 13 Nov 2005 05:17 am

goddamn, i must say thats impressive

, gimme a pm if he wants to earn some nice money hehe

Nate

Post by **Fuse** » 13 Nov 2005 10:17 am

Wow, very nice work! Looks like it was like that when it rolled out of the production line.

Post by **ducatievo** » 13 Nov 2005 11:50 am

Thx for the comments peeps!

Was your brother not tempted to go for a Watt linkage instead of the Panhard rod? A lot more work I guess

I guess so, he's had experience of the panhard setup before so it was the perferred route (easier to make in limited time etc). And whenever it's off the road he steals my car, so I perfer him to do it asap!

*lol*

Where do the shocks come from?

The shocks are AVO coilovers with 250lb springs to fit a Vauxhall Corsa; but will prolly be switching to 275/300ib springs, as it still catches the arch slightly (yes they are cut back too).

all credit to you both for the work that has gone into that

All credit must go to my brother, I just take the pics and feed him Red Bull, he does 99% of the work

Few more tweaks needed, strengthing of the rear turrets as they flex something cronic, and also improve the rear shock fixing on the axle to allow more freedom of movement.

Post by **classicswede** » 13 Nov 2005 12:17 pm

AVO shocks stand out as they have red bushes. I cant think of anyother made that uses them. Good way of identifing them.

Dai

Post by **340GLT** » 13 Nov 2005 01:45 pm

MMM looking at the pics agian i thinks i might have to get the angle grinder and welder out!!!
Back to the coilovers, Dai can you get anything like that for a reasonable price?
Cheers Adam