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The new project has arrived.
No MOT Intermittent starting No clutch fluid
Previous owner said it was running 14 second quarter miles at 340hp. A bold claim, can't wait to drive it.
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Last Edit: Jul 8, 2015 13:43:49 GMT by sparkysparks: Age added to title. 20 years must be retro now
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First things first, remove the stickers.      Already looks better. Will be giving it a nice tidy up and polish. I think it'll come up lovely. Ive not found any rust yet! I have also had it running, and it sounds like a beast. |
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POTENTIAL! Like in capitals! Plans?
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1986 Mercedes 200 (W124) (Standard and daily)
1976 Peugeot 404 1800 Stickshift (Standard - awaiting complete resto, engine done)
1984 Ford Cortina (P100) LDV - Cab and chassis restored, interior and glass not fitted, brand new 3 liter engine (last 110kw Sierra XR6 engine fitted and married to 5 speed Toyota Gearbox), load body needed.
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Lots of cleaning. General tidying, once its all starting and stopping good, take it for an MOT and see what it fails on.
Then slam it and enjoy it.
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woodenspatulas
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Retro in ways you can't imagine
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Looks like it could be fun  On a side note, how do you insure that to drive it to the MOT? |
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1999 Vectra Estate + 1995 Saab Engine = Good Times
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What do you mean. Insurance is the first step. Then book it in for MOT, then when it passes MOT tax it.
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nari
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Nice color! What is the "spec list"? I'm curious how they made 340 out of it. I used to have a sedan. With a customized RICA tune on 18G (s70R) turbo, 3" exhaust, NA cams. It was pretty quick car, loved the torque... never dynod it  Gave the tune to a friend (detuned for his specs) with a bone stock 850, stock 15g turbo. It made 254whp and bit over 400Nm of torque around 3400rpm. But first, do the brakes, stock ones are awful. Friend of mine made a big brake ki out of alfa 159/brera 4piston brembos and oem volvo 330 discs. |
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I'm sure I asked the seller some questions about this car, he couldn't even tell me what colour injectors were in it, I suspect it has a remapped ecu and is around 265bhp, which would easily get it into the 14's, 340bhp would get it into the 13's, never the less, it's a nice project. |
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Ill tell you the colour of the injectors when I have a look at it.
I'm curious too. With my research I found that to achieve 340 was a lot of work.
Spec list as I know it is 16g turbo
340 rica tune
big exhaust elbow.
The 14's they said were on a 15 g turbo with a cracked rear housing.
The brakes will have a good going over as they are nice and rusty at the moment anyway.
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sridgett
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the only way is Dagenham
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Nice, there is just something about a volvo estate
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Mk3 capri, escort xr3i, mk2 fiesta,mk5 escort rs2000
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jonxs
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love the old Volvo wagons. Cant wait to see what you do with it |
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The wheels will go grey as I have lots of that. It tidies them up and makes them look a bit better.
Ill lose the dump valve and put a filter on it as I want chatter.
Just a general clean up and get it reliable till I start looking into its tuning and what I can and cant do.
And the tints are coming off.
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No such thing as a Rica 340 for an 850, I have a Rica 304 (which I suspect you have) with an 18T turbo and best I've had on the Dyno is 291bhp |
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Well thats what i thought, i saw no evidence of 340 on their website. Well thats disappointing, but i bet its still fast.
Previous owner said they were holding off escort and sierra cosworths, probably a bit exaggerated.
The injector are orange/brown/dirty btw.
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Ive also had a look at trying to get this sorted today. Got the rest of the stickers off. Just the tints left to do. I bridged the fuel pump relay and that made no difference. The pump is priming, pressure looks a bit lame though. If i release pressure on ignition it just squirts out a bit, not exaclty fully presurised, but i can only assume that fuel delivery is fine. I think next avenue to look down is the crank sensor. Also bled the clutch a bit, it has alot of air in the system. Ill try to get a hard pedal and see how long it lasts. It may need new components. Also had a clicking with ignition on. Dug out this relay.  Already found out that its the warning relay for seatbelts. Ive not had them on yet so i don't know if this is defective or not, but for now its staying out. |
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Orange injectors are standard 850 T5, so deffo around 265bhp, which will be quite quick First thing I would check is the crank sensor for a non starting issue on an 850. |
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Last Edit: Jul 10, 2015 7:08:00 GMT by claymore
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I thought so, I tried to put some in my Renault.
265 will be quick, not how it was sold to me though. Bit annoying.
So crank sensor is a common fault on other forums aswell. Is it serviceable or will it just need a new one?
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No, you'll need to replace it, doesn't need to be new obviously, have you read the codes?
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It would be worth your while to sign up to vpcuk.org (Volvo Performance Club UK)
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Ill get on that then, Eurocarparts have them for reasonable price anyway.
Not read the codes yet no, what should I be looking out for?
I think that's where I got most of my info for these issues from actually. Ill sign up on there. Thanks
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