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[Vita]

Well, if i am getting it done i will be doing the Polestar as opposed to Shark. Mine is the auto with the Geartronic, does that slip like a regular clutch?

Shark are no longer in business. Ben moved over to the vag platform and works for another company now.

 

[Funky-Melon]

Well, if i am getting it done i will be doing the Polestar as opposed to Shark. Mine is the auto with the Geartronic, does that slip like a regular clutch?

Shark went bust so they're off limits

I wouldn't get the Polestar to be honest, they offer very poor value for money. I'd give Don at Kalmar Union a shout first and get the MTE map. They're Swedish Volvo tuners and have some of the best maps out there.

The geartronic can't support the same the power of the manual M66, they're torque limited and can break when pushing over 400nm of torque. They're fine on stage 1, though I'd get a gearbox flush first.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Shark went bust so they're off limits

I wouldn't get the Polestar to be honest, they offer very poor value for money. I'd give Don at Kalmar Union a shout first and get the MTE map. They're Swedish Volvo tuners and have some of the best maps out there.

The geartronic can't support the same the power of the manual M66, they're torque limited and can break when pushing over 400nm of torque. They're fine on stage 1, though I'd get a gearbox flush first.

I keep planning to get it done but my garage tells me the gearbox is sealed and meant to be lifetime.

 

[LiE]

Personally with the geartronic I wouldn't bother mapping it. It's straight forward changing a clutch if the added stress kills it, not so much the geartronic.

 

[Funky-Melon]

I keep planning to get it done but my garage tells me the gearbox is sealed and meant to be lifetime.

Volvo state the oil never needs changing but people change it. Volvo also still list 0w30 oil for T5's which has been proven many times to be far too light for these engines and can cause bottom end bearings to go.

Had a lengthy discussion with Tim about this and my Uncle (master tech at Volvo).

Tuners build these engines/gearboxes day in day out - Volvo dealers don't, they just replace them with a new one when they go wrong.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Volvo state the oil never needs changing but people change it. Volvo also still list 0w30 oil for T5's which has been proven many times to be far too light for these engines and can cause bottom end bearings to go.

Had a lengthy discussion with Tim about this and my Uncle (master tech at Volvo).

Tuners build these engines/gearboxes day in day out - Volvo dealers don't, they just replace them with a new one when they go wrong.

I run 0w30, and it is probably too thin because i need to top it up every 5k.

 

[HouR]

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The geartronic can't support the same the power of the manual M66, they're torque limited and can break when pushing over 400nm of torque. They're fine on stage 1, though I'd get a gearbox flush first.

Will caveat with I have no experience of this but I assume given my V70 has 420Nm of torque standard and the Polestar factory remap pushes it to 460Nm it would be safe in that area?

205 hp / 310 lb/ft (420Nm) -> 225 hp / 339 lb/ft (460Nm)

 

[slick rick]

I keep thinking of doing mine, first with a remap but not sure about long term implications on the components with higher BHP.

The engine can take it for sure, one of my ST's is on 138k miles with a remap and it still pulls like hell and doesn't smoke or anything. A map really wakes the car up!

 

[Funky-Melon]

Will caveat with I have no experience of this but I assume given my V70 has 420Nm of torque standard and the Polestar factory remap pushes it to 460Nm it would be safe in that area?

205 hp / 310 lb/ft (420Nm) -> 225 hp / 339 lb/ft (460Nm)

Yes, the geartronic in your car is different to the ones in the 'smaller' Volvo's. It still suffers some of the issues of the previous revision but it can handle torque much better.

 

[Akagi]

The 2.4 T5 has a KKK turbocharger as fitted to the "R" along with various other bits from the R as well such as the induction system. It also has variable inlet valve timing in addition to the variable exhaust valve timing it had before.

The suspension was revised for the facelift to improve ride and handling and the car gets bigger brakes and calipers from the XC90.

In terms of power after a remap you have to take the figures with a pinch of salt but BSR say a stage 1 on the 2.3T5 gives 299bhp/408Nm and a stage 1 on the 2.4T5 gives 318bhp/445Nm. I have seen higher claims from other maps, notably the MTE.

So the main reason the 2.4 is better for power is because of the bigger turbo, K24 as opposed to K04.

 

[Funky-Melon]

So the main reason the 2.4 is better for power is because of the bigger turbo, K24 as opposed to K04.

This'll clear things up, get a cup of tea, there's a lot of them!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Modular_engine

 

[Akagi]

This'll clear things up, get a cup of tea, there's a lot of them!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Modular_engine

I've seen yes! But the main power limiting factor in terms of tuning etc is the turbo as far as I can tell.

In any case it was still £1000 vs 3x that for the cheapest 2.4 and it wasn't a manual so I'm happy with my 2.3

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Dat tire wrinkle doe

 

[Jumper118]

yes

 

[timmeh]

I think I want a Charger Hellcat next. Got a couple more years to go on my car before I can switch but they're up there on the list for sure.

 

[Akagi]

Dat terrible picture edit tho

 

[Conscript]

Photographer: How much HDR would you like to add?
Badboy_UK: Yes.

 

[Ev0]

Couple from when I picked it up the other week, replacing a Golf R.

The noises you can make this thing produce are silly

 

[Akagi]

Isn't it basically just a Golf R but a bit nicer?

 

[Ev0]

Kind of yeah, it’s a bit like the R turned up to 11.

Inside is nicer, that 5 pot up front though is lovely