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Love it, tidy SW20 and it sits perfectly on those wheels. Always wanted one when I was younger, they must be coming to the stage where good ones are increasing in value now?
 
Dup said:
Love it, tidy SW20 and it sits perfectly on those wheels. Always wanted one when I was younger, they must be coming to the stage where good ones are increasing in value now?
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They are a bit, you can't get a decent 1994-1995 Turbo for ~3k anymore that's for sure. Mine is a UK market car that I converted to turbo. Not actually that difficult as far as engine conversions go, it's 100% bolt in and the wiring was a matter of switching around maybe 8 pins and running a new wire for the circuit opening relay.

Some asking prices for cars and parts have got a bit silly because of the US market... They'll pay 1000USD+ for a set of facelift (Rev3+ / late 1993 onwards) rear lights + centre panel for example. Those used to be ~£150 complete here, but people are asking £300-£400 now.
 
Cookeh said:
Block mods for 2.4 and 2.5 are shimming and/or new liners. 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 also tend to need to go closed deck for big numbers and that's something both the above will do.
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You don't need the block mod on the 2.3 or 2.4 T5 (which Acme has). Only the later 2.5 T5's that are also in the ST and RS need the block mod due to the thinner cylinder liners. They can (and do occasionally) crack in standard form if not looked after, though unlikely.

The 2008+ models S40/V50/Focus ST's are generally fine as they had the liners plasma coated, so it's not such a big issue, it can still happen though when pushing higher power.

Obviously when pushing big power out of any T5 it's wise to get them shimmed, I had my T4 engine built for over 400hp by Tim Williams and that had it's liners shimmed.

Also @Acme, you won't see 300bhp from any T5 with just a remap :rolleyes:
 
Thats the 2.4 above, mine is a 2.3. Not sure what the differences are really.

Superchips quote a 30HP increase on that as well though, from 247 to 277.

Most of the off-the-shelf places quote 300 - 310.

But if its not achievable I won't sniff at 280 which is what some others quote! :)
 
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I had the whole shabang done to my focus st. I found the engine just ran hot in general.

In the fst mk2 borgwarner rate the kkk turbo for 270bhp max. Not sure if it’s a different turbo in Acmes.

300hp would be decent from that s60 t5 but it would probably run a little less.
 
Acme said:
Its 250HP in standard form and Volvo tuning specialists would seem to disagree, at least Shem from Shemtek does, if the engine/turbo etc are in good order.
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Having read numerous threads on modifying T4's and T5's over the last 10 years and experiencing it on my own, there have been many that think they're getting 300bhp from a remap but when put on a dyno, they simply aren't. Celtic Tuning are by far the worst for this and quite often quote figures that are unsafe without supporting mods.

You'll need at least an exhaust and intercooler to get there. Happy to be proven wrong but after chatting with Tim about this a few years back I was lead to believe you won't see 300 on just a remap :)
 
Funky-Melon said:
Having read numerous threads on modifying T4's and T5's over the last 10 years and experiencing it on my own, there have been many that think they're getting 300bhp from a remap but when put on a dyno, they simply aren't. Celtic Tuning are by far the worst for this and quite often quote figures that are unsafe without supporting mods.

You'll need at least an exhaust and intercooler to get there. Happy to be proven wrong but after chatting with Tim about this a few years back I was lead to believe you won't see 300 on just a remap :)
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Thats fair enough, I'll have another chat and see what they say. :) Appreciate the insight!

It does have a stainless exhaust but I think its just a cat-back rather than a turbo-back.
 
@Acme Tim williams in coalville knows a thing about Volvos should you need any maintenance work doing. He doesn’t tune from what I remember. He’s difficult to get hold of though.

As with tuning, do it for drivability if you expect a certain figure you’ll be disappointed
 
Vita said:
@Acme Tim williams in coalville knows a thing about Volvos should you need any maintenance work doing. He doesn’t tune from what I remember. He’s difficult to get hold of though.

As with tuning, do it for drivability if you expect a certain figure you’ll be disappointed
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+1 for Tim, been to see him a few times and he's a very nice guy and his workmanship/knowledge is immense.

I had my remap done at http://www.hlmtuning.co.uk/ but not sure if Hamish does them anymore, worth checking.

Here's my car making 321BHP, although it's the 2.4 T5 which is different (better) than the 2.3 T5.


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LiE said:
+1 for Tim, been to see him a few times and he's a very nice guy and his workmanship/knowledge is immense.

I had my remap done at http://www.hlmtuning.co.uk/ but not sure if Hamish does them anymore, worth checking.

Here's my car making 321BHP, although it's the 2.4 T5 which is different (better) than the 2.3 T5.


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I keep thinking of doing mine, first with a remap but not sure about long term implications on the components with higher BHP.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I keep thinking of doing mine, first with a remap but not sure about long term implications on the components with higher BHP.
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Get it done :) The engine will be fine on a stage 1. Just make sure it's warmed up before any hard acceleration.

The thing likely to go before it should is the clutch but this depends on how the car has been driven previously, I've only known a few on the T5 start to slip but they're all on well over 100k miles.

Anymore power I'd seriously consider the block mod, plus you'll be needing an exhaust and intercooler for that anyway :)
 
Funky-Melon said:
Get it done :) The engine will be fine on a stage 1. Just make sure it's warmed up before any hard acceleration.

The thing likely to go before it should is the clutch but this depends on how the car has been driven previously, I've only known a few on the T5 start to slip but they're all on well over 100k miles.

Anymore power I'd seriously consider the block mod, plus you'll be needing an exhaust and intercooler for that anyway :)
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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?
 
Raymond Lin said:
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?
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Not 100% sure how different the workings of the volvo boxes are compared to VAG DSGs, but you can get remaps for the auto boxes and cap the torque.
 
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