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[Pedro Fandango]

Hi all,

just thought i hadn't posted on here about the latest mods poor BT has had to endure. For several years she had quite an oil leak & was told my a couple of independants that they thought it was coming the turbo, so BT had her own "self cleaning oil system" for quite a while whilst i just topped up the oil instead of being bothered to sort the turbo out. Luckily Russ of RT mechanics posted up an advert offering his un-used 19t for sale, the credit car came out & was promptly on my door step. HLM done me a very good price on a Ferrita 3" downpipe to match it but unfortunatly i couldn't just stop there. While the turbo was being changed i thought it would be such a shame not to change the exhaust manifold at the same time, Simon (Rufe) at FRF sorted me out a very good price for that, but that still wasn't enough. Knowing the best exhaust for a turbo is not having one i found the perfect thing on ebay, a QTP exhaust cut-off, a motor operated butterfly valve which basically bypasses the rest of the exhaust. This had to be imported from America, i did the cutting of the downpipe myself but Powerflow kindly welded it all together for me (even tho they didn't know what the hell it was lol). I managed to convince my local Volvo dealer that all the parts would fit easily & they undertook the job of fitting it, which they did at a very good price & even cleaned her for me (poor blkoes). Finally on my quest to not have a remap i brought an Apexi Neo fuel computer, this nice little electric box manipulates the MAF signal to the ecu fooling it into add/reducing fuel, just need an AFR now so i can set it up correctly


all nice & shiny, just waiting to bbe fitted


while BT was up on the ramps at Powerflow having her exhaust finished off i thought i'd take a pic from underneath. We can see the motorized butterfly valve & all the oil under there lol


with the valve hanging slightly lower than planned ground clearance has been reduced a bit, but still hasn't any trouble with speed bumps or curbs


with both the Apexi AVC-R & the Apexi Neo now fiitted there is no-end of stuff i can monitor

so how does it drive, well because i haven't got an AFR so can't use the Neo i decided to turn the AVC-R off & run boost at the actuator setting which turned out to be 0.65-0.70 bar, & she already feels ALOT faster. Boost isn't so aggresive (so no wheelspin) then it just keeps adding more & more power

thanks for looking Duane

[irf]

must sound mental!!

whats the neo?

[Mongo]

irf, on Apr 19 2008, 10:40 AM, said:

must sound mental!!

whats the neo?

Hes the big bloke in the Matrix,are we really here?


Mongo.

[Cassis R]

Nice work Duane, make sure you get it all sorted before letting her rip,
You should've asked i have one of those ex manifolds on my R engine outside, too late now,

Powerflow needs to sort out those welds, my nipper could do better with his eyes shut,

Gary.

[Pedro Fandango]

irf, on Apr 19 2008, 10:40 AM, said:

must sound mental!!

whats the neo?

i haven't wired the exhaust cut-off up yet, but it will be done before Avon

the Neo adjusts the signal voltage from the MAF sensor to the ecu, if you need more fuel for example you programme the Neo to add 20% more voltage than the true voltage signal from the MAF, so the ecu thinks more air is going in than there actually is & increases the injector rate to add more fuel

[Pedro Fandango]

Cassis R, on Apr 19 2008, 12:26 PM, said:

Nice work Duane, make sure you get it all sorted before letting her rip,
You should've asked i have one of those ex manifolds on my R engine outside, too late now,

Powerflow needs to sort out those welds, my nipper could do better with his eyes shut

cheers mate, i've given it a few blasts already & all seems to be well. But i'm getting her dyno'd soon & can check everything then

your not the first to point out the naff welding, but its not blowing & the valve hasn't fallen off et so i'm happy lol. Its an S60R manifold i've got, is it the same as your one?

[irf]

ahh like the apexi safc then?

PMSL@mongo

[Pedro Fandango]

irf, on Apr 19 2008, 02:28 PM, said:

ahh like the apexi safc then?

yeh i think its the newer version of that

[philv70]

Does that mean i'll hear you in Foleshill when you start it?

[Pedro Fandango]

philv70, on Apr 19 2008, 03:10 PM, said:

Does that mean i'll hear you in Foleshill when you start it?

quite possibly mate lol. I had to pick her up from Volvo with just the downpipe & that was loud enough, with the valve open it should be even louder please it'll bypass the cat as well

[Cassis R]

Pedro Fandango, on Apr 19 2008, 02:27 PM, said:

cheers mate, i've given it a few blasts already & all seems to be well. But i'm getting her dyno'd soon & can check everything then

your not the first to point out the naff welding, but its not blowing & the valve hasn't fallen off et so i'm happy lol. Its an S60R manifold i've got, is it the same as your one?

Sorry mate my bad i had the later T5 ehaust manifold, sorry mate too many things on my mind lol,

Gary.

[MissDMeanor]

I've said it before (many times) and I'll say it again (many times) - Pedro you are a tart

Where's your stereo?

[Callyuk]

and how is jules meant to put her makeup in that glove box lol

[Pedro Fandango]

Cassis R, on Apr 19 2008, 03:56 PM, said:

Sorry mate my bad i had the later T5 ehaust manifold, sorry mate too many things on my mind lol

no problems mate, i didn't know the later T-5 had a different manifold anyway tbh

[Pedro Fandango]

MissDMeanor, on Apr 19 2008, 03:58 PM, said:

I've said it before (many times) and I'll say it again (many times) - Pedro you are a tart

why thank you

Quote

Where's your stereo?

stereo weighs to much, & i've just thought i can always open up the exhaust valve to drown out anybody who sings

[Pedro Fandango]

Callyuk, on Apr 19 2008, 04:45 PM, said:

and how is jules meant to put her makeup in that glove box lol

i've still got the door pockets & centre armrest for storage (well would if they weren't full of spare switches, screws & other bits & bobs lol)

[MissDMeanor]

Pedro Fandango, on Apr 19 2008, 04:55 PM, said:

i've still got the door pockets & centre armrest for storage (well would if they weren't full of spare switches, screws & other bits & bobs lol)

Enough room for a stereo and my mascara then

Edited by MissDMeanor, 19 April 2008 - 15:59 .

[Pedro Fandango]

MissDMeanor, on Apr 19 2008, 04:57 PM, said:

Enough room for a stereo and my mascara then

there might be enough room for them, i've lost my second pair of sunglasses so i've got some room in the door pocket lol

[MissDMeanor]

Pedro Fandango, on Apr 19 2008, 05:22 PM, said:

there might be enough room for them, i've lost my second pair of sunglasses so i've got some room in the door pocket lol

Are you insinuating something Pedro?

[Pedro Fandango]

MissDMeanor, on Apr 19 2008, 05:26 PM, said:

thats um lol