Hello brains trust, I was wondering if you might be able to help.

I have a bit of an issue. The car has been sitting idle for some time as I have been away from work and then removed dash only to find that the donor dash that I had sourced had a 95 wiring loom which was not compatible with my 96R ...

Doh!! So much for that idea. No chance in hell I will find a wreck for a 99 R just lying about.

Thanks for your input anyway guys.

Hi Guys

Im currently looking for a used 18t turbo to dump into my 850 R. Does anyone know if the 98-99 V70/S70 T5 had the 18t as standard or whether this was only offered in the V70 R? The idea is to get one cheap from a scrap yard and replace the internals.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Here is the reason you dont let your brother dirve your T5R.

Before

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Hi Guys,

The manual trans on my 850R is making some horrible grrrring noises at low revs and have the funny feeling that is is on its way out.

The upside is that I have a wreck of a Yellow T5R that I have been stealing parts from. My question is are the transmissions on each readily ...

Not to seem greedy but I have 2.
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Thanks Lee

I figured that out after tracing the wiring my main issue now is trying to find the constant and switched 12v. I had a bit of a bash with a multimeter and the two wires that are green with a brown stripe that go into the back of the head unit seem to carry a constant 12v while the ...

Ok so I am in the process of wiring in a new head unit but am a bit stumped as to how Im going to get around the factory amp. The new head unit has a built in amp so I was thinking I may as well just bypass the factory amp and wire straight into the the existing speaker wires. My probelm is that I ...

Good stuff.
Thought I may have a leak somewhere. Checked all of the intercooler hoses and the line to the guage but couldn't see anything overtly wrong. You've just saved me ripping everything to pieces looking for a hole/crack that that doesn't exist.

Right so I have just started on a new project, an 850 R manual estate bit beat up on the outside but seems to be running pretty good for the age.
I noticed when first driving it home that the factory boost gauge was sitting pretty far into the vacuum section on normal idle and didn't boost much ...