What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Post by **ZionXIX** » 15 Mar 2019, 13:08

abscate wrote: ↑15 Mar 2019, 11:54 Zion, those gaps look fat? For a turbo, get them to O.O28 inches

Are they not calibrated from the factory?

Post by **abscate** » 15 Mar 2019, 13:12

They are made for multiple cars so you need to bring them to spec for your car. The lore here is turbos like to be run with smaller gap! And 0.028 seems the bit the favourite

Post by **Rattnalle** » 15 Mar 2019, 14:16

I'd you buy the right plugs they shouldn't need messing with. But checking never hurts.

Post by **abscate** » 16 Mar 2019, 09:51

Travel tip...don’t fly out of MCO ON Saturday before school break week

June...come save me and drive me home to NY with a sneeR stop on NC

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 16 Mar 2019, 18:47

abscate wrote: ↑16 Mar 2019, 09:51 Travel tip...don’t fly out of MCO ON Saturday before school break week

June...come save me and drive me home to NY with a sneeR stop on NC

Once the tune is ready neither of you will even be able to see me

brunocerous · Post by **brunocerous** » 16 Mar 2019, 18:54

Finally got around to installing OE load bars on the '00 V70 roof rails that I picked up off CL a couple of years ago, before I had a car with rails. All I needed was a T30 tamperproof Torx bit.

I also harvested the rear pillar speakers out of the '99 XC, which I think I will end up using as a parts car. The speaker "covers" were dummies with no actual holes for sound to exist, and they covered empty spaces in the pillars. Now I have real surround sound. Ha!

: 1999 V70 load bars

: Rear pillar speakers V70

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 17 Mar 2019, 08:22

brunocerous wrote: ↑16 Mar 2019, 18:54 Finally got around to installing OE load bars on the '00 V70 roof rails that I picked up off CL a couple of years ago, before I had a car with rails. All I needed was a T30 tamperproof Torx bit.

I also harvested the rear pillar speakers out of the '99 XC, which I think I will end up using as a parts car. The speaker "covers" were dummies with no actual holes for sound to exist, and they covered empty spaces in the pillars. Now I have real surround sound. Ha!

IMG_1570.JPG

IMG_1568.JPG

The base models never came with those d-pillar speakers? I never knew that. I figured they all had those!

Post by **Rattnalle** » 17 Mar 2019, 08:47

I've always disconnected the rear speakers since I don't like having treble come from behind like that. I prefer the sound stage up front.

WhatAmIDoing · Post by **WhatAmIDoing** » 17 Mar 2019, 11:26

Just got home from a 1000 mile road trip. Had some interesting moments. Namely, I stopped to fuel up, popped the fuel door, but instead of the fuel door opening, all of the doors locked (with key in the ignition and chime sounding). Unfortunately, I did not realize this until after I closed my door. Had to wait 15 minutes for a tow company to come and unlock it. Watching them work really makes you feel uneasy about how easy it is to break into your car.

To make up for that blunder, got 28mpg after 300 miles of mountain driving.

Then on the last 200 miles home, nailed the biggest pothole I've ever seen (was hidden by a crest and couldn't swerve around it). Now have an exhaust leak wear the exhaust meets the turbo. Not bad enough to make the car run like crap, but bad enough to cause a rough idle and the sound is deafening.

brunocerous · Post by **brunocerous** » 17 Mar 2019, 15:42

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 08:22
brunocerous wrote: ↑16 Mar 2019, 18:54 Finally got around to installing OE load bars on the '00 V70 roof rails that I picked up off CL a couple of years ago, before I had a car with rails. All I needed was a T30 tamperproof Torx bit.

I also harvested the rear pillar speakers out of the '99 XC, which I think I will end up using as a parts car. The speaker "covers" were dummies with no actual holes for sound to exist, and they covered empty spaces in the pillars. Now I have real surround sound. Ha!

IMG_1570.JPG

IMG_1568.JPG
The base models never came with those d-pillar speakers? I never knew that. I figured they all had those!

This '00 V70 base seems to have a few corners cut. One of the first things I noticed was that the rear hatch doesn't have a release lever on the inside, which makes me want to swap the tailgate from the '99 XC.

Yesterday, I also added the Yakima cargo box from our "family van" (a '99 VW EuroVan my brother just installed new timing chains on!) which did not elicit the oohs and ahhs I was expecting from the kids. It took some trial and error to get it far enough forward so that the tailgate doesn't bump it.

: 2000 Volvo V70 with Yakima Skybox

What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Re: What did you do to your Volvo today? (now Sticky!!)