RZ Design turbo install on S60R

RyeZ · Post by **RyeZ** » 20 Feb 2013, 15:44

As many of you may know from Fast Friday #30, RZ Design has been developing a big turbo kit for all P80 and P2 turbo 5 cyl Volvos! This last weekend, we took delivery of a customer's 2007 S60R GT to test fit the very first production kit. The following is a photo log of the install and tuning that will be completed by the end of this week:

The full RZ Design R32 kit on the table in our office:

The RZ Design R32 turbo:

Another angle of the R32 turbo:

Talking with the customer:

Engine bay before install:

The stock K24 coming out:

R32 on left, K24 on right:

Post by **matthew1** » 20 Feb 2013, 16:47

Outstanding, Rye. What are your or his plans to tune it now that it's on the R? Benchmark, fiddle, benchmark, repeat?

RyeZ · Post by **RyeZ** » 26 Feb 2013, 00:23

The R32 turbo is now on the S60R! Everything went together as planned, and the over the engine pipe and downpipe turned out beautifully!

The car is now in the hands of Rob "Lucky" at ARD for tuning. He will basically be doing what you mentioned Matt, but with a fair bit of calculation involved as well. For the most part, the process goes something like this:

Calculate the estimated changes that need to be made to the ECU mapping. Modify ECU mapping and flash the ECU. Data log the car. Use the information from data logging to run more calculations for a more refined estimate. Apply changes to the ECU and re-flash. Data log the car again. And the process repeats until the desired results are obtained. This needs to be done for boost control, fuel mapping, and ignition timing. Of course Lucky would be able to explain in more depth how the process works, but this should give you a rough idea.

RyeZ · Post by **RyeZ** » 26 Feb 2013, 00:48

Here is one of the photos we had taken by a local photographer, I'll post up more pics once I get a chance to resize them!

RyeZ · Post by **RyeZ** » 27 Feb 2013, 01:00

Lucky has been tuning the car the past few days and is putting the final touches on it tomorrow, so I'll have an update for MVS about how fast it feels in the next few days!

Here are some more photos from the install:

Drain tube installed and ready for turbo:

R32 on the bench:

Oil feed line about to go in:

Assembling water line:

R32 going in:

R32 in the car before tightening everything up:

Water line fittings:

Water line installed:

Both water lines and oil feed line installed:

Arriving at the fab shop:

The new OTE (over the engine) pipe: