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right, seems i've been VERY lazy about updating this despite poking my head in to keep up with what's going on on here now and then :|
m-reg, nope, this car came from norfolk, but it was indeed a 940L, L presumable meaning Literally nothing? so, what's happened since my last update, going to shamelessly copy the posts from my thread on volvoforums as there are too many! may 24th Quote:
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since then, more has happened:
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disabled my immobiliser in order to fix the starting issue. seems like the alarm i have couldn't source enough current to trigger the GRP crank signal and the starter solenoid. realised that the noise i thought was the wheel bearing was a totally FUBARed gearbox mount. crossmember wasn't much better : Quote:
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[QUOTE]ok, well i removed the bodge
oks fine from here! looks fine from here! maybe not so :P old and new also patched the worst bits of the crossmember for now, and fitted the new mount, this is what went back in. me attempts at welding the crossmember up are not good, but the metal is very thin and rusty, so i'm not really surprised. it's a lot stronger than it was, and it wasnt showing any signs of this weakness causing problems, so i'm happy, but a new crossmember is still something i'm looking for sooner rather than later. ready to go back in today something else happened. liberated the parts V70 of this... (that's the 940 one above and the one i planned to fit below) it didnt fit though, not really surprising considering it's from a transverse FWD and i'm trying to fit it to a longitudinal RWD. the rads are exactly the same size, but the bottom hose on the 940 rad fouls the cowl on the V70 fan unit. no problem it fits, sort of! not enough space for a fan though :| then i had a brain wave que more hacking this then goes in here to become this
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met up with some friends and ended up being able to take this when i got back, love this photo a lot at the moment!
yep, set of hydras in future i'll try to keep this site as well updated as the other one! hope you all like the updates, and yes, i'm loving D24TIC ownership Richard
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`New` HYDRA 16 rims
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That`s what you did today? Got Hydras? They look great. Proof: I happened to do the same thing TODAY! Just curiosity: How much did you pay for the rims? Last edited by RedArrow; 10-27-2013 at 03:45 PM. Reason: Added photos. |
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not a recent thing, i collected them about two weeks ago now, they're sitting in my room at home as an ornament :P i really want to see how they look on the car, but they might wait until next spring actually - i think i'm going to refurbish them as they're not all mint (one is freshly refurbed, but with a bad spray job, two are good, and the last has some corrosion). they do look great on your car! out of interest, the size difference between them and your dracos is quite clear, are you running undersize tyres on the front/oversize on the rear? Richard
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Here I mention that driving feels much better, handling and stability improved a LOT! Less road-noise and much less `shaky ride` on small bumps where road surface is bad. All my tires on these Hydras are 205/55 R16, front and rear too. I don`t know if it means undersized or oversized but I guess it is oversized front&rear. I guess the car could take 225s without fitment issues, especially on rear. The Hydras are 6.5 wide and Dracos are only 6 so for 225s there might be a wider rim needed? Idk, I`m not an expert at rim&tire upgrades (expensive games those are! ) Info for the 1986 760 Turbodiesel, by factory: Standard tire size: 185/65 HR 15 (This is what I have on the Draco rims btw.) For the 1986 Turbo (petrol) it is 195/60 HR 15. (My Hydras with 205/55r16 -s came off a 1990 740.) Also, Volvo 850 `s have those `swirl-type` rims (16) that fit on 7xx Volvos no problem (5*108 pattern). I think they look good on wagons. See the blue 760 to decide! Source: http://www.automobile-catalog.com/ti...bo_diesel.html Last edited by RedArrow; 10-28-2013 at 03:44 PM. Reason: Added photos |
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i have to agree with everything you've said, and i can't wait to see mine on them either, but i'm going to force myself to! i have winter steelies anyway, so they'll be going on soon as i have a funny feeling we're going to have a very short autumn in England this year and go straight to winter very soon!
got to agree with the comment about the 'shape' of the wheel too, IMO hydras and the other one i can't remember the name of suit the shape of the early 700s best, while the galaxies and polaris look best on the later 900 series cars (that said i very nearly bought a set of galaxies this summer :P) FYI: 205/55/R16 is the correct standard size for R16 on a 700 series, with either 195/60/R15 on alloys or 185/65/R15 on steels being the standard on R15s (i think). mine had 185 15s on the steelies when i first got it, but currently sits on 195/60/R15 on the Omegas that it's on at the moment. to my knowledge this is the correct sizings, and my speedo reads correct up to about 90MPH so I don't doubt this. i'm sure you could get maybe a 225 width on a 16x6.5, but obviously you'd have to go down to maybe a 50 or a 45 profile to keep the rolling radius correct. in theory i don't think there would be any clearance issues with this either i do quite like the 850 t5 alloys (can't remember the name at the moment), and am thinking of trying to find a set for my mom's V70 maybe, but they would need spacers to correct the offset on a 700. still very chuffed with my finding these hydras though what's the colour on that 760, it's really lovely! Richard
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