940 16 valve
Member
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2005
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
Specs list: (Updated 2023)
2006 B5254T2 - stock
Mitsu 16T turbo
Motronic 4.4 modified to run COP (Thanks to VAST tuning for that!)
BMW 6 speed (GS6-37DZ)
BMW LSD 2.93 ratio with homebrew subframe in the works
Ebay intercooler (It says JDM on top for extra points)
Koni's all around, Eibachs 250lb front springs with short struts, 11" 275lb coils in back.
Some history is in my old thread... http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=243308
I've had a lot of fun, and learned a lot turbocharging my beloved 940. I've lurked a long time on the site and learned a lot here. 3 years ago I moved back home after finishing school, started a practice, bought a house. Now I have a space to work on my projects!
This is probably the best pic I have of the space. After me and a buddy picked up a tire machine.
I purchased a 89' 760 with the intention of taking the doors which were in better shape for my 940. Then I started dreaming about swapping the IRS, but I also really like the updated dash of the 760, the long hood. The more I thought about it the 760 was in better shape too.
As much as I love my 940, with the turbo and the T5 transmission it's a blast to drive, but it's just not refined. About 15 years ago I convinced my brother to buy a 98' S70T5SE, and I just fell in love with the whiteblock. For a long time I would lurk on threads with RWD swaps. I'm finally at a spot where I have the space, and enough skills and tools to take on the more ambitious projects I've been itching to do.
I followed closely threads like Narancs, and yellow t5R, thefullbanana, Canuck, and Lloyddobler in their respective builds..
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=277359
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=192209
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=284730
http://www.calgaryvolvoclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2227&start=585
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=304073
As well as finding myself reading ever more swedish content through google translate...
I started getting serious about it last winter, and I picked up what I thought was a low mile 2006 B5254T from a crashed XC70. The oil change sticker read about 140xxxkm, but I realized after pulling it and looking back that the car had been imported from the usa. So not the low mileage I was going for, but probably fine for me to get started. The motor sat for the better part of year while I got distracted by other things.
Starting a few months ago I got more serious about collecting parts.
Rather than shorten a pan (which Canuck very graciously offered to help me shorten) I ended up buying Lloyddobler's second one. Lucky for me he had welded up 2 of them! So the original sits on bottom, with the welded one on top for comparison.
Got the engine on a stand.
Flipped it, pulled the pan, and test fitted the oil pickup and engine mounts. At this point it had been nearly a year since a 960 had showed up at the yard, and 2manyturbos came through and hooked me up with some mounts so I could get to fitting.
(My grandpa's antique tool collection the he gifted me in the background)
Pickup too long!
Used metal plated to allow for all 4 bolts to fit
Mildly clogged pcv
Cleaning pan of metal shavings from when it was resurfaced. Doesn't seem to leak!
Not all holes were present on this block. I was missing one for bolting in the middle of the pan, and one that holds a support for the oil pickup tube. Had to drill them, and then tap to M7x1 (apparently a very hard tap size to find indeed!) Had to get it off ebay.
Also had to track down a few oil pan bolts that the 960 pan used, which were not present on the s60 pan which I had bolts from. There is a single bolt that is M7 by I think it was 80mm, where the 4 at the back are 100mm and just won't quite work.
Keeping shaving out of the engine
Ready to be tapped
Tack welded oil pickup
Nearly there
And soldering some resistors per Aaron's helpful instructions from vast
http://vasttuning.com/product/cop-bin-and-ecu-modification-instructions/
2006 B5254T2 - stock
Mitsu 16T turbo
Motronic 4.4 modified to run COP (Thanks to VAST tuning for that!)
BMW 6 speed (GS6-37DZ)
BMW LSD 2.93 ratio with homebrew subframe in the works
Ebay intercooler (It says JDM on top for extra points)
Koni's all around, Eibachs 250lb front springs with short struts, 11" 275lb coils in back.
Some history is in my old thread... http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=243308
I've had a lot of fun, and learned a lot turbocharging my beloved 940. I've lurked a long time on the site and learned a lot here. 3 years ago I moved back home after finishing school, started a practice, bought a house. Now I have a space to work on my projects!
This is probably the best pic I have of the space. After me and a buddy picked up a tire machine.
I purchased a 89' 760 with the intention of taking the doors which were in better shape for my 940. Then I started dreaming about swapping the IRS, but I also really like the updated dash of the 760, the long hood. The more I thought about it the 760 was in better shape too.
As much as I love my 940, with the turbo and the T5 transmission it's a blast to drive, but it's just not refined. About 15 years ago I convinced my brother to buy a 98' S70T5SE, and I just fell in love with the whiteblock. For a long time I would lurk on threads with RWD swaps. I'm finally at a spot where I have the space, and enough skills and tools to take on the more ambitious projects I've been itching to do.
I followed closely threads like Narancs, and yellow t5R, thefullbanana, Canuck, and Lloyddobler in their respective builds..
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=277359
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=192209
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=284730
http://www.calgaryvolvoclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2227&start=585
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=304073
As well as finding myself reading ever more swedish content through google translate...
I started getting serious about it last winter, and I picked up what I thought was a low mile 2006 B5254T from a crashed XC70. The oil change sticker read about 140xxxkm, but I realized after pulling it and looking back that the car had been imported from the usa. So not the low mileage I was going for, but probably fine for me to get started. The motor sat for the better part of year while I got distracted by other things.
Starting a few months ago I got more serious about collecting parts.
Rather than shorten a pan (which Canuck very graciously offered to help me shorten) I ended up buying Lloyddobler's second one. Lucky for me he had welded up 2 of them! So the original sits on bottom, with the welded one on top for comparison.
Got the engine on a stand.
Flipped it, pulled the pan, and test fitted the oil pickup and engine mounts. At this point it had been nearly a year since a 960 had showed up at the yard, and 2manyturbos came through and hooked me up with some mounts so I could get to fitting.
(My grandpa's antique tool collection the he gifted me in the background)
Pickup too long!
Used metal plated to allow for all 4 bolts to fit
Mildly clogged pcv
Cleaning pan of metal shavings from when it was resurfaced. Doesn't seem to leak!
Not all holes were present on this block. I was missing one for bolting in the middle of the pan, and one that holds a support for the oil pickup tube. Had to drill them, and then tap to M7x1 (apparently a very hard tap size to find indeed!) Had to get it off ebay.
Also had to track down a few oil pan bolts that the 960 pan used, which were not present on the s60 pan which I had bolts from. There is a single bolt that is M7 by I think it was 80mm, where the 4 at the back are 100mm and just won't quite work.
Keeping shaving out of the engine
Ready to be tapped
Tack welded oil pickup
Nearly there
And soldering some resistors per Aaron's helpful instructions from vast
http://vasttuning.com/product/cop-bin-and-ecu-modification-instructions/
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