My New Tank
Well I know its not an MG, but as you may have seen FE54 is now at its new home (Damn you lack of money! I miss that car!!) so here is her replacement:
http://www.samdenton.co.uk/images/T763/one.jpg http://www.samdenton.co.uk/images/T763/two.jpg http://www.samdenton.co.uk/images/T763/three.jpg http://www.samdenton.co.uk/images/T763/four.jpg She comes to me with 95Bhp, a *lot* of battle scars on her body, no gas struts in the boot, no wheel centre caps, sagging head lining (but only on the lower lid of the sunroof) and various other issues! But, she was a damn good deal! She is a 1.9D (Turbo Diesel) S40 Returning around 50mpg So far I have done the following:
The "To Do" list:
A note: This car was purchased to SAVE me money, so far I have spent a huge £5 fixing the issues or modifying her (including the cost of the springs) and anything else I do will be either free, or damn cheap if I can help it. In fact if anyone has some wheel centres that will fit and they would like to donate then I would happily take them off your hands ;) lol |
Good looking motor, loved my 440 Turbo, that was a rusty old sleeper that surprised a few!!
Wonder what the tuning box would release??? :clap::clap::clap: |
Looks a decent car and should tidy up nicely. A mate bought one a few years back for the same reason, cost him £400 and lasted a good couple of years with minimal maintenance costs before the slush box gave up.
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The tuning box, on this model, takes it from 95 to 130bhp... but if I were to do other mods and then remap its possible to see in excess of 160bhp apparently... not that I will be spending that much money on this car! Quote:
The EGR valve... If I blank it off apparently it gives 10 mpg extra, increased power and torque, decreased engine wear, reduced smoke (even though this doesn't smoke at all) and is better all round for the car. BUT at the expense of a bit more pollution out the exhaust (although not enough to fail an MOT) - A blank off plate can't be that expensive surely? |
Looking on eBay, about £4! You may even be able to fabricate one for less.
Worth checking the Volvo forums though as a quick squizz shows that blanking it off can cause the ECU to throw a wobbly on some models. |
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IIRC the models that throw a wobbly are the ones with DPF's fitted... Which mine does not have (so all good there!) |
Worth a go then and looks simple enough to drop it out for MOT time if the emissions are a problem
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