Volvo 480 Club Europe

Gather round kids and grab your popcorn for a story of 'not high enough oil pressure' based woe! SO. after spending £50 on some fancy drill bits to remove the 16/21 remaining buggered torx bits bolding the sump on (for anyone interested Milwaukee's new shockwave impact drill bits are fantastic) I wa...

unfortunately, when I was speaking to the gentleman via email they're limiting it to one set per person!

Thanks again all. Right.... If Jeff wanted the gauges for stock and a worthwhile sounding project, and Alan doesn't want the gauges in Nora, then the simplest seems to be if I take Alan up on his offer of returning them to me. They were my last spare set and yes, I did leave the storage cubby (or "...

Hi Folks, I - think - I have about 3 sets of mudflaps.... in mostly good condition but with their mounting tabs in varying condition and probably requiring a little engineering when fixing I do have a full set of all door mouldings off a GT, would need to check the condition, however - can't remembe...

99% sure I have one built into my take off plate! from memory anyway, would need to take it off and check

New oil pump arrived today! the new pump comes with an uprated governer spring to increase the oil pressure, at the moment as I have fitted a Mocal 13 row oil cooler rad out the front of the coolant rad the increased oil capacity had an adverse effect on oil pressure, the OEM gauge on idle reads jus...

Shame it didn't just pop on! I was sure the car it came off of had a standard CAT up front, but was maybe a 'home brew' CAT arrangement... my mistake, but at least its on!

Looking forward to hearing it!

you never know, i MIGHT still have an old V5... probably not but i'll see what i can dig up!

O dear, VFC is actually an S despite the colour. We have just established that dcwalker's Nilani sits very neatly in the expected position on the Celebration register - he's pleased she isn't another oddity, and I'm pleased to have another snippet of information. win-win on that one Those are defin...

Not much of an update! but heads off - now away to get a strip, clean skim and re-assembly with new seals before back on with an MLS headgasket! Next job once my new drill bits get here, drill the head off of 90% of the torx sump bolts because some absolute chocolate decided they'd put the sump on w...

unfortunately most of the mechanical improvements will be reliability based not power based! BUT hoping to spend some time on making the engine bay itself a nicer tidier place to look at with moving some cabling and plumbing about!

A wee update on the 'Williams' 480! Dug it out the garage at home the other week so that over winter I can set too with some repairs/improvements and tweaks to amend some teething issues that arose after the engine conversion! It's sat in the garage for over 12 months so safe to say I'm looking forw...

In fairness, those tyres are only circa £10 a corner cheaper than the likes of a Uniroyal or equivalent (regardless of if the tyres are the wrong size) At the money its at when you compare it to ~most~ 480s that come up for sale around the £1000-1200 mark these cars tend to be up the length of 100k ...

So, New number plates were an idea.... Look carefully, as one set below is illegal! :shock: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RySg-P2Fbe7eoP2eT9vY3E3mi5EaIcC-DNV5PsvpaXLTnwZmOm-V1jRiyLL1UWJXMNylmoUeCWw8KJBJM5qfkn95KAoNOgCY0APVCpx6gc68b6SH-PYtRRM-ermity_tPMLhjeK-X-tz6nVk1Bxa9apxjBDFDmJH4AScIB5-kQswZ...

Hi there folks, In light of the recent good news announced by Geoffrey Hespel regarding the reproduction of rear light lenses: I’ve spoken to Geoffrey and he’s given me permission to offer my services to any members (preferably UK only to keep things simple but will play it by ear come time) who may...

OK if no other offers i will measure up the flywheel that I have, note that mine is a two litre, and so before I spend a load of time trying to help you I'll wait until confirm if there are two or three types!! but if I do measure then the data will be there for others? I'm away next week so hope n...

i think the best experiment would be to buy a very cheap clutch and try it onto a 480 flywheel - i'm unsure! or speak VERY nicely to your local parts supplier and they might let you try it for fit I have spare flywheel here if you don't want to strip an engine :wink: or it could be measured with th...

i think the best experiment would be to buy a very cheap clutch and try it onto a 480 flywheel - i'm unsure!

Fantastic News!

put me down for a set (excluding centre section) when the time comes and you hear more!

Based on this post I'm led to believe that the Helix upgraded clutch (Helix 30-4203) for the Renault Clio II would work for our little 480 Turbo wedge. Has anyone looked into this or tried it? https://www.demon-tweeks.com/us/helix-sporting-uprated-clutch-kit-organic-hlx30-4203/ I think you are righ...