Volvo 480 Club Europe

I've recently had a re-conditioned box put in Just slowly working it in and today was the first jaunt to the motorway. 80mph is now achieved at around 500revs lower than before. 3000rpm = 72mph in 5th. The box that came off had a renault badge stamped on it (urgh) - while it was the same casing - co...

Subtle little things is the way forwards with these cars Subtle little things over a long time will have her looking so stupidly sweet that everyone who sits in your car will be impressed. To start - fix up the cloth interior with some replacements from another 480 (or get them re-trimmed/covered). ...

Hmm - hug the ground

Koni do the red and the yellow shocks for the 480 don't they?
Apart from the adjuster - is there any difference?

forgive my ignorance and my curiosity - but are those 14" or 15" alloys?

engine not revving above 4k? sounds like the ECU is in a "back-up" mode. No experience on the ECUs for the 480s yet - but plenty on others! Often they have a "limp-home" mode or a "back-up" mode which it resorts to if its got problems with any sensors - the back up mode will replace the information ...

That's the one that keeps going missing on mine too mate... what is it about that side of the boot??

I had this a few days then we worked out there was no fluid no fluid--- bet that was fun :) If brakes are squeaking and errent rodents are not to blame then you must ask yourself why you do not keep a family of small furry things within your nice warm engine bay - its a charitable act that I encour...

lol - nah just to salvage - hopefully safer than suicide

SMS'd ya mate - you be welcome to take them off me hands!
In reading at mo

Will be round brum nxt w/end - yo ucan pick em up then if ya like

Like the pheonix from the ashes - let her rise from the dusT!

Any peeps got some callipers for the vented-type front discs floating around?
Can fix up any seal leaks etc. so no worries bout that.

Otherwise its to the scrapyard for me.

Got two front drive shafts loitering around my house and will be happy to see them off to a worthy cause. They be for a manual car and have the tubular rather than solid LH D.shaft (don't know it this makes any difference) the rubber boots are all in good nick and the CVs + spider joint on RH D.shaf...

Only heard about this on news today...

so thats a load of my mates dad's who are out of a job then

They still make Landies at longbridge? or have they shipped that out of the sinking ship?

With the cat still in place - you've no worries with loosing exhaust pressure! :) If going for the old retro american muscle look - then you must shove a look at some of the old 4-4-2 muscle cars (4 speed manual, 4 carburettors (for v8) and two exhaust pipes. Now ignoring the fact we have a 5speed.....

Grab some ducting, a drill, a solenoid and the air-filter housing from a 1.7 carburetor 340... The airfilter from the 340 has an air duct on the front (which pulls off) with a flap that switches between air from front of car and warmed-up air from crankcase for cold starting. Originally thermostat-c...

@Sophie:: Hmm - - those 360s where fun to handbrake huh? I've been close to semi-pro rallying and I've driven many works cars including the Mitsu EVO V group-N spec <<Gaaaaa!!!>> and the old MkII Escort Cossie 2000s All great fun Then I found a man who had a 360 with a hydraulic hand brake, the safe...

Why ovlov only popped in a diddy turbo to the orig spec. They produced a rare thing - a turbo car with virtually no lag... magic! In the quest for more boost /and/ less lag:: I think there are people who provide a pressure resevoir and some fancy valve things that store up exhaust gas pressure and t...

If you're just after the clamp for the steering column to subframe - which will have rotted to shit on /everyones/ 480 - then they're shouldn't be a difference between you're current and donor car (I stole mine off my dad's 440Si before it went to the scrappy in the sky coz he'd had a new one fitted...

Would be interesting to know in which part of the Netherlands your uncle is living as 98% of our country has 'cable television' on which both BBC 1 and 2 are aired. Unfortunately channel 5 is not included so we have to miss out on the latest episodes of 5th gear with Tiff, VBH & Jason. 5th gear is ...

Getting a V50 2.0D as a courtesy car while my 480 was in for service... Playing all day with the all the pretty buttons, the the rediculous amounts of torque - more buttons - all 6 of the forward gears - the buttons for climate control - remembering where the key goes - the beautiful computer centre...

A nitro-powered race-spec motorbike... it was the "safety" vehicle for the Shell Eco Marathon my school entered )
hmm...

I liked the little red button that said "Do Not Push!" around it.