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Post by martinholmesuk » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:22 pm

Joolz, Might have a Volvo badge on your car but the engine is not a Volvo engine. It's a Renault engine and his put it in a Renault.

so maybe you should join the renault engine owners club :D

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Post by stu chacks » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:46 pm

martinholmesuk wrote: maybe you should join the renault engine owners club :D

This was the closest match I could find Mart, and it doesn't look all that appealing..... :lol:

http://www.renaultownersclub.org/discus ... 1153307244

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Post by Brasco » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:40 am

martinholmesuk wrote:Joolz, Might have a Volvo badge on your car but the engine is not a Volvo engine. It's a Renault engine and his put it in a Renault.

so maybe you should join the renault engine owners club :D
Hang on, I'm pretty sure there's a fair bit of Volvo engineering that's gone in on it.

It was also a diesel engine originally you know! Doesn't mean you should try sticking diesel in it :? :lol:
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:43 am

stu chacks wrote:
This was the closest match I could find Mart, and it doesn't look all that appealing..... :lol:

http://www.renaultownersclub.org/discus ... 1153307244

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Post by Joolz » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:48 am

Aye Stu..which is why I'll still be here moaning and puttiing my tuppenth happeny in for a while yet :lol:

Mart....after almost 10 years of 480 driving I can assure you I do know its a renault engine ;)
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Post by martinholmesuk » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:19 pm

Good stuff Joolz glad you know what your driving ;) :D

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Post by dave » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:48 pm

stu chacks wrote:
martinholmesuk wrote: maybe you should join the renault engine owners club :D

This was the closest match I could find Mart, and it doesn't look all that appealing..... :lol:

http://www.renaultownersclub.org/discus ... 1153307244

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Post by 2127 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:24 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:Joolz, Might have a Volvo badge on your car but the engine is not a Volvo engine. It's a Renault engine and his put it in a Renault.

so maybe you should join the renault engine owners club :D
And Porsche had something to say in it as well... aside from the chassis part of things, where Lotus was fair enough to give some (well earned) advise.

All in all... it's a Volvo! ;)
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Post by dave » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:06 pm

What did Porsche do to the engine? Fueling part??
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Post by robin_xr4i » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:34 am

dave wrote:What did Porsche do to the engine?
Probably about as much as they did to the Seat Ibiza 1.5, basically bugger all :lol:
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Post by Big Brother » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:43 am

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dave wrote:What did Porsche do to the engine?
Probably about as much as they did to the Seat Ibiza 1.5, basically bugger all :lol:
I thought they did the suspension
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Post by guitarcarfanatic » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:46 am

I was under the impression they reworked the manifold and upped the power quite considerably!
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Post by Brasco » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:12 pm

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robin_xr4i wrote:
dave wrote:What did Porsche do to the engine?
Probably about as much as they did to the Seat Ibiza 1.5, basically bugger all :lol:
I thought they did the suspension
No, Lotus are supposed to have been involved with the suspension (although I haven't seen any proof, and the suspension doesn't use and Lotus parts I'm aware of).

Porsche wrote the engine management system (which then got edited by Volvo).
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:31 pm

The suspension was worked on by Lotus.

Not quite sure what Porsche done-i get the impression that it was just general tweaking rather than anything specific...

Found this article though, here. Made some interesting reading...a 480 16v eh?
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Post by Joolz » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:06 pm

:shock: where are these prototypes.......anyone know?

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Post by stu chacks » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:14 pm


Bagsy the supercharged prototype then. :)

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Post by Brasco » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:02 pm

Dan the 480 Man wrote:Found this article though, here. Made some interesting reading...a 480 16v eh?
Hehehe, I wrote some of that, so it's mostly bollocks probably! :lol:
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:37 pm

Brasco wrote:
Dan the 480 Man wrote:Found this article though, here. Made some interesting reading...a 480 16v eh?
Hehehe, I wrote some of that, so it's mostly bollocks probably! :lol:
Cool! How come?
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Post by Brasco » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:02 pm

Dan the 480 Man wrote:
Brasco wrote:
Dan the 480 Man wrote:Found this article though, here. Made some interesting reading...a 480 16v eh?
Hehehe, I wrote some of that, so it's mostly bollocks probably! :lol:
Cool! How come?
Unless the subject has been locked, you can edit it. I fact I've just edited it again... someone had the audacity to label it a 3 door hatchback...

It's a bloody coupe! :angry: That's the problem with Wikipedia, any old person with an axe to grind can put in... see the end of the article :lol:
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Post by Joolz » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:49 pm

:rofl: you are so cruel! :rofl:
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