Hot '98 Volvo C70 photoshoot (PICS)
05-26-2002, 01:20 AM
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Hot '98 Volvo C70 photoshoot (PICS)
Met up with my friend Kai today who has the T04B C70. Mighty impressive car! Aside from the awesome exhaust note and bling wheels, it's putting over 300hp to the ground. And boy does it feel good when the boost rushes in to push you back in the seat.
Side shot:
Angle:
HIDs:
Interior:
You won't find that head unit on the market in the USA.
One more exterior:
The trunk without flash (natural color):
Panels fit over the two openings, concealing everything just right. Quite a well-made setup!
The trunk with flash (better view):
Great work on the C70, Kai! I still can't believe you put all that engine work into a Volvo! After being in that car I have to say I found new respect for Volvos.
Side shot:
Angle:
HIDs:
Interior:
You won't find that head unit on the market in the USA.
One more exterior:
The trunk without flash (natural color):
Panels fit over the two openings, concealing everything just right. Quite a well-made setup!
The trunk with flash (better view):
Great work on the C70, Kai! I still can't believe you put all that engine work into a Volvo!
After being in that car I have to say I found new respect for Volvos.
05-26-2002, 01:43 AM
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What kind of engine mods does he have? Any pics of whats under the hood? That is a hot ass car 
Like you said JRock, I now have a new look at Volvo's. Ive never seen one hooked up before (dropped, rims, system) before. That is PIMP
Like you said JRock, I now have a new look at Volvo's. Ive never seen one hooked up before (dropped, rims, system) before. That is PIMP
05-26-2002, 01:47 AM
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I'm sure he will post his engine mod list soon.
Rondog:
It's actually just a Canon S300 2.1mpixel. The beauty is in the tripod which keeps the shots pretty sharp when I'm not using a flash.
When the pics are full size (1600x1200) you can really see the need for a higher mpixel camera, but when I resize to 800x600 and use one sharpen filter in PaintShopPro, they work out okay.
I got it because I wanted something pocket-sized that would work well for traveling, but still something with a lot of features. It's definitely great if that's your style of camera. If you don't mind a bigger, bulkier camera, get one of those 3 or 4 mpixel ones with the big lens, I'm sure they take much sharper pics, but if you want compact you can't beat the S300.
It also looks so silly to have such a tiny camera on top of my bigass, super-adjustable tripod, but it works well. 
It's almost 3am, time for some sleep.
edit - link to camera review:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canondigitalixus300/
Rondog:
It's actually just a Canon S300 2.1mpixel. The beauty is in the tripod which keeps the shots pretty sharp when I'm not using a flash.
When the pics are full size (1600x1200) you can really see the need for a higher mpixel camera, but when I resize to 800x600 and use one sharpen filter in PaintShopPro, they work out okay.
I got it because I wanted something pocket-sized that would work well for traveling, but still something with a lot of features. It's definitely great if that's your style of camera. If you don't mind a bigger, bulkier camera, get one of those 3 or 4 mpixel ones with the big lens, I'm sure they take much sharper pics, but if you want compact you can't beat the S300.
It also looks so silly to have such a tiny camera on top of my bigass, super-adjustable tripod, but it works well. It's almost 3am, time for some sleep.
edit - link to camera review:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canondigitalixus300/
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05-26-2002, 02:17 AM
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Thanks guys~
Alright, I lied..I haven't gone to bed yet..here's the list.
Engine:
Custom Tuned ECU good for 1.4 bar. T3/T04B Ceramic Ball bearing turbo with AAM custom fitting. Super S Trim Compressor .48 A/R Stage III Turbine. Blitz blow-off valve. Cunningham connecting rods. Ross pistons. Polished crankshaft 3" Mandrel bent downpipe. 3" test pipe for track use. Full 3" piping with 3" straight through Dynomax Ultra Flow muffler. Blitz NUR Spec rear muffler. A'PEXi muffler silencer. A'PEXi AVC-R. Extrude Hone exhaust manifold with 10mm connecting studs. Ported and polished inlet manifold. Camshafts from '98 B5254FS. Engine blueprinted and balanced. 5-angle valve job. 6-pot semi-race clutch, big bore throttle body, custom cold air intake, reroute IC pipe. Dastek Unichip. 440 cc/min RC Engineering fuel injectors, WALBRO fuel pump.
Suspension:
iPd anti-sway bars. Painted Silver OMP strut tower brace. Bilstein shocks. H&R Sport springs. 18X8.5 VOLK Racing Volk III rims on 225/40/18 Bridgestone S-03 for the front, S-02 in the rear (too cheap to throw the old ones away)
Brake:
FRONT- Brembo 4 piston big brake upgrade with: Ferodo front pads, stainless steel brake lines, ATE DOT 4 fluid, 320mm cross-drilled rotors. REAR- PBR/Axxis pads, Brembo cross-drilled &slotted rotors.
Audio:
Alpine MDA-W977J, Brax X2400, Dynaudio X260, X360 crossovers, CHA-S624 Alpine 6 CD-changer, PPI PCX2200, JL 10W7. Monster Cable Caps. Optima Yellow Top battery.
Exterior:
HID 5500K conversion, Carmate Gigalux 85/110W H7 bulbs, E-E-Code headlight lenses, clear corner lenses, clear side turning signals. 35% tint.
Interior:
MOMO DTM shift knob, MOMO pedals. Custom mounted AVC-R @ original coin holder, GReddy EGT & boost gauge mounted in armrest. V70R Aluminum dash kit.
Engine:
Custom Tuned ECU good for 1.4 bar. T3/T04B Ceramic Ball bearing turbo with AAM custom fitting. Super S Trim Compressor .48 A/R Stage III Turbine. Blitz blow-off valve. Cunningham connecting rods. Ross pistons. Polished crankshaft 3" Mandrel bent downpipe. 3" test pipe for track use. Full 3" piping with 3" straight through Dynomax Ultra Flow muffler. Blitz NUR Spec rear muffler. A'PEXi muffler silencer. A'PEXi AVC-R. Extrude Hone exhaust manifold with 10mm connecting studs. Ported and polished inlet manifold. Camshafts from '98 B5254FS. Engine blueprinted and balanced. 5-angle valve job. 6-pot semi-race clutch, big bore throttle body, custom cold air intake, reroute IC pipe. Dastek Unichip. 440 cc/min RC Engineering fuel injectors, WALBRO fuel pump.
Suspension:
iPd anti-sway bars. Painted Silver OMP strut tower brace. Bilstein shocks. H&R Sport springs. 18X8.5 VOLK Racing Volk III rims on 225/40/18 Bridgestone S-03 for the front, S-02 in the rear (too cheap to throw the old ones away)
Brake:
FRONT- Brembo 4 piston big brake upgrade with: Ferodo front pads, stainless steel brake lines, ATE DOT 4 fluid, 320mm cross-drilled rotors. REAR- PBR/Axxis pads, Brembo cross-drilled &slotted rotors.
Audio:
Alpine MDA-W977J, Brax X2400, Dynaudio X260, X360 crossovers, CHA-S624 Alpine 6 CD-changer, PPI PCX2200, JL 10W7. Monster Cable Caps. Optima Yellow Top battery.
Exterior:
HID 5500K conversion, Carmate Gigalux 85/110W H7 bulbs, E-E-Code headlight lenses, clear corner lenses, clear side turning signals. 35% tint.
Interior:
MOMO DTM shift knob, MOMO pedals. Custom mounted AVC-R @ original coin holder, GReddy EGT & boost gauge mounted in armrest. V70R Aluminum dash kit.
05-27-2002, 11:29 AM
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Originally posted by 850EX
Too bad its discontinued
Too bad its discontinued
05-27-2002, 11:20 PM
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Wow he spent a shitload of $$ on that car. 
Very sweet. I didn't know you could do all of that to a Volvo
Talk about a SLEEPER.
Very sweet. I didn't know you could do all of that to a Volvo
Talk about a SLEEPER.
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That is one of the coolest, most stealth, installs I've seen!!!!!
That is one of the coolest, most stealth, installs I've seen!!!!!
05-28-2002, 01:20 PM
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Originally posted by plasfantas
Yes it is too bad but Volvo will be unleashing a c50 soon. Rumors have it a retractable hardtop may be avaliable for it. And I think Volvo will have c30 or c40(Don't remember which name). Similar to the c50 but smaller.
Yes it is too bad but Volvo will be unleashing a c50 soon. Rumors have it a retractable hardtop may be avaliable for it. And I think Volvo will have c30 or c40(Don't remember which name). Similar to the c50 but smaller.
05-28-2002, 09:50 PM
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Thanks guys...
Hehe...thanks again guys. It's nice to get compliments from fellow Volvo fans, but it's something else from you guys. Really appreciate the kind words.
When others can recognize my effort, everything is all well worth it.
When others can recognize my effort, everything is all well worth it.
05-28-2002, 10:08 PM
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Re: Thanks guys...
Originally posted by Volvokindaguy
Hehe...thanks again guys. It's nice to get compliments from fellow Volvo fans, but it's something else from you guys. Really appreciate the kind words.
When others can recognize my effort, everything is all well worth it.
Hehe...thanks again guys. It's nice to get compliments from fellow Volvo fans, but it's something else from you guys. Really appreciate the kind words.
When others can recognize my effort, everything is all well worth it.
05-28-2002, 10:19 PM
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Holy SH!T. Okay, dude you GOTTA post in this thread:
http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=70620
http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=70620
05-28-2002, 10:21 PM
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Re: Thanks guys~
Originally posted by Volvokindaguy
Alright, I lied..I haven't gone to bed yet..here's the list.
Engine:
Custom Tuned ECU good for 1.4 bar. T3/T04B Ceramic Ball bearing turbo with AAM custom fitting. Super S Trim Compressor .48 A/R Stage III Turbine. Blitz blow-off valve. Cunningham connecting rods. Ross pistons. Polished crankshaft 3" Mandrel bent downpipe. 3" test pipe for track use. Full 3" piping with 3" straight through Dynomax Ultra Flow muffler. Blitz NUR Spec rear muffler. A'PEXi muffler silencer. A'PEXi AVC-R. Extrude Hone exhaust manifold with 10mm connecting studs. Ported and polished inlet manifold. Camshafts from '98 B5254FS. Engine blueprinted and balanced. 5-angle valve job. 6-pot semi-race clutch, big bore throttle body, custom cold air intake, reroute IC pipe. Dastek Unichip. 440 cc/min RC Engineering fuel injectors, WALBRO fuel pump.
Alright, I lied..I haven't gone to bed yet..here's the list.
Engine:
Custom Tuned ECU good for 1.4 bar. T3/T04B Ceramic Ball bearing turbo with AAM custom fitting. Super S Trim Compressor .48 A/R Stage III Turbine. Blitz blow-off valve. Cunningham connecting rods. Ross pistons. Polished crankshaft 3" Mandrel bent downpipe. 3" test pipe for track use. Full 3" piping with 3" straight through Dynomax Ultra Flow muffler. Blitz NUR Spec rear muffler. A'PEXi muffler silencer. A'PEXi AVC-R. Extrude Hone exhaust manifold with 10mm connecting studs. Ported and polished inlet manifold. Camshafts from '98 B5254FS. Engine blueprinted and balanced. 5-angle valve job. 6-pot semi-race clutch, big bore throttle body, custom cold air intake, reroute IC pipe. Dastek Unichip. 440 cc/min RC Engineering fuel injectors, WALBRO fuel pump.
05-29-2002, 09:56 AM
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Re: Re: Thanks guys...
Originally posted by Astroboy
dude, my sig is a page long and your car is awesome looking!!
dude, my sig is a page long and your car is awesome looking!!
I know you probably also stop counting....but I'd say you probably spent at least 15K+ to have that kinda sysetm done like that if you didn't do everything urself. I gotta give it up to you...very nicely done. Did I say it already...you got some kick ass system!!
05-29-2002, 10:06 AM
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Re: Re: Thanks guys~
Originally posted by magnetic1
All I can say is.. he kept up PRETTY damn nicely with my Vette which runs 12.4 @ 116 in the 1/4
All I can say is.. he kept up PRETTY damn nicely with my Vette which runs 12.4 @ 116 in the 1/4
I guess I was just at the right gear, right speed and with good amount of boost at that time...so, kinda go lucky. My car was not even tuned at that time, I am pretty sure you could of made it look pretty ugly....hehee...all I'll be seeing is the disappearing 4 taillights of yours.
After AAM tune the car today with at 110 octane I'm running now, I might have a chance to keep up now.
Speaking of AAM, does anyone know whose CL-S is it that AAM did the NOS kit on. Some mad power there...close to 285 FWHP~!
05-29-2002, 11:46 AM
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I know A kid from montclair NJ that just sold his hooked up C70, and looked just like that and he also had 300 HP .
Did the owner of that Volvo just buy it used?
Did the owner of that Volvo just buy it used?
05-29-2002, 12:01 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Thanks guys~
Originally posted by Volvokindaguy
Speaking of AAM, does anyone know whose CL-S is it that AAM did the NOS kit on. Some mad power there...close to 285 FWHP~!
Speaking of AAM, does anyone know whose CL-S is it that AAM did the NOS kit on. Some mad power there...close to 285 FWHP~!
Uhm JZ, you got something you want to tell us?
j/k, probably not JZ. Dunno who that is though.
I thought I was the only CLS driver to know AAM people.
Looking at the dyno, the plot looks really weird. The ups and downs throughout the rpm range are just plain ODD and the max numbers seem weird too.
05-29-2002, 12:50 PM
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Puahahahaha...
Originally posted by StonedCL
I know A kid from montclair NJ that just sold his hooked up C70, and looked just like that and he also had 300 HP .
Did the owner of that Volvo just buy it used?
I know A kid from montclair NJ that just sold his hooked up C70, and looked just like that and he also had 300 HP .
Did the owner of that Volvo just buy it used?
From the stuff he had..and the knowledge and the vibe I got from the guy....all I can tell you is...any one of the CL-S with headers and intake will definitely spank him left and right.
He's more talk than anything...I'll just leave it there. Don't want to bash him like that...after all he is also a fellow C70 owner.
You have to realize a lot of them don't have a clue...and they are using 18~15% loss of HP from tranny to do their power estimating....they will be getting 240 FWHP and they will think they are going over 300 hp mark.
Man..only if HP is that easy to obtain, I could of just put few cheesy bolt-ons and claim I have 400 hp.
Don't be surprised if this guy hasn't even taken his car on a dyno machine.
Hopefully this post of mine doesn't sound too offensive...simply making a point. :P I go KABOOM like that when people start to use these false claims.
05-29-2002, 12:52 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Thanks guys~
Originally posted by JRock
Looking at the dyno, the plot looks really weird. The ups and downs throughout the rpm range are just plain ODD and the max numbers seem weird too.
Looking at the dyno, the plot looks really weird. The ups and downs throughout the rpm range are just plain ODD and the max numbers seem weird too.
05-29-2002, 12:54 PM
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Re: Puahahahaha...
Originally posted by Volvokindaguy
Yeah..that guy...with that 'interesting' set of chrome wheels. NO, he's not running 300 hp at all. I can pretty much bet my car on that.
From the stuff he had..and the knowledge and the vibe I got from the guy....all I can tell you is...any one of the CL-S with headers and intake will definitely spank him left and right.
He's more talk than anything...I'll just leave it there. Don't want to bash him like that...after all he is also a fellow C70 owner.
You have to realize a lot of them don't have a clue...and they are using 18~15% loss of HP from tranny to do their power estimating....they will be getting 240 FWHP and they will think they are going over 300 hp mark.
Man..only if HP is that easy to obtain, I could of just put few cheesy bolt-ons and claim I have 400 hp.
Don't be surprised if this guy hasn't even taken his car on a dyno machine.
Hopefully this post of mine doesn't sound too offensive...simply making a point. :P I go KABOOM like that when peopl
e start to use these false claims.
Yeah..that guy...with that 'interesting' set of chrome wheels. NO, he's not running 300 hp at all. I can pretty much bet my car on that.
From the stuff he had..and the knowledge and the vibe I got from the guy....all I can tell you is...any one of the CL-S with headers and intake will definitely spank him left and right.
He's more talk than anything...I'll just leave it there. Don't want to bash him like that...after all he is also a fellow C70 owner.
You have to realize a lot of them don't have a clue...and they are using 18~15% loss of HP from tranny to do their power estimating....they will be getting 240 FWHP and they will think they are going over 300 hp mark.
Man..only if HP is that easy to obtain, I could of just put few cheesy bolt-ons and claim I have 400 hp.
Don't be surprised if this guy hasn't even taken his car on a dyno machine.
Hopefully this post of mine doesn't sound too offensive...simply making a point. :P I go KABOOM like that when peopl
e start to use these false claims.
weLL iVE BEEN IN HIS CAR AND I THINK IT PULLS MORE THEN MY cl-S BY A LITTLE.
You know that dude Sky, cocky mofo rich dude//
he got a stck supra TT and wants to put 800hp in it with mommy and daddys money
05-29-2002, 01:12 PM
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Originally posted by StonedCL
weLL iVE BEEN IN HIS CAR AND I THINK IT PULLS MORE THEN MY cl-S BY A LITTLE.
weLL iVE BEEN IN HIS CAR AND I THINK IT PULLS MORE THEN MY cl-S BY A LITTLE.
Originally posted by StonedCL
You know that dude Sky, cocky mofo rich dude//
he got a stck supra TT and wants to put 800hp in it with mommy and daddys money
You know that dude Sky, cocky mofo rich dude//
he got a stck supra TT and wants to put 800hp in it with mommy and daddys money
He was telling me he was going to rob my manhood with his vette when he gets it as if car is the only manhood he has.He was trying to sell his car on the ebay, right? You should of seen what he said about that car....pulled more G than a new 911 turbo b/c the G-Tech told him so.
05-29-2002, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by Volvokindaguy
It probably has more torque...the T5s do have some decent torque, that's why it FELT pretty fast. But no...line them up, and you will find out. After riding in JRock's CLS, I have faith in you guys.
Oh? LoL...man..what a *beep* He was telling me he was going to rob my manhood with his vette when he gets it as if car is the only manhood he has.
He was trying to sell his car on the ebay, right? You should of seen what he said about that car....pulled more G than a new 911 turbo b/c the G-Tech told him so.
It probably has more torque...the T5s do have some decent torque, that's why it FELT pretty fast. But no...line them up, and you will find out. After riding in JRock's CLS, I have faith in you guys.
Oh? LoL...man..what a *beep*
He was telling me he was going to rob my manhood with his vette when he gets it as if car is the only manhood he has.He was trying to sell his car on the ebay, right? You should of seen what he said about that car....pulled more G than a new 911 turbo b/c the G-Tech told him so.
Take your manhood?
I guess if taking your manhood is spending daddy's loot then he will take EVERYONES manhood!LOL
05-29-2002, 01:36 PM
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Originally posted by 4pumpedCL
Dear Mr Volvo.
Your car kicks some serious anus! Wanna trade for a juiced CL? I'll throw in some green flake switch extensions.
-Aaron
Dear Mr Volvo.
Your car kicks some serious anus! Wanna trade for a juiced CL? I'll throw in some green flake switch extensions.
-Aaron
I would...but I just invested a little more than I planned on the Volvo...kinda hard to just 'trade' it. I was looking to get the TL-S few months back, but....changed my mind and got something else that can haul more people around.
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