Selling my T5R

[Doug242ti]

Hi guys, I've decided its time to sell my T5R. You can see the full build here http://www.socaleuro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9269

Im looking for 12,000 with NO wheels or Tires, 13.5k and I'll buy a new set of pegs and tires (probably Kuhmos) and mount them on the car. Hop in and drive away (after you put a check in my hand)!

This car WILL pass CA emissions. While basically stock looking under the hood, the car does have an AN6 fuel line so a real dick head smog tech can fail you for that. Generally speaking though it flys through just fine. Car passed smog last year w/out issue.

Other than the interior and some of the exterior, NOTHING on this car is older than 3 years old. No wearable item hasn't been replaced, rebuilt ect.

If you guys want to reach me best bet is dkauer@gmail.com

Sorry, I should have posted pictures and such:

Here is the gallery of the build going back to the moment I got the keys http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/1995_volvo_850_t5r

http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/64885846.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/64885863.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/64885848.jpg
(if you buy the car for 13.5K these are the style wheels that will be on it, only brand new)
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/62024391.jpg
Car has the OE airbox in it (comes with the one pictured though)
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/62024388.jpg
(old headunit, new one is a Pioneer 9800BT "bluetooth built in")
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/62024386.jpg
Sub is still there, this amp is now in place \/ \/ \/
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/85650351.jpg
I have a "new" trunk carpet for it, just never put it in since this car IS my daily driver for work.
Mods

Engine:
B5234FT
SPM Rods
Mahle OS2 pistons
RKautotechnik STG3 head (OEM Valve size, ported, polished, 3 angle valve job 44CFM improvement @ .300lift per intake port, 43CFM @ .300 lift per exhaust port)
S60R Exhaust manifold (35% gain in flow)
GT3071R 63AR 5bolt, small inlet compressor, ATP Ultimate Internal Gate
NA cams
960 65mm Throttle Body, Ported intake manifold
UR crank pulley, entire rotating assembly balanced to with in .1gram
Eurospec T5R Manual ECU (dialed for 550's and an approximation based on mods fuel map) + Civinco BC500 Piggyback tuning system
Precision Core custom built FMIC
S60R IC upper pipe, 2.5" Hard piping
Turbosmart Sleeper Series Megasonic Blow Off Valve
Quickbrick Motorsports (QBM) Delrin upper engine mount
QBM Polyurathane reinforced upper firewall mount
QBM Polyurathane reinforced lower torque mount
3" Downpipe, ATPturbo 3" Cat, 3" Dynamax Bullet Muffler (middle), 3" HKS Carbon/Ti muffler (rear)
Eurosport Tuning Intake (Heat Shield, larger K&N Cone filter used)
OEM wiring harness converted to MT config
Samco Cooling hoses
ATPturbo.com Silicone Vacuum lines
Gemini Composites Carbon Kevlar throttle and cam covers

Transmission:
M56H 5 speed transmission (swapped from the OEM automatic)
850R clutch
Gripper Limited Slip

Suspension/Brakes:
RKautotechnik Coil overs RKautotechnik Camber Plates
Quickbrick adjustable swaybar endlinks
Stoptech ST40 332x32 4piston brake kit. SS lines
S60R Rear calipers, 328x28mm Brembo Discs. SS lines

Stereo:
Pioneer 9800BT (bluetooth built in)
Delphi Roady2 XM unit
DLS 100x5 amp (swedish amp for a swedish car!)
JL Audio 12W3V2
JL audio 5.25 (front doors)
Morel Componets (rear shelf and front dash)
Infinity Reference 5.25 (rear doors)
Strike 1f capacitor

Interior:
Lotek 3pillar pod
Autometer Boost, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp
Innovate XC1 Wideband gauge
Yaziki instrument Cluster with QBM trim rings Momo Combat Evo black leather/wood shifter, Momo Alcantara shift boot

Exterior:
Gemini Composites CF/Kevlar piece between the tails
iPd mesh grille
Saab lip spoiler
ExExPat'erized Projectors with 5000K HID

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGcB3Fj-tIQ
Mods:

[xoutofstepx]

Damn I want your car hah. I need to get back in a Volvo! I wouldn't be able to afford the maintenance though. :( How reliable is it with all that work done??

[mike]

With all the work he has done, that car is bullet proof, that is one of the nicest around, car is nuts.

[bugzy]

i miss my 850 Turbo wagon

what wheels are on the T5R in your signature? got any bigger pics?

[xoutofstepx]

With all the work he has done, that car is bullet proof, that is one of the nicest around, car is nuts.

Yeeh for sure. I need to sell my car/push it off a cliff and get a loan!

[Doug242ti]

Damn I want your car hah. I need to get back in a Volvo! I wouldn't be able to afford the maintenance though. :( How reliable is it with all that work done??


In the 2.5 years since I put it together I've done nothing but change the oil every 3000 miles and plugs maybe once a year (just cause I can). Bout once a year I go through and check the car over but its very very very very low maintenance.

Seriously, Im not trying to just say something to sell the car, ask anyone who has talked to me Im brutally honest about what the car is and what it isn't. All I've done the last year since I bought my house is drive it back and forth to work. No time to play any more.

Lets put it this way, I put the car together and 2 weeks after having it drivable I moved to seattle. I had no garage, barely any tools up there. Not a single issue. Came back home after the summer and its been just fine.

- if anyones bored, this is why my house sucks up all my time http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/our_house . Well that and I've been scratch building guitars and tube amps again :ha:

Lon, they are Works VS-XX and they do NOT come with the car.
http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/85650335.jpg

[xoutofstepx]

Thanks for all the info! If I somehow am able to get the money and sell my car, I will let you know. Amazing car!

[T5 Power]

I also own a Volvo - insanely low maintenance. I usually keep extra $$$ on the side as "Just incase sh*t happens to the car" money for maintenance, but with this one.. Nope, don't need to. Hahaha

Like Dough said, Oil Change, Wires, that's it. Yearly maintenance stuff, but nothing fallin off the engine, etc.etc.

I, also, would love to own that Yellow...man
Eating M3's with a Volvo is so much fun =D

[Doug242ti]

someone buy my T5R!

Im getting tempted to part it and have the shell crushed!

[scsponger31]

someone buy my T5R!

Im getting tempted to part it and have the shell crushed!
I am so tempted....

[Doug242ti]

do it! you know the car is a hell of a deal. I sell the motors by themselves for 8500 bucks!

[Doug242ti]

Well guys, the car is sold. :D

[Doug242ti]

so I uh.. bought this

http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/95868486.jpg

[danielface]

nice

[scsponger31]

so I uh.. bought this

http://www.pbase.com/dkauer744/image/95868486.jpg
I cant wait to see what you do to this.

[Doug242ti]

I cant wait to see what you do to this.

Well, Im not going to do anything to it. Taking a LONG vacation from building cars for a while but anything I do will be to the 120 since its smog exempt.

Plus even though its got half the power of the t5r, its quiet, comfy and zippy. I really like the car as it sits.