Its Been a While!

Well it has been almost a year since my last post. Being in college now, I have been very busy with school work and other school related activities. However now that it is almost summer, I have a little bit more time to hopefully post a few of the projects that I will be working on this year.

A picture from the WPI Motorsports meet. Photo credit: Justin Miller.

Since my last post there have been a few modifications to the Volvo in terms of cosmetics. In terms of under the hood modifications, the engine covers and front support plate have been repainted to match the Ash Gold paint, the vacuum hoses have been changed to red silicone hoses, the front plate screws have been switched out to hex bolts with washers, and the intake manifold has been polished. For exterior modifications a tow hook has been added to the front of the car, a second Swedish plate has been mounted to the front bumper, and the headlight lenses have been switched out to clear glass lenses. There are new rims and tires, the roof rails have been removed, sport mirrors installed and I have a V70R spoiler on the way.

A great shot of the engine bay! Photo credit: Dan Howard.

For the interior, the climate control module LEDs have been swapped out for custom built blue LEDs, I fixed the gas gauge LED, and installed a digital boost gauge.

As for performance modifications, I modified the OBX exhaust and removed the resonator and muffler so that custom 2" straight pipe could be installed and the TCV was upgraded to the ARD TCV.

A picture of the dual straight pipe. Photo credit: Eric Sherman.

As for some of the upcoming projects, I hope to install a bigger turbo, get an ECU tune, build a heat shield for the CAI, build a custom power steering reservoir, switch out the exhaust piping for 3" pipe, get the hood repainted, lower the car 2", and add a few more LEDs here and there.

With all these projects I will definitely have some time to post a few writeups. So stay tuned for more car modification write ups!