If you can only get black seats they don't look that out of place in a brown interior.... Allthough brown seats are t3h bests.
There was a set of brown corduroy LS back Recaro's for sale on here a while ago, kind of wishing I had those now.
Parts came in at the end of last week, so got to do some work this weekend. Main thing was to tap the block for 3/4" NPT. Thankfully the threads cut really nicely and it was entirely drama free. We greased up the tap and block to catch the chip, then flushed the hell out of it with kerosene. Magnetic drain plug was coming out clean so expect it to be fine. I'll change the oil/filter soon and forget about it.
With that done I could put the header in. Initially I tried to just lower everything down in one piece, which was optimistic (and heavy). Separated everything and was still having trouble getting the header on the studs. Ended up taking the bolts off the pass. side motor mount and tilting the engine up for some more room. Need to paint that water pump pulley...
I got a 240 oil cooler plate and got away with only having to remake one of my oil cooler hoses. I was glad for the socketless stuff and for having a piece left over that was long enough, really easy to make. Fittings are m16x1.5 to -10 AN, I had to cut a few threads off of the metric end to get them to seat in the Volvo oil cooler plate. Please excuse my scuzzy block.
The turbo drain line is -12 AN and is snaked in pretty tight behind the header. It has a DEI fire sleeve but I'm going to have to keep an eye on it once I'm getting things hot. Not sure how else to run a line that size with how much space the header takes up.
The wastegate tube was hitting the strut tower, so we put a few mm of shim under the motor mount to give it some clearance. Getting the feeling I may be pulling it back out to dent my strut tower, but maybe stiff poly mounts and a third motor mount would allow me to get away with it.
Put the turbo on and ran the feed line to the front of the block, and plugged the stock b230ft feed. With the header it made sense to feed it from the front.
Stuff fit and went together nicely, though there is certainly no more extra room on that side. I'll have to get some socks on the plug wires. Also think I'll put heat shielding on the strut tower and underside of the hood to protect the paintwork a little bit.
Between the IC piping and giant intake size on the holset there's no way I'm fitting a washer fluid reservoir over there, maybe that will end up in the trunk too. Wish I lived in a non-inspection state so stuff like that wasn't necessary just to get it on the road.
With everything back together and tight I started it back up, definitely sounds different than the stock setup. No big obvious leaks or anything catastrophic, just smokey anti-seize and pb blaster. Looking forward to hearing it with the rest of the exhaust. (I think I suck at embedding video
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I was really struggling to get the car around the yard with one conti dw and one bald all season in the back, so I shuffled some wheels around and put the 14" studded snows back on that came on the car. Kinda liking it in winter mode
Need to get a list up on the whiteboard, but next focus will be getting the battery in the trunk and figuring out intercooler pipes. Would also be nice to get a dash in it soon. Seems like most things have turned out a little more involved than expected, but really things have gone pretty smoothly for the most part. Car starts every time and feels good from what I can tell so far. Can't wait to drive for real, I'm sick of winter.