That is going to be a very, hmm, exciting power curve to actually utilize if you want to go racing with it. It does, like, NA figures for that engine right up to 4000 or so RPM where the turbo seems to finally spool up and then it takes off like a rocket. I was also absolutely floored when it was hitting 8k RPM during the low boost runs. So you've apparently got enough headroom in the RPM range to be able to cope with the cliff-like power curve.
It will need a little finessing yet. I can alter how quick the turbo spools on the wastegate duty table if it comes in a little fierce. I can also change the requested boost level vs throttle position so it's easier to modulate mid corner. Theres things I can do to tame it down if it's too much.
@@VolvoT5Golf it'll be both fun and terrifying to dial everything in when you go to do the track testing, but isn't that part of the joy in tuning cars?
Oh yeh smashing platform to start modifying. At 1000kg ish it just needs power and a little development. They should have put a t5 in the noble as the mondeo gearbox used to shread at much over the 400hp it came with. The volvo box will take 800hp reliably as I've tested myself.
Absolutely incredible!!! Any tips for tuning a T5 for daily-able fun? I don't want to take the block apart and do shims/etc unless I have to. Currently have an S60 II FMIC, Do88 intake, and 3" downpipe/exhaust with a high flow cat on a C30 (B5254T7, stock turbo/manifold) here. :)
Car is bloody brilliant, fair play on the build it's stunning. But couldn't help notice the chap running the car on the dyno 👀👀🤣 Living life fast or hiding. Don't know the full story but made me chuckle
I actually had a lotus in mind for this until I saw the prices. Also the cabin was really cramped and I doubly the 5cyl would have even fitted. Pleased I did it this way 😎
Beautiful work on the swap. Saw it on Facebook and had to track down your UA-cam. Always loved the T5 motors. My mom had two different Volvos with them and I loved them…just hated the chassis haha
Nice 👍 Yeh I've got a volvo estate and the car is very limited. Engine makes it tbh. Such a good engine though to say it came out in 1993. Ford stole it for the focus RS in 2009 16 years later authough the 2.5 later engines are massively less robust than the early ones. Ideal scenario you put the newer vvt head on an old 2.3 which is exactly what this is
Been following your projects avidly since stumbling across one of the ‘Golvo’ drag videos. Another great project. Love these home build ‘Dragon Slayer’ cars. Keep working your magic. Quick question, could one of these engines fit in an R56 (hatch)/ R58 (coupe) MINI?
👍 Atleast my engines sound like proper T5s. No ford engines sound right even though it's more or less the same engine. They seem to loose what is special.
It's a case of what breaks at the moment 😂 Its working progress, theres a few things I need to sort safety wise before I take it on track. It really needs rollover protection as it's a little unsafe. Goal for this year was to get it running and driving so I've got there now. I'll slowly develop the car from here but the engines in the bag 👍
Hi mate,there are 2 videos walking round the car as I was building it. Theres some detail, I'm due another though because im still developing it and much has changed since this video.
Have you seen the ur quattro with a Volvo d5 block fitted with the na Audi 7a 20v cylinder head obviously a turbo charger has been run added the clip saw looks an absolute weapon and sounds amazing.
@@VolvoT5Golf you tube channel grumblo on his short videos near the bottom black ur quattro. I just rechecked and it said Audi na 7a head on Volvo v70 diesel block. Can't find any other info on it. I do remember reading somewhere Audi had some sort of involvement in the Volvo engine.
Fantastic!!!! UA-cam just served me up this video as a suggestion. I love it! I have some catching up to do, I feel some binge watching coming on. In the last run I see there is an extra lump of power right up in the revs that isn't there on any of the previous runs. Have you found the limit of the wastgate size? Is this "turbo runaway" or whatever its called? Many thanks for the awesome video I can't wait to get caught up on the project
Hi mate thanks for your comments, pleased you liked my channel. The lump at the end of the last pull the turbo seemed to have hit a wierd efficiency island. We went expecting it either. Seems like the turbo actually wants more boost but the engine wont see it on normal fuel. It probibly would hit close to the 770hp its rated for on e85
@@VolvoT5Golf thats awesome! I cant imagine this much power. I'm more used to 300hp or there abouts. I've always known these T5 lumps are supreme strong. I want one more than ever now. What an awesome engine. And an awesome sound. I put a turbo motor in a mk2 MR2 years ago.... it was a VW TDI motor. It upset a few people. Look forward to the next MR2 T5 video
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It's fucking insane mate, a great car with a really awesome engine. Cheers
8-10k in parts to do it properly like this and run 5-600hp. Could just swap a donor engine in complete straight from a volvo for not a lot though. The real cost of this build is TIME
There’s our man Cal! These T5’s are so good in the right hands Why is there a drop in power at 4200 rpm? You can hear it every run and see it on the graph.
Comes in so fast the dyno has a spaz 😆 Also its over shooting boost target slightly then settles down. Driving it up the road theres no wonder. It's like a lightswich when it comes on
@@VolvoT5Golf I’ve seen the videos, and my friend was down there and saw your MR2 being tuned (then sent me this video to tell me what he saw haha ) There’s probably a bit twisting of the truth in the videos, we don’t know the full story, not going to comment on it, I just know that Cal know what he’s doing when it comes to tuning and this video clearly shows it.
@@VolvoT5Golf Evening car was built by Turismo UK-built Avalanche GT which will be featured in TKC Total Kit car magazine's November/December issue but also was in their last issue in September/October. They also build Porsche kits as well. Your build is world-class kudos to you full test and shake-down is gonna be epic
No I'd never touch meth injection. I think they are a bandaid. AIT was like 28°c on the dyno and 23°c on the road. Dynos just a warm environment. A long pull doesnt heatsoak the intercooler core.
Yeh well a viper is 2x 5cyl strapped side by side. On the later ones they have one bank out of each side so dependent on where you stand it's basically the same sound 🙂
Did you support the cylinder liners in this engine? Im a little over 500hp now on mine, but except for the conrods i run a completely unmodified 2.3L block (later one with the 147mm rods). Im wondering how much more it can take before the block and or pistons are going to be a problem in stock form.
@@VolvoT5Golf well i put it on the dyno last week it made 530hp en 660nm and the pistons didnt fall apart yet, been driving several trackdays this year with that setup
@@VolvoT5Golf well that was why i was asking if you pinned the cylinder lines in the mr2 block. (As you did in the golf engine) as im in doubt to open up the block to do pistons and potentially more
So if actually been doing this swap and just found your vids. What axles did you use? I currently have an s70 making 750 and a 855r making 450 so if got plenty of parts and extra goodies
Side note na or r cams and na intake if you get the runners working make a bit more down low and carry the tq out another 1000rpm over that one. Seriously recommend it made a night and day difference for me spooling a gt45😂but even the 855 became much more fun with the same g25-550. Believe the one actually picked up almost 80hp around 7k
It's an Rn head with std cams with an 850 manifold. The 850 manifold I know helps with spool on a big turbo compared to others but does fall flat up top. The v70 on a blouch gt35 spools very well on it and that's where it shines. In this application with driveability and spool in mind it's a good setup on a pulsar g30-770. More power would be dead easy but I'm trying to make a uber responsive circuit car rather than ultimate hp. I mean 1000hp out of a similar engine I have made on my golf running an 8.82 1/4. But yeh the N/A manifold is basically the same as the 850 one this runs. My golf has a custom short runner manifold that screams to 9200rpm but the volvo long manifolds have their place. Got any dragy times 100-200?
@@VolvoT5Golf oh I know iv been following since the beginning lol your awd was helpful with mine although you seemed to do a much better job of it lmao mine keep breaking. But in this mr2 what axles are you using? Mr2+850 or full custom job?
@@oliverscorsim No these are custom. I basically welded the mr2 axles to v70 ones and sent them out as a pattern for length but to suit Rav 4 outer cvs which arnt made of twiglets. If you have vids I'll check them out?
@@VolvoT5Golf sweet huge thanks really gotta find someone local that can make a set for a reasonable price lol I'll get some up one day but my camera work is terrible
@davewilliams9 Just shows that the engine is more important than the car it's in. All my cars are like slightly different versions of the same recipe 🙂
@@davewilliams9 The mr2 is the last one, I have no desire to do another with all angles covered. Golf is a street/strip car. V70 is a wild family wagon and the mr2 is a street / circuit car. The point of the mr2 was that I didnt have anything to take around cadwell park circuit which is 10 mins away from me. Seemed silly so I put this together. The time and effort that goes into these is a case of been there, done that as such. I cant think of any other candidates to put my effort into. Big effort aswel
@@VolvoT5Golf Man I love your cars and projects. I have a goal to have a t5 car or the volvo instead which is the best engine for budget projects? I dont want no more than 400 bhp. Cheers.
As a C30 T5 owner, I did not know that T5 swaps were a thing. That thing looks both beautiful and beastly! Love it!
Mans said he’s not going to go too crazy with it
Also mans 635hp 😆
Man your projects are so awesome man congrats
When in Rome 😉
what a sick build
That is going to be a very, hmm, exciting power curve to actually utilize if you want to go racing with it. It does, like, NA figures for that engine right up to 4000 or so RPM where the turbo seems to finally spool up and then it takes off like a rocket. I was also absolutely floored when it was hitting 8k RPM during the low boost runs. So you've apparently got enough headroom in the RPM range to be able to cope with the cliff-like power curve.
It will need a little finessing yet. I can alter how quick the turbo spools on the wastegate duty table if it comes in a little fierce. I can also change the requested boost level vs throttle position so it's easier to modulate mid corner. Theres things I can do to tame it down if it's too much.
@@VolvoT5Golf it'll be both fun and terrifying to dial everything in when you go to do the track testing, but isn't that part of the joy in tuning cars?
Interesting swap. Great job
This is awesome. Nice to know 600hp is not crazy these days! ;)
Outstanding. Seeing this makes me think of it as a Mini-Noble
Oh yeh smashing platform to start modifying. At 1000kg ish it just needs power and a little development. They should have put a t5 in the noble as the mondeo gearbox used to shread at much over the 400hp it came with. The volvo box will take 800hp reliably as I've tested myself.
Absolutely incredible!!! Any tips for tuning a T5 for daily-able fun? I don't want to take the block apart and do shims/etc unless I have to. Currently have an S60 II FMIC, Do88 intake, and 3" downpipe/exhaust with a high flow cat on a C30 (B5254T7, stock turbo/manifold) here. :)
Not only is this a crazy swap it's the only media I can find of an MR-S with OEM front mud guards
Another awesome build !
Cheers guys 👍
Bonkers! Top work.
What a monster! Congratulations!
Cheers man, I'm even looking forward to this car, unlocks so may more avenues for fun. Cant wait for next year when the weather improves 🙂
Awesome build,sounds and looks great 👍
Superb. Wish you were in States so you could build my T5.
This is incredible. Amazing power
Car is bloody brilliant, fair play on the build it's stunning.
But couldn't help notice the chap running the car on the dyno 👀👀🤣
Living life fast or hiding. Don't know the full story but made me chuckle
Thanks mate 👍 And lol well if all was true do you think he would working on my pride and joy's 😂
Sounds incredible
Cracker build Joe, glad to see it making pulls. Can't wait to see driving video.
Whatching this video is making me wanna build an NA 5 cylinder MR2 or Lotus in the future. Also love the Exhaust Tip location.
I actually had a lotus in mind for this until I saw the prices. Also the cabin was really cramped and I doubly the 5cyl would have even fitted. Pleased I did it this way 😎
Super cool! Well done!
well done on the awesome build. keep going please
Mexico speedo view asap please 😂
That car is insane! nice work man 💯💪
Well done mate that would be a lot of fun to drive and It sounds like an Audi or lambo.. nearly
Clean, done right
Beautiful work on the swap. Saw it on Facebook and had to track down your UA-cam. Always loved the T5 motors. My mom had two different Volvos with them and I loved them…just hated the chassis haha
Nice 👍 Yeh I've got a volvo estate and the car is very limited. Engine makes it tbh. Such a good engine though to say it came out in 1993. Ford stole it for the focus RS in 2009 16 years later authough the 2.5 later engines are massively less robust than the early ones. Ideal scenario you put the newer vvt head on an old 2.3 which is exactly what this is
@@VolvoT5Golf didn’t know they were interchange that’s awesome
This is fucking awesome, brilliant idea, im so jealous
Been following your projects avidly since stumbling across one of the ‘Golvo’ drag videos.
Another great project.
Love these home build ‘Dragon Slayer’ cars.
Keep working your magic.
Quick question, could one of these engines fit in an R56 (hatch)/ R58 (coupe) MINI?
YAH BOY !! That’ll do 😂 it’s a monster and start calling you the Volvo king 👍
👍 Atleast my engines sound like proper T5s. No ford engines sound right even though it's more or less the same engine. They seem to loose what is special.
congratulations. another great project wow 🚗💨💪🔥
😎 very cool build, subbed. hope you share a test drive of this thing in the future 👍🏽
That will be the next video 😊👍
Inspiration for my mid engine t5 mini cooper build. Don’t “need” 600hp but sure could be cool. 300 will do 😌
Savage MR2 !!! I have to subscribe to this channel. Makes my little 1ZZ turbo look like a Kei car 🤣
Awesome results can’t wait for a video on the road or strip but running out of time now for the pod. What break setup you using?
It's a case of what breaks at the moment 😂 Its working progress, theres a few things I need to sort safety wise before I take it on track. It really needs rollover protection as it's a little unsafe. Goal for this year was to get it running and driving so I've got there now. I'll slowly develop the car from here but the engines in the bag 👍
Will there be a video with a full detail of the build? As far as body work, engine fitment etc?
Hi mate,there are 2 videos walking round the car as I was building it. Theres some detail, I'm due another though because im still developing it and much has changed since this video.
Not the common k swap 👍👍👍good work.
Have you seen the ur quattro with a Volvo d5 block fitted with the na Audi 7a 20v cylinder head obviously a turbo charger has been run added the clip saw looks an absolute weapon and sounds amazing.
Itl be an 850 tdi block which is the VW transporter engine. It's not a D5 block.
@@VolvoT5Golf you tube channel grumblo on his short videos near the bottom black ur quattro. I just rechecked and it said Audi na 7a head on Volvo v70 diesel block. Can't find any other info on it. I do remember reading somewhere Audi had some sort of involvement in the Volvo engine.
Fantastic!!!! UA-cam just served me up this video as a suggestion. I love it! I have some catching up to do, I feel some binge watching coming on.
In the last run I see there is an extra lump of power right up in the revs that isn't there on any of the previous runs. Have you found the limit of the wastgate size? Is this "turbo runaway" or whatever its called?
Many thanks for the awesome video I can't wait to get caught up on the project
Hi mate thanks for your comments, pleased you liked my channel. The lump at the end of the last pull the turbo seemed to have hit a wierd efficiency island. We went expecting it either. Seems like the turbo actually wants more boost but the engine wont see it on normal fuel. It probibly would hit close to the 770hp its rated for on e85
@@VolvoT5Golf thats awesome! I cant imagine this much power. I'm more used to 300hp or there abouts. I've always known these T5 lumps are supreme strong. I want one more than ever now. What an awesome engine. And an awesome sound.
I put a turbo motor in a mk2 MR2 years ago.... it was a VW TDI motor. It upset a few people.
Look forward to the next MR2 T5 video
It's fucking insane mate, a great car with a really awesome engine. Cheers
man that soudns sooo sick!!!
Yes sir!!! Whoo 🔥 🔥
Hell yeah. Yea you have the coolest projects on you tube. Are your running stock internals?
Rods and pistons, basic build for me this one 👍
@@VolvoT5Golf ahh ok, cuz 600hp on stock Internals is possible but will only last for 3 seconds.
Awesome build mate! Which front lip is that? Looks really good
This is awesome
I love a oddball engine swap.
Id love to see a cost breakdown of this build to know how accessible it is for people to do
8-10k in parts to do it properly like this and run 5-600hp. Could just swap a donor engine in complete straight from a volvo for not a lot though. The real cost of this build is TIME
I need to know all the details about the swap. Can you share some info, links etc. 🔥
See my previous videos, theres a couple of build progress walkarounds explaining also joebgti1 on insta👍
There’s our man Cal!
These T5’s are so good in the right hands
Why is there a drop in power at 4200 rpm? You can hear it every run and see it on the graph.
Comes in so fast the dyno has a spaz 😆 Also its over shooting boost target slightly then settles down. Driving it up the road theres no wonder. It's like a lightswich when it comes on
@@VolvoT5Golf I’ve seen the videos, and my friend was down there and saw your MR2 being tuned (then sent me this video to tell me what he saw haha )
There’s probably a bit twisting of the truth in the videos, we don’t know the full story, not going to comment on it,
I just know that Cal know what he’s doing when it comes to tuning and this video clearly shows it.
what's happened?@@DSPrints_
wow amazing. It looks like I will be looking to get this conversion on my Turismo Avalanche GT how do I contact you for details
Is that the luxurypart car?
@@VolvoT5Golf Evening car was built by Turismo UK-built Avalanche GT which will be featured in TKC Total Kit car magazine's November/December issue but also was in their last issue in September/October. They also build Porsche kits as well.
Your build is world-class kudos to you full test and shake-down is gonna be epic
dude that's really cool
Badass. What boost was it in the end at the final number?
Thanks Stav 👍 2.2 bar. That was enough for me on 99ron. More than enough.
@@VolvoT5Golf plenty in a car that light! And 2.2bar and pump is ideal for a fun car like that, just get in and use it, no messing.
@@StavTech Yeh alcohols are a pain to mix and not cheap.
@@VolvoT5Golf yeah for a track/strip only car yeah, but Road it’s just a pain in the ass
Nice!
Woah! Cool
Awesome result. Are you running water/methanol injection? What were the IAT's like on the dyno?
No I'd never touch meth injection. I think they are a bandaid. AIT was like 28°c on the dyno and 23°c on the road. Dynos just a warm environment. A long pull doesnt heatsoak the intercooler core.
@@VolvoT5Golf so your saying it is no more than 10 degrees over ambient during a pull at 2.2bar?
are you able to send me an ECU log/screen shot from a 2.2bar pull? I'm tempted to copy the intercooler/fan setup @@VolvoT5Golf
Great power! How much you think on pump gas and what power figure would you run for near daily?
This is on pump fuel. It's on 1050cc injectors so they arnt big enough for alcohols. Daily probibly about 350hp, 600+ is silly fast 😆
Awsome 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼.
Nice
with my eyes close i would swear that was a viper lol
Yeh well a viper is 2x 5cyl strapped side by side. On the later ones they have one bank out of each side so dependent on where you stand it's basically the same sound 🙂
I work with a lad that's got a D5 V70. It makes 380hp at the wheels and 600 ft lbs. 2.2 ton shouldn't pull so easily as it does lol
Why is the torque dipping after the boost comes in?
Its overshooting boost target slightly. It just takes a moment to settle down to where it should be
Btw what trans did you link up w/ the 5 cyl?
Volvo m56. Good for 800hp 👍👍👍
What have you done to the rear suspension? Even with all that power it stays pretty planted as it pulls
It's a narrowed track to get the 255 tyres in but suspension is miester R adjustable coilovers
Should name it the MR5
Or MR-t5
Should be fun
Maxxecu is the best!!!
FuelTech is much better.
savage
Did you support the cylinder liners in this engine? Im a little over 500hp now on mine, but except for the conrods i run a completely unmodified 2.3L block (later one with the 147mm rods). Im wondering how much more it can take before the block and or pistons are going to be a problem in stock form.
Those pistons will fail long before the block does. The later pistons smash the ringlands off
@@VolvoT5Golf maybe time for some forged pistons then this winter. And a awd swap
@@VolvoT5Golf well i put it on the dyno last week it made 530hp en 660nm and the pistons didnt fall apart yet, been driving several trackdays this year with that setup
@DVDW1991 Doing very well at that for sure.
@@VolvoT5Golf well that was why i was asking if you pinned the cylinder lines in the mr2 block. (As you did in the golf engine) as im in doubt to open up the block to do pistons and potentially more
will the engine fit to my 2012 ford fiesta?
So if actually been doing this swap and just found your vids. What axles did you use? I currently have an s70 making 750 and a 855r making 450 so if got plenty of parts and extra goodies
Side note na or r cams and na intake if you get the runners working make a bit more down low and carry the tq out another 1000rpm over that one. Seriously recommend it made a night and day difference for me spooling a gt45😂but even the 855 became much more fun with the same g25-550. Believe the one actually picked up almost 80hp around 7k
It's an Rn head with std cams with an 850 manifold. The 850 manifold I know helps with spool on a big turbo compared to others but does fall flat up top. The v70 on a blouch gt35 spools very well on it and that's where it shines. In this application with driveability and spool in mind it's a good setup on a pulsar g30-770. More power would be dead easy but I'm trying to make a uber responsive circuit car rather than ultimate hp. I mean 1000hp out of a similar engine I have made on my golf running an 8.82 1/4. But yeh the N/A manifold is basically the same as the 850 one this runs. My golf has a custom short runner manifold that screams to 9200rpm but the volvo long manifolds have their place. Got any dragy times 100-200?
@@VolvoT5Golf oh I know iv been following since the beginning lol your awd was helpful with mine although you seemed to do a much better job of it lmao mine keep breaking. But in this mr2 what axles are you using? Mr2+850 or full custom job?
@@oliverscorsim No these are custom. I basically welded the mr2 axles to v70 ones and sent them out as a pattern for length but to suit Rav 4 outer cvs which arnt made of twiglets. If you have vids I'll check them out?
@@VolvoT5Golf sweet huge thanks really gotta find someone local that can make a set for a reasonable price lol I'll get some up one day but my camera work is terrible
Are you on pump or E85?
Pump, cant run E85 as the injectors are only 1050cc
Hey i have an 850r and I want more sound and power… what mods would you recommed? To reach Max 400hp…
Turbo rods and injectiors
Is that cal of llf fame?
Yer lol
Whose is your tuner ?
Looks like the fella who ripped llf off with that civic
2.3 swap the truck lol 😂
What transmission is being used?
Volvo m56 with a quaife diff. Good for 800hp which I've tested reliably
Where's the golf
Tucked up in bed having a rest 😊
@@VolvoT5Golf love that car
@davewilliams9 Just shows that the engine is more important than the car it's in. All my cars are like slightly different versions of the same recipe 🙂
@@VolvoT5Golf good luck with all future projects 👊
@@davewilliams9 The mr2 is the last one, I have no desire to do another with all angles covered. Golf is a street/strip car. V70 is a wild family wagon and the mr2 is a street / circuit car. The point of the mr2 was that I didnt have anything to take around cadwell park circuit which is 10 mins away from me. Seemed silly so I put this together. The time and effort that goes into these is a case of been there, done that as such. I cant think of any other candidates to put my effort into. Big effort aswel
555 likes on a video of a 5 cylinder mr2..
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Stock engine ？
No its built.
@@VolvoT5Golf Engine model？
@@teckkangtan4468b5234t
That's sexy
This is a death trap at this point with that weight lol
I've driven faster, it handles the power suprisingly well 😎
@@VolvoT5Golf Man I love your cars and projects. I have a goal to have a t5 car or the volvo instead which is the best engine for budget projects? I dont want no more than 400 bhp. Cheers.
@@Iusniqa Any 2.3L engine will be fine 👍
@@VolvoT5Golf 2.3s are quite expensive and rare here is how much power can i push with 2.5 20v without opening the block?
@@Iusniqa what specific 2.5 are you talking about? if its the 2.5t from the p1 chassis cars then 400lb ft is about the limit of the rods.
I've found slugs that are more interesting than this guy 😴, but at least he has cool car.
Soooo sick
Can't wait to see you on Officially Gassed @officially_gassed