Bigpower

Anyone going or been before how about we all go ???

Russ

Baz wrote:Fantastic read, great car! i think i've seen it before around the volvo forums etc anyway, but never read as much about it, love 'em!

Small world too! Is PK still Martin & Mike??

Thanks Baz as far as i know PK is no more i saw Mike Pickup at the brighton speed trials and he said he had sold up

Wow!! you really are doing things properly :D. Keep the pics coming it is fascinating to see this type of build progress and to see just how much work goes into it. Thanks it been a long time to get this far but love it even when the wallet takes a pounding lol Great project and a great read.. Can'...

Thought I would update my thread slightly as I managed to track down the pictures of the process the block went through when the new style liners were fitted after I ended up with a neat spilt liner after getting the engine to 591hp and 524ftlbs of torque on race fuel @ 2.3 bar : http://i79.photobuc...

Absolutely awesome Car buddy.. must have been a very long but great project to build!!.. Also very impressed with write up, great read possibly the best i have seen on this forum.. just cost me an hour of my working day to read it!! oops!.. i think might have inspired me to get a volvo :p Thanks be...

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Time for a bit more of an update. !! http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/500bhpvolvo/various%20car%20pics/Perilplus1725.jpg After the second gearbox (the brand new one!!) had failed in 200 odd miles (!!) a replacement was brought quickly as I knew that any day soon Redline magazine would be askin...

Excellent write up. :cheers2: Expensive... Yep... but you can't complain about the results can you Well apart from the gearbox... :eek: Hopefully you get that part sorted soon Ady. Hi Ady the gearbox is now sorted (another update coming) thanks for the kind words Superb write up and a car to be ver...

THE PERIL SPEC: Spec : 1995 Volvo 854 T5-R Ap 325 mm front big brake kit, with Carbotech XP8 Pads Volvo V70R 330 mm Rear discs and R Calipers with Ferodo DS 2500 pads KW Race two way adjustable Coilover kit with adjustable bump and rebound and camber adjustment, corner weighted 18 inch OE Volvo silv...

I have had a date in mind to aim for completing the Peril 100% since last September when I made my yearly trip to the Brighton speed trials. I thought this would be a great event to put the Peril into as I have been going for a few years and have never seen a Volvo enter. I decided that I would not ...