My Volvo S80

Haha...not often do you see a volvo like this...

these photos aren't great, but i wanted to document the new stuff I did to my car.

New wheels/tires/magnaflow exhaust

Cool!

BTW, I'm old -- Does a Magnaflow make noise?

S.Horton wrote in post #7583431
Cool!

BTW, I'm old -- Does a Magnaflow make noise?

haha thanks. The noise depends on the setup of the whole exhaust system. In my case it makes a bit of noise but nothing stupid like the people who mod their hondas and stuff.

looks pretty good. The stuff in the background is distracting in the first photo though..

ps. nice tires, i have the same ones on my car.

Looking good. Wouldn't hurt to lower it a little bit tho

What engine is it?

Despite the generalization of all modded hondas having stupid exhaust, the cars looks clean. We have guys around here that drive their volvos to death. Good to see someone taking care of one.

BIGTUFFGUY wrote in post #7585371
looks pretty good. The stuff in the background is distracting in the first photo though..

ps. nice tires, i have the same ones on my car.

Thanks, how can you tell? They're Toyo Proxes 4

jejeje wrote in post #7586460
Looking good. Wouldn't hurt to lower it a little bit tho

What engine is it?

It's just the 2.9, considered lowering it, but it will mess with the smooth ride too much.

zelseman wrote in post #7587123
Despite the generalization of all modded hondas having stupid exhaust, the cars looks clean. We have guys around here that drive their volvos to death. Good to see someone taking care of one.

Thanks. I enjoy keeping it look good.

scotteisenphotography wrote in post #7587197
Thanks, how can you tell? They're Toyo Proxes 4

I can tell because I have the same ones. And I don't take tire decisions lightly. It is afterall the only part of the touching the road, why cheap out?

BIGTUFFGUY wrote in post #7587523
I can tell because I have the same ones. And I don't take tire decisions lightly. It is afterall the only part of the touching the road, why cheap out?

Well okay. I just didn't know it was that easy to notice tires being the same. just me I guess

Well, the weld on the front pipe to muffler looks interesting...

Level out the horizon in shot one, the car is leaning right a bit too much.

Keep an eye on that timing belt! I was considering Volvo V70(XC) and S80 T-6s until I realized the inline engines have an interference design with a belt(!?!). I thought the auto industry learned to avoid that combo. back in the early '80s.

mlav wrote in post #7591671
Well, the weld on the front pipe to muffler looks interesting...

Level out the horizon in shot one, the car is leaning right a bit too much.

Keep an eye on that timing belt! I was considering Volvo V70(XC) and S80 T-6s until I realized the inline engines have an interference design with a belt(!?!). I thought the auto industry learned to avoid that combo. back in the early '80s.

What do you mean about the weld? Also, we bought it new in 2001. No problems!

Nice looking car there Scott - now I'll have to go out and get some shots of my V70. Been wanting one for about 10 years and with the dealerships doing slash and burn deals, one finally became affordable. I don't know a whole lot about tires, but looking at the tread pattern are those "Z" rated? I'm also old like Horton... did you pick the magna flo for it's "tone" are does it actually do something different than the standard Volvo performance? - Stu

scotteisenphotography wrote in post #7592054
What do you mean about the weld? Also, we bought it new in 2001. No problems!

The weld looks a little less than professional.

Good luck with the car. I never considered Volvos as fun cars until I worked as an engineer at their main automatic transmission supplier (Aisin AW) and realized I was wrong; I did lots of driving in an S60 T-5.

I felt the same way - although a wagon (based on the S80) I find the V70 to be quite nimble, agile and powerful for it's size and weight. And those seats are like "buttah..."

mlav wrote in post #7592124
...... I never considered Volvos as fun cars until I worked as an engineer at their main automatic transmission supplier (Aisin AW) and realized I was wrong; I did lots of driving in an S60 T-5.

sapearl wrote in post #7592073
Nice looking car there Scott - now I'll have to go out and get some shots of my V70. Been wanting one for about 10 years and with the dealerships doing slash and burn deals, one finally became affordable. I don't know a whole lot about tires, but looking at the tread pattern are those "Z" rated? I'm also old like Horton... did you pick the magna flo for it's "tone" are does it actually do something different than the standard Volvo performance? - Stu

I'm not sure what the tires are rated actually. And the exhaust adds a nice sound to it. Maybe a few horsepower as well

mlav wrote in post #7592124
The weld looks a little less than professional.

Good luck with the car. I never considered Volvos as fun cars until I worked as an engineer at their main automatic transmission supplier (Aisin AW) and realized I was wrong; I did lots of driving in an S60 T-5.

ah. oh well! we've had volvos in my family for 15 years. not one problem. hopefully it'll stay that way. this one is coming up on 126k miles