bigwilly1
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- Joined
- Feb 18, 2018
- Location
- Knutsford, Cheshire
Hey Turbo Bricks,
1st post here so will introduce myself. My names Will and im fat, which is the ONLY reason for my name. Ask my wife! Car enthusiast but work offshore as a super yacht engineer. Currently engineer on a 55m Hybrid super yacht but cant tell you the name due to owners privacy rules . The yacht does have 2 Volvo D6 engines and 2 D3s on the Tender though. Owned (and rented) a vast range of cars including a Classic V8 range rover, porches, Audi's (inc RS4) but my favorite car by far has been my N Reg Volvo 850, 2.5l 280k+, Full service history 7 seats etc. I loved how you could floor that thing everywhere and very rarely manage to get over the speed limit but still was plenty of fun!
Anyway, I'm going to be spending more time at home soon and looking for a project car to keep me out of my wifes way. I want another volvo again but want to make sure i get the right car to tinker with. long term plan is a sleeper with as much HP as possible over the next few years. No real interest in racing etc but want an engine/platform i can tune/upgrade with miminal input from 3rd Partys and realtivley easily. No real budget but the cheaper the better, for example a 850R would be fine but if I could get a 850 2.5 performing the same as the 850R for less money that would be better. No issues on fuel consumption as we have a 50mpg golf for longer trips! My only specification is it needs to be an estate. Would also love to do a supercharger sticking through the 'hood' but need the longitudinally mounted blocks for that to look right.
What do you experts reckon?
1st post here so will introduce myself. My names Will and im fat, which is the ONLY reason for my name. Ask my wife! Car enthusiast but work offshore as a super yacht engineer. Currently engineer on a 55m Hybrid super yacht but cant tell you the name due to owners privacy rules . The yacht does have 2 Volvo D6 engines and 2 D3s on the Tender though. Owned (and rented) a vast range of cars including a Classic V8 range rover, porches, Audi's (inc RS4) but my favorite car by far has been my N Reg Volvo 850, 2.5l 280k+, Full service history 7 seats etc. I loved how you could floor that thing everywhere and very rarely manage to get over the speed limit but still was plenty of fun!
Anyway, I'm going to be spending more time at home soon and looking for a project car to keep me out of my wifes way. I want another volvo again but want to make sure i get the right car to tinker with. long term plan is a sleeper with as much HP as possible over the next few years. No real interest in racing etc but want an engine/platform i can tune/upgrade with miminal input from 3rd Partys and realtivley easily. No real budget but the cheaper the better, for example a 850R would be fine but if I could get a 850 2.5 performing the same as the 850R for less money that would be better. No issues on fuel consumption as we have a 50mpg golf for longer trips! My only specification is it needs to be an estate. Would also love to do a supercharger sticking through the 'hood' but need the longitudinally mounted blocks for that to look right.
What do you experts reckon?