Antherzoll's 05XC70 Build Thread

I've just finished a 5 week, 10.5k KM, cross county road trip with the XC and it had performed very well.

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With the trailer, luggage, and occupants, the XC was hauling around 2000lbs, fuel economy was averaging around 19-20mpg as calculate via the gas station method.

With the engine modification and Hilton Tune the XC had more than enough power to get up to speed from a stop, keep up with the 80mph speed limit in some states, and pull along the extended hill climbs though the mountains, plenty of time on boost and I'm not shy on the throttle. Hilton has done an awesome job tuning this vehicle, my engine is still running great, my transmission didn't quit, and my AG didn't explode.

There was a slight tune adjustment needed due to the additional load being placed onto the engine that didn't show with regular driving, low RPM high load hill climbs would cause overboost. I notified Hilton and he responded with revision almost instantly, [thumbup] for service. (of course, I didn't leave home without my VIDA/DiCE laptop so I was able to flash it on the fly ).

No hardware related issues other than I had a downpipe nut back off and caused a slight exhaust leak, and one of my new IPD HD swaybar endlinks developed a knocking with less than 5k miles on them, I'll be getting a refund on the endlinks.

Stupid me, when tightening down the downpipe nut I snapped the stud, but I was able to tighten the other two nuts and they are holding the flange on tight so no leaks. Now I need to extract it from the turbine housing and will be replacing with bolts instead.

If anyone is interested, here is the accumulated brake dust on my front drivers side wheel after this trip.



Using Hawk HPS Semi-metallic pads on 12" Slotted Stop Tech rotors. Didn't wash my vehicle once on the whole trip and rain was quite minimal. I did use engine braking in the big hills, which may have reduced the amount of dust. The brakes performed well on downhills and a few hard stops with the additional load. A bit noisy when wet, but dissipated once hot, otherwise they are very quiet.

freedomfries said:

Love your XC! What did you think about the IPD subframe inserts?

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Depends on the application.

If you're using them to improve handling then I'd say money is better spent on other upgrades before purchasing the inserts like swaybars or lower profile tires. The inserts would compliment any other suspension mods.

If you're using them to restore weak/collapsed mounts, then I'd just replace the mounts.

There are also these if you want to make them solid :http://www.kaplhenke.com/products/awd-fwd-delrin-subframe-bushings

Quote Of The Day

I'm generally a cautious driver when my kids are in the car. As we are approaching the highway in traffic.

My son: "Volvo's can't go fast Da Da"
Me: "Ha ha ha sure they can, I just drive slow"
Son: "No, Volvo's no drive fast"

We are at the stop light before the highway on ramp.

Me: "Do you want the Volvo to go fast?"
Son: "yeah"

Green light, give'r about 75-80% throttle (10-12psi), moderate to hard acceleration up to the speed limit.

Son: "No no no Da Da, Volvo's too fast"
Me:

THORS GALORE!








$550 CAD for all eight. Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 235/45R17 with great tread which I can sell off for a fair price. Thinking I'll keep both sets, re-finish them and keep the worst one for winter rims, but I first have to burn though my current set or summer/winters.