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Standard Recirculating Valve On 850 Limit Will It Survive?

my turbo is running about 16psi i fitted a blanking plate and a dump valve. now i want a recirculating blow of valve fitted again. Will the stock recirculating valve that goes on the turbo be fine...

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Diy: Removing Salt Stains From Carpet (Video Tutorial)

Video tutorial on how to clean the salt satins from your vehicle's carpet. Salt stains usually occur during the winter months when you have slush on your shoes and drag it into the vehicle. Once the...

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Seat Repair

So I recently picked up a 97 850r. In the process of getting it to stage 0 mechanically. The interior could use some work, and I was planning on leaving it, but after seeing leather magic either here...

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Fmic

ok im gathering parts for my fmic and does anyone know what size hose to get for the iac and where to get it from?

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Free Spyder Projectors For One 97-03 S40 In Socal In Exchange For Appearing...

I keep trying to reply to the thread on 30 Forty 50 and there's something wrong with the stupid Captcha that keeps you from registering. No matter what I do it says unsuccessful. ANYWAYS! I am the...

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95 Upsolute Ecu In A 98 S70 T5M?

I can't remember which way will work. I know the 95 has a EGR and my 98 doesn't which will throw my engine light on. I have a 95 Turbo ECU with an upsolute chip in it that I want to put in my 98T5M. Is...

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What Will Happen If I Use A Cbv And Dump Valve?

i am going to put my standard cbv back in but just wondering if i leave the dump valve on the car Will it still cause the car run funny due to the measured air being dumped? some air Will be...

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850 Led Dials Is It Possible?

can you get blue leds to go in to the instrument panel in the volvo 850 for the speedo , rev gauge etc think the dials would look smart blue lol

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Wideband O2 Or Stock?

I understand that a wideband is obviously Much much better but how are the factory o2 sensors on the volvos for reading a/f? I'd like to put a gauge on my car to observe the a/f mixture but don't want...

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Water Meth Injection Stage 1

I apologize if there is a thread already on this topic. Coolingmist water meth injection kit stage 1. About to go pick one up tonight along with 3 gallons of methanol. Anything I should know before...

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Can A 99 Xc70 Rear Bumper Skin Work On A 850 Wagon?

Can a rear bumper skin from a 99 XC70 fit/work on a 95 850?

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Single Piston And Twin Piston Dump Valve

Will a twin piston dump valve on a 850t5 still cause it to slightly over fuel on lift off same as a single piston dump valve would

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2004 S60R Head

I hear that the heads on the R models flow a lot better than T5 models. But my question is will I be able to purchase the head off a S60R and drop it into my 99 T5? Or will there be a problem with the...

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Plasitcdip

Sorry English is not first language of mine. I have a 850 Volvo, and I heard about something called plastidip?? See I don't like the way my wheels look and I wanted to paint them so does anybody have...

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Koni Street Shock/struts Str.t

I have not been able to really find any real world reviews of the Koni Str.t shocks on a volvo. Anyone have these?   The price is definitely looking good, but how good are they? I had Koni FSD and...

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New Grill, Or Use This One? Suggestions?

I'm just curious about what different options are out there. I kind of like the mesh style, aftermarket grill that's in it now, but I think I'll ditch the R emblem. I would like to put a Volvo badge on...

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Volvo 850 Heater Control Broken Centre Knob

i have an 850 and the other day i went to adjust the heater control to get the air to blow on the front window. it was really stiff to turn the centre knob in the up right position. so i twisted it...

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Adhesive Removal Help

This isn't for my 2 Volvos, but may apply. I've got a car where I removed a chrome strip from the hood.  There was much adhesive which I managed to get off with plastic scraper and goo gone. But there...

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Manumatic Transmission

So I was doing some reading on this site: http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Manumatic and it seems relatively simple to be able to control what gear an auto car is in, so I was wondering if anyone...

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Glt Cam Timing

there are a lot of threads on this but everyone seems to have there own answer. I seen a thread where somebody  suggested +2exh. and -2int. obviously there isn't a right setting but what would be the...

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