Hi I have a 1999 S70 GLT and am looking to add even more muscle to the engine. I dont have that great of an income being 16 so does anyone know of any well priced/good performance parts such as intake?
Thanks

 

Check out the general section I made a post with a bunch of links check them out and maybe they might help.

 

Will do. Thanks

 

Lets us know if you decide on something!!!

 

Well what is your budget like? Also how much gain do you want from your engine?

I would do a full Stage 0 to start out with. Check over on Volvospeed for the full list. It is in their PINNED section in the Performance section of their forum.

-K&N panel filter, and of EST intake kit.
-3" downpipe to a 3" CAT-back if you plan on upgrading turbo at any time. If not upgrading turbo then 3" downpipe to a 2.5" CAT-back system.
-ECU upgrade, (IPD, RICA, Upsolute, SpeedTuning USA)

With those mods you should net about 50 horses about the same torque, maybe a little more, maybe a little less.

 

Whats more important in the 'pick up' of a car, hp or torque?

 

I am going to say torque.

 

Torque

 

Torque

 

Im no engineer, but I understand it as torque is the turning force of the engine, and horsepower is just a way of measuring engine power. Horsepower is nice, but torque is what u want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower


This seemed to sum it up pretty well;
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhorsepower.html

 

Correct, torque is what matters.