850 Turbo MBC valve help
Ok guys, i may be beating a dead horse here, but bare withme.....i only have a phone, no computer, and searching through a ton of posts is exhausting. Recently bought my first Volvo, a 96 850T with 157k. Love it, great car, good condition. Today i did the stage zero (vacuum lines, oil, F/F, etc., as well as the N/A intake/TB swap. No issues. I also got a manual boost controller. Installation instructions say a high flow air filter and exhaust is required. Im not about to spend a ton of money on an exhaust. Im cheap. My questions are, do I really need the exhaust? And what is a tolerabe amount of boost for astock engine? Im not trying to take this thjng to the track, just looking for a few more ponies. I dont want to blow this thing up as it is my daily driver........Im an ASE certified tech, and if you give me a small block Chev i can pull 800hp out of it no problem, but this is my first real venture into the world of forced induction. Any insight would my VERY greatly appreciated.
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Like i said, bear with me on this one, spent the.last hour searching this site on my phone and didnt quite find what i was looking for. Just wanting to hear others input on what a 150k mile stock motor can handle. After some thought i think im going to eliminate my Cat tomorrow, as i dont need to pass emissions, that should help my exhaust flow a bit. Again, im a tech, i can hamdle hard specs, just need to know what my stock lower end and head gasket can handle. Thanks...........and in case anyone cares/is wondering, the N/A manifold and TB swap showed a definite improvement in low/mid range torque, certainly noticeable over stock.
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Opening up the exhaust on these engines is #1 for performance. If you throw that MBC on it there is a built in limiter at around 15psi, the ECU will cut the fuel. To get around this you would need a tune. As for the bottom end and what it can handle, again its all based on the tune. I have seen 27psi successfully on a stock bottom end. The head gasket will hold but being the mileage on the car it is approaching its brittle phase. I ran at 18psi on a stock block for years without issue.
Here is a good read for you: Modifying Fwd Turbo Volvos (Read, Don't Comment) - Performance Modifications - Volvospeed Forums |
Thank you very much for your input Boxpin. Not really looking for an ecm tune or even thinking of going over 15psi. From what i understand stock is 7-9, so id like to run 12-13, just want to make sure im not going to grenade anything. Like i said just want a few extra horses, and would like the boost to kick in a bit quicker. Going to look into modifying my exhaust today. Thanks again for the input
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Tighten the wastegate rod 1 turn and add the MBC, done.
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Tighten the rod as in shorten it, or extend it? Also am i correct that the stock turbo control solenoid opens at a specified pressure to apply pressure to the wastegate actuator? I put a hand vacuum pump on the actuator yesterday and it began to move at about 2-3lbs of pressure.....
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Oh good, you have a pump...set it to 4psi
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Originally Posted by boxpin
(Post 387837)
Oh good, you have a pump...set it to 4psi
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Faster, faster...
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