How to make your N/A (non-turbo) car go faster...
#1
10-23-2011, 05:29 PM
How to make your N/A (non-turbo) car go faster...
SELL IT!!!
NOTICE TO ALL N/A (naturally aspired - non-turbo) 850 and S70 owners. Not trying to be mean, just trying to let you know that preformance upgrades to your car is a waste of money. The question is posted here over and over again and the answer is the same.
If your car is out of tune, go ahead and tune it. The car is a little peppy as designed. Just has little guts over 70 mph. Adding a cold air intake may add you a 3% gain. Adding bigger fuel injectors may add you a 3% gain. Adding a better ignition coil may give you a 1% gain, adding some preformance spark plugs may give you a 2% gain, adding some fancy exhaust may give you a 2% gain. Adding a turbo is not really an option, I would consider that a conversion which takes dozens of parts, likely a couple of thousand dollars to get it right, probably 100+ man hours and then you have an over compressed motor that will likely not last 10,000 miles.
Please get the hint and clean up your car and sell it to one of the 1,000 people in your area that would love to purchased a non-turbo Volvo for themselves or their child. Take that money and buy a turbo car straight up and gain 50% power over your current N/A car which will make it 30% faster to 70 mph.
I have seen decent turbo 850's with little wrong with them for sale for under $2,000. Yes you may have to take a little trip to get one and yes you will likely have to do a little to it to get it right (it is a 16 year old car), but you will have a good base to go preformance crazy on. Trying to make a cat do dog tricks is just to hard. GET A DOG. I do understand that you may be attached to your 1st love, your first car, however, it really is not worth trying to make it fast like a turbo car.
Yes there is a lot you can do to your car to make it look cool and nice. Have fun doing that. But if you don't want to add nitris to it, just enjoy what you have. Thanks!
NOTICE TO ALL N/A (naturally aspired - non-turbo) 850 and S70 owners. Not trying to be mean, just trying to let you know that preformance upgrades to your car is a waste of money. The question is posted here over and over again and the answer is the same.
If your car is out of tune, go ahead and tune it. The car is a little peppy as designed. Just has little guts over 70 mph. Adding a cold air intake may add you a 3% gain. Adding bigger fuel injectors may add you a 3% gain. Adding a better ignition coil may give you a 1% gain, adding some preformance spark plugs may give you a 2% gain, adding some fancy exhaust may give you a 2% gain. Adding a turbo is not really an option, I would consider that a conversion which takes dozens of parts, likely a couple of thousand dollars to get it right, probably 100+ man hours and then you have an over compressed motor that will likely not last 10,000 miles.
Please get the hint and clean up your car and sell it to one of the 1,000 people in your area that would love to purchased a non-turbo Volvo for themselves or their child. Take that money and buy a turbo car straight up and gain 50% power over your current N/A car which will make it 30% faster to 70 mph.
I have seen decent turbo 850's with little wrong with them for sale for under $2,000. Yes you may have to take a little trip to get one and yes you will likely have to do a little to it to get it right (it is a 16 year old car), but you will have a good base to go preformance crazy on. Trying to make a cat do dog tricks is just to hard. GET A DOG. I do understand that you may be attached to your 1st love, your first car, however, it really is not worth trying to make it fast like a turbo car.
Yes there is a lot you can do to your car to make it look cool and nice. Have fun doing that. But if you don't want to add nitris to it, just enjoy what you have. Thanks!
Last edited by rspi; 10-23-2011 at 05:55 PM. Reason: moderation
I think that's what Top Gear did to the old Jaguar XJS.
#10
03-08-2012, 06:22 AM
#11
03-08-2012, 07:34 AM
Senior Member
#12
09-21-2012, 12:11 AM
SELL IT!!!
NOTICE TO ALL N/A (naturally aspired - non-turbo) 850 and S70 owners. Not trying to be mean, just trying to let you know that preformance upgrades to your car is a waste of money. The question is posted here over and over again and the answer is the same.
If your car is out of tune, go ahead and tune it. The car is a little peppy as designed. Just has little guts over 70 mph. Adding a cold air intake may add you a 3% gain. Adding bigger fuel injectors may add you a 3% gain. Adding a better ignition coil may give you a 1% gain, adding some preformance spark plugs may give you a 2% gain, adding some fancy exhaust may give you a 2% gain. Adding a turbo is not really an option, I would consider that a conversion which takes dozens of parts, likely a couple of thousand dollars to get it right, probably 100+ man hours and then you have an over compressed motor that will likely not last 10,000 miles.
Please get the hint and clean up your car and sell it to one of the 1,000 people in your area that would love to purchased a non-turbo Volvo for themselves or their child. Take that money and buy a turbo car straight up and gain 50% power over your current N/A car which will make it 30% faster to 70 mph.
I have seen decent turbo 850's with little wrong with them for sale for under $2,000. Yes you may have to take a little trip to get one and yes you will likely have to do a little to it to get it right (it is a 16 year old car), but you will have a good base to go preformance crazy on. Trying to make a cat do dog tricks is just to hard. GET A DOG. I do understand that you may be attached to your 1st love, your first car, however, it really is not worth trying to make it fast like a turbo car.
Yes there is a lot you can do to your car to make it look cool and nice. Have fun doing that. But if you don't want to add nitris to it, just enjoy what you have. Thanks!
NOTICE TO ALL N/A (naturally aspired - non-turbo) 850 and S70 owners. Not trying to be mean, just trying to let you know that preformance upgrades to your car is a waste of money. The question is posted here over and over again and the answer is the same.
If your car is out of tune, go ahead and tune it. The car is a little peppy as designed. Just has little guts over 70 mph. Adding a cold air intake may add you a 3% gain. Adding bigger fuel injectors may add you a 3% gain. Adding a better ignition coil may give you a 1% gain, adding some preformance spark plugs may give you a 2% gain, adding some fancy exhaust may give you a 2% gain. Adding a turbo is not really an option, I would consider that a conversion which takes dozens of parts, likely a couple of thousand dollars to get it right, probably 100+ man hours and then you have an over compressed motor that will likely not last 10,000 miles.
Please get the hint and clean up your car and sell it to one of the 1,000 people in your area that would love to purchased a non-turbo Volvo for themselves or their child. Take that money and buy a turbo car straight up and gain 50% power over your current N/A car which will make it 30% faster to 70 mph.
I have seen decent turbo 850's with little wrong with them for sale for under $2,000. Yes you may have to take a little trip to get one and yes you will likely have to do a little to it to get it right (it is a 16 year old car), but you will have a good base to go preformance crazy on. Trying to make a cat do dog tricks is just to hard. GET A DOG. I do understand that you may be attached to your 1st love, your first car, however, it really is not worth trying to make it fast like a turbo car.
Yes there is a lot you can do to your car to make it look cool and nice. Have fun doing that. But if you don't want to add nitris to it, just enjoy what you have. Thanks!
Thunder of the Natural...
Ck out the engine link; he got an extra 60 HP out of his N/A w/o nitrous; not too shabby.
#15
11-28-2012, 08:26 AM
For all of those that are bent on a turbo swap, here you go:
Successful 850 N/a To Turbo Swap....yes, It Does Run And Drive, Quite Well I Might Add! - Performance Modifications - Volvospeed Forums
Successful 850 N/a To Turbo Swap....yes, It Does Run And Drive, Quite Well I Might Add! - Performance Modifications - Volvospeed Forums
#16
05-12-2014, 06:39 PM
Member
I'm going to install a Eurosport Tuning Stainless Steel exhaust just because it's available, inexpensive and will outlast the car. The original exhaust is slowly degrading. Not expecting a stainless exhaust to turn this car into "The batmobile". I'm enjoying getting 31MPG in a high mileage/well maintained Volvo that's peppy enough, for what it is. ;-)
Last edited by DARK_BLU; 05-12-2014 at 06:41 PM.
#17
05-12-2014, 06:52 PM
Member
I don't know.. have you seen this one?
Thunder of the Natural...
Ck out the engine link; he got an extra 60 HP out of his N/A w/o nitrous; not too shabby.
Thunder of the Natural...
Ck out the engine link; he got an extra 60 HP out of his N/A w/o nitrous; not too shabby.
#18
05-13-2014, 01:39 AM
#19
05-15-2014, 01:12 PM
Member
As high speed driving isn't really possible on American highways, all I'd really like is a bit of low end torque. It's not like anyone can drive 130MPH and up without attracting every City and County police agency in Atlanta, not to mention, Georgia State Patrol. The cops here have more power and torque in Dodge Chargers and Ford Taurus SHOs then I'll ever have in a Volvo.
#20
05-15-2014, 01:21 PM
Administrator
If you go nitrous you really should open the engine and replace the connecting rods. For that much work why not upgrade to a turbo swap when it's time to put it back in if you can find a donor ??
But a fast NA is build-able and people have done it we are just trying to point out that it's so much cheaper to just buy a turbo 850 to start with.