http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/1518363436.html

i dont know if the guy that owns this car is on the forum or not but this is another situation i may get into. im thinkin i would probibly just swap transmissions, that dented fender and the wheels. i know its a 94 and i would like to get a 95-97 but that doesnt seem like a bad deal for 2. i could probibly get them for 800-850. but if you guys dont think this would be a difficult task in changing over the transmission then im going to go this way unless i find something newer for around this price before then.

 

If you are mechanically inclined, jump all over this deal. Sure, you will have to put in money and time but hey, beats a damn car note any day.

 

well i have my buddies father in law owns a garage and he lets us borrow his bays after hours so this is something that i could jump on. i'll call him tonight.

 

It seems like a really good deal. I always try to stay away from cars that were owned by kids. I mean, I know I can't say much since I'm only 21, but first off, adding a MBC won't change your hp from 222 to 275, that's not how it works. And if he was careless enough to run the car dry, who knows what other maintenance on the car has been neglected. I would ask for a history of both cars, just so you don't get it and then realize that it's never gotten new suspension, brakes, timing belt, etc etc, and then end up sticking more money into than planned.

 

gilber33, those RMS leaks can be a real bitch. My car would have died months ago, if I wasn't so careful. At one point I was losing 1qt per 200 miles. I can totally see how his ran dry.

By the way, mine is fixed now ...sort of.

 

But that's what I'm saying, yeah they suck, but if he didn't get that fixed and just ran the car dry, there could be other things that needed fixing that he just looked over, and could really come back later to bite a new owner in the ***. I'm not saying they're a bad deal, I'm just saying to make sure to look over everything real good before jumping on it, since it was a college student that, from the sounds of the ad, kinda beat on the car.

 

yeah i already figured the car has had a few hot suppers and i was also planning on timing belt and headgasket from ipd. considering the car will be a project and i want the car to be ready for the BIG horsepower lol. that was a joke but i want to be sure everything has been done unless i get info proving that it had already been done. another thing is that i found a cam/cam gear/timing belt kit on ipd for the 900 series cars and i was wondering if anyone knew where i could find a kit like this for the 5cyl turbos? if im going to already have the engine open i might as well do the cam and cam gear. are these engines roller btw?

 

i got a message back from the guy that owns the wagon from the first craigslist link and he said that there is no spark and he was told by a mechanic that it was the ignition coil being junk why it wont start. so i figured i can buy one from autozone to just throw on it when i go to see it and see if it starts after. he said the frame is clean as is the brake lines, gas lines, and floor boards. still not sure about it being auto or 5spd hopefully 5spd lol. it kinda sucks the car has 205k but for 500 bucks i will buy it and drive it til it pukes. what do you guys have for mileage on your modded 850 turbo.

 

FYI there are no factory 5 speed Turbo 850's in the US.

 

oh lol well i guess i will stop searching then.

http://maine.craigslist.org/ctd/1527169866.html

how come that 95 850 glt is 5spd?

 

GLTs didn't have turbos until 97

 

ooooh i see. thank you for the heads up!

 

i think im going to pick up the 2 sedans. how hard would it be to do the direct engine swap? when doing the swap what should i do for maintenance with the engine out? im planning on hoses, belts, vacuum lines, tranny fluid and filter (what do you guys recommend and what do i get for a filter?). my plans are to gut the cat, delete the muffler, custom cai, full tune up, 15psi. eventually ipd cai, custom full 3" exhaust, ?drop springs/?strut bars, msd ignition, ipd plug wires, decent tires, when i can afford it a ?decent tune(what do you guys recommend?).

 

When you have the engine out, change the Rear Main Seal. It only costs ~$20.

Along with that, you should change the PCV system as well.

 

do plugs, plug wires, hoses, belts, and a full fluid change before you do any performance mods. I would leave the air intake box as is until you get an IPD or EST sri, they are very efficient as is and if you just stick a cone filter in place of the box your going to be sucking in hot air. If you get a MBC to up your psi to 15, you have to get a boost gauge as well. And for tunes there's IPD, Rica, speettuning, upsolute, turbo tuner, it's basically what you want to spend. IPD and Rica are more expensive but they are the best researched.

What he said

 

would the thermostat be easier with the engine out? is a garrett t3 an upgrade? i have done some research on wikipedia and it seems the stock turbo has a t3 flange right? i have a rebuilt t3 right in my garage so i imagine it will be alot easier to change it out with the engine out. man im wicked psyched to get the cars!

 

Garrett what? GT30 or 35?It may fit, but then you're looking at custom oil/coolant lines, you'll need a new exhaust, at least a downpipe, injectors, and a tune. And anyone I've seen running a Garrett had a built motor.

 

im talking about a garrett t3. from what i have read on the forums is that the stock turbos are no good past 15psi and i was hoping on around 18. i know the rebuilt t3 in my garage is good to 20+ because i buried my autometer 20/20 boost gauge using it. so my main question is do these turbos have t3 exhaust flanges? wikipedia says they are a t3 but i dont know how much i believe that if they fade out around 15psi!.

 

Yes the stock turbo on the 850 Turbos with is the 15G, is not really much good past 15 PSI, but that's not the only turbo Volvo has (which are Mitsubishi turbos). There is the 16T, good to about 17/18 psi, the 18T, good to about 18/20 psi, the 19T which is good to 20+. I know there are charts around that say what the turbos inlet/outlet, flanges, etc, what turbo came with what car. I'm pretty sure, IIRC, that the flanges are T3, but that doesn't mean that everything is going to bolt up, I highly doubt it will be a direct fit, and I would NOT push 20+ PSI on stock internals, injectors, tune, and without supporting mods.

1994-1997 850 Turbos-15G
1997 850 GLT- 13G
98-00 X70 T5-16T
98-00 X70 GLT-13C
00 V70R-18T

 

the guy just messaged me back and said he was doing 160 down the highway with it when he had first bought it before the oil leak. these cars are governed at 142 right? what was off wikipedia also. he said the mbc was adjusted to 14.5 and it would boost spike til 15psi BUUUUUUUT he said that he got the numbers and tuned it off the factory boost gauge..! he said the factory gauge reads up to 15psi? over that and it will bury the needle and fuel cut will occur. he says he know almost everything there is to know but if he did you would think he would know that the car cant go over 143mph.