Wild Mod not Volvo but FUN!

[Steve J.]

I went to get my 850 inspected (in the states one must pay each year
for an inspection sticker, it's a tax really but does keep the heaps
off the highway. They check the lights,etc)
And the kid at the gas station was busy working on his Mustang. He did
my inspection and I had the chance to query him about his car.
Turns out he has '98 Ford mustang he has put a 351cubic inch Ford
motor in, and it's been bored and tweaked with a cam, etc, but get
this, he is affixing DUAL turbos to the motor, he said they were
turbos from an '86 special edition Mustang. I am not aquatinted with
the model.
At any rate, much fabrication was needed. What a beast!
As I backed my 850 turbo out of the bay, I was just marveling at the
prospect of this car. I shall follow his progress as it's only just
down the street from me.
He said he expects +/- 700 HP.
I just want to drive it once!!
It must be like riding a rocket!
I LOVE fast cars, thanks Volvo for the 850 turbo!

115k really nice miles on my '96 850 turbo. If you get a chance buy
one.
To any naysayers out there regarding the 850, I'm sorry, but I LOVE
mine.

 

[Rob Guenther]

Well I hear 96 was the best year, and that the 850 Turbo is a great car...
not too many naysayers that I have seen about your model/year in particular.

I have doubts about that mustang tho... 700+ HP.... I don't think that
engine will hold up, and if it does, I think he will drive that car right
off of the road one day.

 

[Tony Stanley]

Well I hear 96 was the best year, and that the 850 Turbo is a great car...
not too many naysayers that I have seen about your model/year in particular.

I have doubts about that mustang tho... 700+ HP.... I don't think that
engine will hold up, and if it does, I think he will drive that car right
off of the road one day.

Yea it would fine for drag racing, but the 850 will go round corners better,
much lighter and better engineered. Although the older Volvos are renowned
for their longevity because they are over-engineered. Problem is Engineers
still don't know everthing and a bit of over-engineering is good.

Had a look /drive in a T5R with a view to buy, very sexy, quick and handled
well but too much power for FWD the wheel spin just annoyed me. I prefer an
innocent looking 940 with extra boost, lowered uprated etc.

 

[Rob Guenther]

....I would love to stick the Inline 6 from the XC90/S80 into a 960... twin
turbos, nice horsepower.. basically same engine that is already in there,
just beefed up nicely. I wonder if there are any Volvo 5-6 speed manuals
that couple to it.

 

[HP_BRS]

I wonder how his transmission will respond to an extra 450 horsepower.

HP_BRS

 

[Guest]

A fellow I work with took his '97 Camaro and put a purpose built 383 cid
engine in it, it is supercharged. Running 10 lbs. of boost the car dynos
625 rwhp. There is no such thing as traction with this beast, it will
gladfully and willfully spin the tires in first and second gears....you just
have to back out of the throttle to get anything going....incredible!

 

[Dave Shannon]

And the kid at the gas station was busy working on his Mustang. He did
my inspection and I had the chance to query him about his car.
Turns out he has '98 Ford mustang he has put a 351cubic inch Ford
motor in, and it's been bored and tweaked with a cam, etc, but get
this, he is affixing DUAL turbos to the motor, he said they were
turbos from an '86 special edition Mustang. I am not aquatinted with
the model.
At any rate, much fabrication was needed. What a beast!

For a fun mustang from one of our own Volvo performance nuts check out Hot
Rod magazine November 2001 for Bill Watson's 535hp twin turbo 66 fastback.
Bill has been a staple of Turobricks forum for years and put together a 302
that is so strong he has to back off his launch to keep from breaking into
the 11 second 1/4 mile (they require roll bars at those times) it also gets
over 20mpg with a high of 27 at sustained cruse on the highway. Very well
thought out car by a guy that is a jet engineer with Garrett/Honeywell.
With all the research and $$$ he put into the car to get to those levels and
hold together I'd say the odds of a guy wrenching in back of a garage
reaching 700hp and having the engine live very long may be a bit long.
Cheers
Dave Shannon
[email protected] (Spring Valley CA)
1988 240 DL 18X,XXX
1985 240 Ti 20X,XXX
1984 245 DL 20X,XXX
1984 245T 19X,XXX
'01 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 10K
http://www.homestead.com/volvo2/

 

[Joseph Oberlander]

I wonder how his transmission will respond to an extra 450 horsepower.

My cousin did the exact same thing with a simmilar era Mustang,
but went for a HUGE supercharger. This thing puts out 600HP
with a moderate amount of boosting and tweaking. He has taken it
out to road-races before.

If he presses the throttle down more than about halfway, it blows
out the transmission. Stock transmission - good for no more than
300HP. He's of course contempating a new transmission, but that
would also require a new rear-end and driveshaft and...

 

[James Sweet]

If he presses the throttle down more than about halfway, it blows
out the transmission. Stock transmission - good for no more than
300HP. He's of course contempating a new transmission, but that
would also require a new rear-end and driveshaft and...

Then what's the point? Why doesn't he lower the boost a bit?