Volvo 940 lpt turbo

[jackass]

Had this traded in at work and couldn't pass it up.
it's just gone past one hundred thousand miles with full service history
even had the pdi tick sheet with it.

[galooph]

What a bargain! I'm not jealous at all :-P

[Tommy_940]

That looks bloody clean, Any plans for it??

[peter96]

Looks good.

[jackass]

I've been looking on Turbobricks forum, lots of info about being able to up the boost a bit to give it a bit more poke. lowered with a set wider wheels. lots of ideas but will have to do it on a budget.

[Tommy_940]

buy yourself a mbc and a boost gauge, should be able to run from 10-12psi with out at "pinging" (pre ignition) or fuel cut.

Get yourself a back box as the standard are very restricting and also remove the silencer box before the axle, add a slight deepness to the sound and also a few extra horsepowers

either weld the diff or look out for a Eaton g80 locking diff ( ive a spare for £200 ) or brave the 1 wheel spin!

lowered springs are around £140ish of ebay or you can simply chop your standards, 2 coils front and 2 1/2 rears gives you a nice ride height.


Any other questions just ask....

[jackass]

Thanks. First mod is repurposing the K&N from my Gsxr.

[Tommy_940]

Looks good, should get some nice noise with this.

[oldskullpete]

Nice colour, good to see another on here. Theres a blank panel in the inner wing near the air filter, when removed it makes the cabin much noiser from turbo and recirc noises, much better sound. Lesjofors lowering springs from partsforvolvo work well and make it nocely useable but less boaty.
Do a good service before upping boost,clutch and flywheel is weak after a boost raise. Sort that and then more power is easily achievable.

[jackass]

Now have her on the road. Few little mods, I've fitted an air fuel ratio gauge and replaced the week turbo actuator witch was giving a massive 3psi of boost, Now have a slightly better 6psi it may not sound much but the difference in performance was very noticeable. Just waiting for my ebay bleed valve to take it up to 12psi.

[360beast]

That looks so good

Chances are it's running lh2.4 so if you have a gold ezk or one of the other two types of chipable ezks then you can get chips to remove fuel cut, raise the rev limit etc from turbobricks.

I have a garret t3 from one of the 760s I broke if you want some extra poke, should be at 7psi as standard on the t3.

[meltedcheese]

PM me if you need any tuning advice, I have done quite a bit with these. Mine is currently running between 250-300bhp reliably.

[jackass]

Reading Bnptrs thred on his volvo has inspired me to start modding my brick again.


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Fitting Vauxhall Five spoke steelies, Rears will be a 1" banded.

[bnptrs]

Looking good! thanks for the mention

[jackass]

Ok so i didnt quite like how it looked with 16s so i have fitted insignia 17" steels with 215/50/17 tires. still not sure though

[jackass]

My other option is these bbs reps i just bought on ebay thinking the insignia wheels wouldnt look that good but they have started to grow on me....

[jackass]

Steels or alloys

[commervan]

Both sets look good and suit it
Mines running 17 but looking to put smaller n wider rims on in the future ill be keeping a close eye on your progress

[jackass]

Brought an Ebay special turbo off a skyline for £30. little bit bigger than the standard unit.

[76jimmy]

How did you get the vauxhall wheels to fit, was it pcd adapters?
I like the look of the cross spoke alloys