In a nutshell:
1995 850 T5. 5spd manual conversion, RN swap (2002 2.3L) 19t, full charcoal interior swap. Catless 3" DP and Jetex exhaust, front and rear P2 R brake conversion. The car that started Snabb and actually my first Volvo!
It's bittersweet to see her go but it's time that she found a new home. I'm looking for someone who will take care of her and bring her up to her full potential.
Price is $7,800 I had a much higher number in my head after the unbelievable amount of time and money that has gone into this car over the last couple years and beyond BUT the reality is she's a 21 year old car and has flaws.
How I would rate the car:
Interior cosmetic and functionality 9 out of 10
Exterior cosmetic 8 out of 10
Mechanical 9 out of 10
You guys know the deal with this wagon. It's the first Volvo I ever bought and in preparation for my first manual swap it is ultimately the reason that Snabb Performance Parts got started. Without this car it would never have happened. When I bought this car there were no intake pipes or short shifters available for these cars. A lot has changed since then and, not to be too sentimental, all good things must come to an end. My hope is that perhaps the next owner will take it to another level just like Taras and Matt have done with the other Snabb mobiles. For me the era of the white 850 estate has come to an end, I have too many cars and too many projects being juggled to keep this one going.
She's a great car and is by far my most reliable Volvo every owned. There's very little that would need to be done to her aside from regular maintenance. The biggest thing is the body which could use a good repaint but she's 21 years old so I think it comes with the territory.
ENGINE
October 2016 Dyno'd at 267 hp at the wheels, 318 torque at the wheels
Currently the motor has 117,000 miles. The original mileage of the car is unknown because the odometer didn't work when I bought it 8 years ago. The motor is out of a 2002 C70. When I bought the motor it had 87K miles and installed it a 4-5 years ago. I really lucked out on the motor. it's in amazing shape, has no carbon, runs like a top and doesn't leak anything or burn almost any oil. I've run royal purple ever since the motor swap . The motor probably goes through 1/2 quart max in 3-4K miles and honestly that's more likely from the turbo on cold starts than anything else.
Transmission out of a 97 GLT R clutch, currently using Royal Purple trans fluid
The engine and transmission have been well taken care of but it's a northeast car so it's not perfect.
SUSPENSION/ BRAKES
IPD lowering springs
Bilstein touring struts, HD bushings getting old and probably need to be replaced but still working amazingly well.
Front IPD sway bar.
Rear stock T5 sway bar.
HD miele endlinks last year
New front control arms last year
20mm spacers on the rear.
All the fenders have been rolled.
P2R brakes front and rear
New tires were installed new last year. 225/40 18
AUDIO
New Alpine blue-tooth single din unit (just replaced this last week. my old one died)
New Alpine mono sub amp
Alpine 12" sub.
Rockford 2 channel amp (front door speakers)
JL audio coax door speaks
Shiriken AGM battery
INTERIOR and other
Car has a generous application of dynamat on doors, rear floor, and trunk.
Swapped over the whole interior to black/ charcoal last summer. This included charcoal trim and rear carpeted pieces, 5th door trim out of a 2000 XC70, really nice charcoal dash and doors out of an 850. Seats have all been treated with leatherique although the front DS seat has significant cracks they still look good and are not torn at all.
Custom headliner and shade with new charcoal headliner material and grey trim from the XC70.
What's been done chronologically….
2012 RN and manual swap
Things that were done done with RN swap
Solid cam hub
all 4 of the cam seals
RMS
New Crank sensor
New Cam sensor
New
New rubber hoses,
New rubber elbows,
Silicone hoses,
Gaskets,
PVC with copper PTC pipe,
Timing belt,
Water pump,
Tbelt tensioners,
All motor mounts
The 5 spd manual transmission is out of an 850 GLT.
Redline trans fluid
R clutch
Machined Flywheel
Throw-out bearing
Short shifter
Shortened shifter lever
Cluster master cylinder, clutch line and slave
19t turbo was added at the same time as the motor with a regular new 19t, it has an upgraded 7psi wastegate actuator and billet Forge CBV
New Bosch fuel pump,
Fuel filter
Charcoal check valve
FPR
Radiator
Big bore manifold and throttle body with silver powdercoated intake manifold.
Poly upper and lower torque rods
3" down pipe with no cat- EGT probe.
New RN oil cooler and oil lines.
Brand new R bumper
Things done in 2014
Repainted hood, front valence, rear valence and blended into front fenders.
Both engine grounds were upgraded. I installed a big Shurikin AGM battery and totally cleaned up the wiring for the 12v and the grounds, made custom bracket for it fuse block etc.
Main relay replaced and wiring redone
Started charcoal interior swap
Things done in 2015
99-00 load bars
New shifter cables
New shifter cable bushings, shifter assembly bushings.
Built a new 3" intake pipe with a 3.5" aluminum MAF and 900 cfm AEM dry filter.
Replaced all the silicone on the intake and the charge piping, vac lines TCV etc.
Copper plugs
Bougicord wires.
AEM Wideband wired into the ecu and 3 gauge pod.
Jetex single oulet Cat back exhaust
Radiator coolant hoses
Lower control arms
Passenger side axle
Trans oils change (no metal shavings)
Installed the new Snabb high density drop in intercooler and new intercooler piping
P2 R brake upgrade. calipers rebuilt by us, new pads, rotors, brake lines, dot 4 fluid, parking brake shoes and hardware all around.
Complete interior swap including a new custom charcoal headliner, charcoal interior pieces from 850's and 99 V70- the rear section and pillars are all out of a 99 V70 so they are super clean and a nice dark charcoal colour
Rebuilt, cleaned and lubricated sunroof.
Wheels are new last year. Enkei RSF5 (unfortunately I touched a curb and chipped off some paint on the PS front last summer. It's not into the metal just chipped paint but still they would be perfect if not for that stupidity)
We fixed up all the switches, lights etc in the car with one exception the seat heaters don't work. I'm not sure what is wrong with them but I never really cared about them so it hasn't been a priority to figure it out either.
Full AC service last summer. New evaporator, orings, pressure valves, and switches. it's super cold and works great. That was a big PIA job as I'm sure you know!!
Totally rewired all the upgrades in the dash last summer. meaning we removed the stuff from the older zietronix logger, EBC Turbo tuner and anything else that was obsolete and cleaned up the interior harness. Relocated all the gauges to the 3 gauge pod. (EGT, a new wideband sensor and boost pressure)
Fan blower motor and resistor, and of course the cabin air filter last summer as that was on the way out.
Paint restoration, claybar, polish wax etc.
Things done in 2016
DS front wheel bearing
Cleaned and flow tested fuel injectors, replaced all o-rings seals and fuel injector cushions
Rewired Fuel injector harness with new EFI connectors and terminals
Rewired TPS with new EFI connector and terminals
Rewired IAC with new EFI connector and replaced terminals
Rewired MAF with new terminals
New MAF sensor
New front O2 sensor
Repainted the engine cover, torque rod, strut brace, throttle bracket, and some other things.
New Alpine BT single din
3 Leatherique treatments on seats
Paint touch-up, claybar, wax. Exterior trim restoration
CAR COMES WITH 2 TUNES-IMPORTANT READ DISCLAIMER!
TUNE 1: Ard 4.3 Blue tune for 19t, manual, green injectors and stock MAF. This tune is not the one the I normally use but it does work well. The car is just not setup for it. Some simple changes can make it work which would involve the following ( changing back to stock MAF, disconnecting vac/boost line to ECU, disconnecting rear O2 sensor connector, and adjusting/ fine tuning wastegate to control boost onset)
TUNE 2: Buest 4.4 tune for 19t, manual, green injectors, Big MAF, full data logging with wideband, boost pressure sensor, and WMI control if desired. Good tune and very dialed in thanks to Aarons very hard and persistant work **BUT with this tune the car has a CEL for adaptive idle trims that is always there**. The car idles fine and the tune is right on so the only annoying part is the light. I prefer using the 4.4 tune and want to retain the knock light feature so I live with the light. It really doesn't make any difference to the car. It's a 95 with no CAT anyway.
Ultimately if you don't want the light on you can pull it or switch tunes.
Other stuff:
There is water injection installed but the car doesn't really need it so it's not hooked up right now. Aaron wanted me to remove the variable controller and wire it in directly to the ECU which I haven't gotten to and again the intercooler does it's job so I don't see a need for it unless you got to a bigger turbo. The ECU is setup for it by the way it just would need the variable controller removed, a relay wired in and put the hoses back in.
The worst of the cosmetic problems, It has it's share of dings scratches and rust spots in the paint. All of which have been addressed as best as I can over the years but please know this is NOT a flawless showcar, it is a sometimes daily driven car with a ton of money time and love put into it.
Chip in windshield. It's small and has been there for 6 years without getting worse so I don't see it ever being a problem.
Temp guage on the gauge cluster drops out of service sometimes. The ECU still knows the temp so it's just a gauge issue, possibly the temp sensory gauge motor.
Also comes with some extras that I haven't had time to put in including, new subframe bushings, inserts and bolts, new upper strut mounts, and I'm changing out the front brakes pads due to shutter from the pad that happens at low speeds sometimes.
EMAIL ME kristian@snabb.us
