[Kai]

Actually after first I was thinking about answer each one of your questions seriously, then I realized..."Why bother? He's probably not even sure about anything else beside the fact of swapping turbo for just the sake of swapping turbo..."

There are so many other aspects you would need to look into when consider such upgrade.

Do you know the limit of your motor? What is the limit of your budget? How much gain are you hoping to achieve? Are you prepare to face the problems of pushing more power? And many other issues will raise along with the search for more power.

Why do you think your current turbo is not good enough. What other upgrades have you done so far to lead you thinking you need to upgrade your turbo? Getting a turbo is not expensive at all, getting a good turbo and make it work with your car without breaking other parts and still manage to maintain a civil daily driving machine is an art.

When you have $10K spare change and ready for the commitment, then that will be the time to ask your question again.

I'm not even sorry that if I sound like an a$$, I've just been to too much crap with my project to sit here read someone naively thinks he can just pop in a turbo and be set to rock. Plus, I've actually wrote up few reviews about my upgrades..and no one seems to care, so I might sound just a bit bitter.

All in all, don't do the turbo upgrade just yet. If you want to make a wild hot rod outta your Volvo, it's not worth it, unless you think it is. These cars were never built to handle any sort of extreme power.

You would have better luck, result, and save more money by doing a turbo upgrade on an E36 M3.

 

[Kai]

quote:

Originally posted by VolvoAddict:
I'm not offended though...

Good, that's a start.

For those want to get some info from me will get some insults at first. As you can tell, I'm not a nice guy.

No, you don't want to go aftermarket on the turbo at this point. Do get your other upgrades first, have a feel of what your car can really do before you fork out your saving for a turbo upgrade that will cost you an arm and a leg while give you little gain if you stay with the similar size turbo.

Volvo has used many good (right) size turbo for its displacement and the 5 cylinder engine characteristic. I believe you probably have the same TD04HL-15G turbo as the other older 850 models. You'd be surprised what kind of horsepower your current setup will do with proper tuning and the right ECU.

There are few physical obstacles, you'd need to overcome when upgrading to an aftermarket turbo. You can even simply purchase the large turbo that's used on the latest V70R, 19T...along with few other upgrades to bump you up to the limit of bending the rods.

So....do few upgrades first and study your car more before wasting your money on something you are not too familiar with. This will also let you appreicate your car more. I kinda got numb after I did bunch of upgrades at once when I first got the car...then ended up spending life time saving just to get more power. And soon, I know I'll need more power when I get used to the car...then the same old sad history repeats itself again.

Kai

 

[Kai]

quote:

Originally posted by JHEIII850Turbo:
So Kai, the flame-breathing C70 isn't enough, huh?

Honestly, for a Volvo, I'm more than satisified. It's more than enough for me at this point. Maybe when I'm rich and famous, I'll do more...but it'd not a Volvo, though.

 

[Kai]

quote:

Originally posted by Evolvo:
One thing you could consider is going to the setup from the V70R. Didn't that car have an upgraded turbo and some other additional componentry. I thought I remembered reading about someone doing that to their 850.

If you read my previous posts more carefully....

hehehe..guess still not many people read my comments. The ones that put 18T on their 850s..I think only very few ppl, and I'd probably know all of them. But 16T to replace the 15G, I know a handful.