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Hi all
Does anyone have or know anyone who has a glove box for a standard 850 P reg? I have been to Lakes and they haven't any left.
Thanks for any info.
Alastair Luckham

Hi James, are you in Blighty over Chrissie or over there making millions.

Cheers Jamesy, hope all is still ok over there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for that info. I didn't know whether it was a big problem or not. No, I don't drive it hard all the time and shut off. I always cool off for about 5 miles before turning off, after a long...

Hi,

Have just acquired a white 480 turbo '92 in poor body state, been left off the road for 9 yrs and only done 65k. The auxiliary cooling unit doesn't appear to be operating. My other turbo...

Ok, here's the way it is. The turbo gauge indicates the exact same position in 1-5 gears using the standard ECU as it does with the Robou mod. This is totally illogical. Robou said there is nothing...

Well, the ECU is off back to Robou for an MOT....:uglyhamme

Yup, I twigged the b...££££ about the turbo but the company who reconditioned my turbo set the wastegate to open early. I have every confidence that when I have corrected the mistake to "half a hole"...

Sorted the MAF resistance to 530 ohms. Had new turbo fitted and they set the actuator to open early for bedding in ( I don't know why) and did full pressure leak checks. I need to know, on my model...

Ta.... where does this thingy hide itself?. I was looking at the square unit in the air intake back from the box. The one you are showing seems to be round or is that an illusion!!! Gaud I need to...

Got Robou's mod in now. The turbo gauge doesn't show any more boost than original, although the power is obviously up???? I have the new dump valve to fit, which might make a difference. On hard...

Need 2 new springs for my 480 GT alongside 4 shockers.........who's the best for these? I have decided to raise the GT at the front. It looks good wedgy, 40mm nose down but oh gaud the English roads...

Thanks Jamesy...all went perfectly. Radio works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi,

I need some help in re-coding my original Volvo 480 radio. I have the code but can't for the life of me work out how to enter the numbers. I have preset numbers 1-4 but the code has numbers...

Upping the boost with an MBC. Looking at my Wastegate actuator, it has a red tube running to the pressure switch. Is this the line into which to put the MBC.
I am still wanting the proper ECU mod....

Thanks Jamesy, good info

Hi
Got another question. If I raise the boost pressure to 10-14 psi on the 480, what plugs do I need? Are the standard plugs good enough, operating under increased pressure?
What do you experts...

Yup, and the red dipstick handle as opposed to my green dipstick handle. That led me to think there may be a slight difference in the engines. Having looked at the thread...

Will do as you suggested. Ta

What did you think of the 850 overall?

Hi Biff, we now have a trio of 480s...ES, GT and Turbo. Brave enough!!!
Alastair

Thanks for the reply. I am talking to him about the mod. I am relieved to hear that the original made loads of useful power at 14psi. I suppose the bean stealers made them reduce the power output to...

Thanks for your reply Jamesy and for the welcome,

I believe her car is a 2 litre as well as the GT, as we have the docs. The injector thread is a positive way forward, cheers for that.
The...

Hi all Newbie here

We have 3 480's in the family, namely ES, GT and Turbo. My wife's ES goes like " ......" from the word go and has 220k on the clock and the red dipstick. I have the GT and the...