Hello chaps and chappettes,
A week ago I purchased an 850 t5, I'm not new to volvos however, 1st vo' was a sluggish (as hell) v70 2.0 manual, sounded good though. Then a blue 2.5t 1999 v70, drove it home 300miles from purchase and it spun a rod bearing, then for some reason bought another 1999 2.5t v70 in olive(?) green had that the longest, great car but a tad too tame for me.
Then the 850, must say so far I'm in love with it. Its apparently had a 'Rica 304bhp map', whether those figures are correct, I dont know but it certainly pulls extremely hard even with a standard exhaust / intake setup.
A few issues I wanted to address is I think I might have a boost leak, when its warmer I'll get round to it (sod working on the street on a main road in this cold, yeah I'm a pussy), change all spark plugs / HT leads because why not and most importantly ; replace the Cam belt.
QQ ; when changing the cambelt is it best to get a 'kit' that does water pumps, pullys and the lot or what is the general consensus on this?
Here are some pics (mainly from the Ebay ad as my phone is terrible..) :
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