What would you suggest....

[xllifts850]

As you have probably guessed by now,(after lots of stupid questions from me) I am new to the ownership of a 1996 850 T5.

I am in love with the car, really would like to enhance to power from the engine, I am looking at turbo change adjustable actuator exhaust etc.

What would the learned folk advise the best route for me to follow, I have in mind to buy all the goodies bit by bit and then have the engine rebuilt, honed ringed etc (as the poor girl has 195k on the clock and deserves a full rebuild) along with installing upgrades.

Is there any distance in lightening the flywheel, balancing the crank?

Any advice gratefully received.

[p fandango]

if your going the full hog like that, the crank from an RN engine (post 2002) is already lighter than an original 850 crank. You can also get a lightened billet flywheel from TTV, & an ARD light-weight pulley will finish it off

flywheel = 2.7kg lighter
crank = 2.8kg lighter
pulley = 1.6kg lighter

[xllifts850]

That looks like the business! thanks mate those are now on the to buy list!

[p fandango]

as i've got to got conrods yet i've gone for a 93mm crank instead of the T-5's 90mm, you'll need later spec short-skirted pistons as well to do that. Takes the cc from 2319 to 2396

[t5 pete]

Depending on what power you would like depends on what route you do but for me im looking at 300+
Fully rebuilt engine with forged rods
850r clutch
larger intercooler
Rip kit
3" intake pipe
3" throttle body but going to try a 60mm throttle body to see if it does make the on/off better than the 3"
custom 19t turbo
1.4 bar actuator
3" angled down pipe and 3" exhaust
vxr injectors
quaife diff
Walbro fuel pupe
And mapping

[xllifts850]

That looks like the route I would be aiming for.
Luckily the guy who is in the unit next to us owns Lynx power engineering and has offered to assist me in building the engine, I am a little apprehensive but excited at the same time.
Never really thought of a Volvo as a stealth Tarmac terrorist before.... But the more I drive it the more addicted I become!

[xllifts850]

Ecu wise would this be a specialist remap or a replacement Ecu to run the modifications?

[t5 pete]

There's a few options but for me im using Tim Williams he does live mapping

[xllifts850]

That's good news being able to live map, didn't know if it was possible on these, the only experience I have had with Ecu mapping is on my V6 Clio and in the past on an old cossie I had back in the eighties! And to be honest it's all a bit scary.

[xllifts850]

The crank you mention RN ... I have tried to research it but cant find anything in relation to RN do you have any info on which car it comes from .. I know its another stooopid question from me
Thanks.

[M-R-P]

The crank you mention RN ... I have tried to research it but cant find anything in relation to RN do you have any info on which car it comes from .. I know its another stooopid question from me
Thanks.

RN is what Johnny Foreigner calls the P2 cars.

You want a crank from a 2.3 T5 engine between the end of 2002 and the end of 2004.

[xllifts850]

Brilliant thanks MRP

[T5RatherAmusin]

RN= Revised N Whiteblock

[M-R-P]

RN= Revised N Whiteblock

Really?

The revisions of these engines can be sketchy at times. The B5234t3 engine for example, the "t3" bit is supposed to denote the particular generation of that engine number but the t3 was revised at lease 3 times during it's run, including the revised crank, etm and ignition.

The 2002 B5234t3 lump can be hit and miss when it comes to the lightened crank as they just mixed and matched stuff from the parts bin, making it hard to pin down what's actually in there.