By: th-edi ll

th-edi ll — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:05:10 +0000

FYI - FWIW- I’ve added a more descriptive narrative to the actual drive…

By: th-edi ll

th-edi ll — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:25:10 +0000

Thanks for the comments!
A stage 0 is a-comin’ along with the PCV fix.
IPD upgrade along with a resonator removal should occur sometime this summer!

By: MIJ

MIJ — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:29:51 +0000

Glad to hear you made it safely…and yeah, that’s why we like these Volvo’s so much! Good luck and keep us posted on how things are going. I will say that I am a bit disappointed in your mileage for this trip. I usually do close to 30, but this could be due to your CEL and especially engineered PCV system not routing exhaust back into the system as it’s designed. I can say that you are right about an upgraded ECU. I did mine and haven’t looked back for a second. Mine is from IPD (look for their spring sale) and it just smoothed out the shifting, especially on the low end, even when I put the right foot down real hard. About the headlights, polishing the glass from the outside seems to help some for the low beams. I tried the Silverstar bulbs (expensive!) and found they burn out at an alarming rate. Having Volvo fogs doesn’t really do much either. Maybe the PIA’s that IPD (and others) sell would be of some help.
Let me suggest that you do stage-0 now that you’re working out the PCV specifics and possibly even go to silicone hoses (besides the PCV). www.stylinmotors.com has some decent hoses as great prices. I did all of my small vacuum hoses and turbo hoses with their’s. However, if you look around, sometimes you can find people and vendors selling the Samco’s for somewhat less.
As always, bets regards,
MIJ

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