I have some stuff on my project thread over on SwedeSpeed. I'd have to dig back on what I actually used. I don't remember which water pipe I used, but I know I did need to bend some of the lines around the oil squirter ports on mine. I also swapped a 16T, but it also wasn't the one suggested above ...

Hey everyone, since my car is currently taken apart as the engine is being rebuilt, I was thinking of upgrading the stock oil cooler system. I've seen Robert DIY finding out it simply isn't effective, besides, I need to replace both intake and out-take hoses anyway, as they're done. My biggest conc...

I have some stuff on my project thread over on SwedeSpeed. I'd have to dig back on what I actually used. A suggestion from Will on another project over there. 00-01 water tree and lines. This will be compatible with your N block oil squirter ports without requiring custom bending any lines. Any RN ...

Nice! Thanks @Chuck! since I found visible signs of damage in the sump and the top plate was actually broken in two pieces, swapping to RN doesn't sound like a bad idea - especially given the fact I need to reuse the stock oil pump (replacements are no longer available) and beside testing it, I'll n...

Hey everyone, since my car is currently taken apart as the engine is being rebuilt, I was thinking of upgrading the stock oil cooler system. I've seen Robert DIY finding out it simply isn't effective, besides, I need to replace both intake and out-take hoses anyway, as they're done. My biggest conce...

Hey, welcome to another Volvo enthusiast. Your R looks very nice. I'm thinking of going the standalone ECU way anyways I would very much like to hear of your experience to make it work if you do it. For now I will leave my car as is (I can still run the stock ecu for 'MOT" or one with tune), b...

I've also heard changing the pressure plate can help the 850R clutch take more torque. Sachs 707 plate and Audi S2 plate get mentionned quite often, apparently can get the 850R clutch to 580Nm but flywheel needs to be modified https://www.vivaperformance.com/sachs-707-pressure-plate/ I can vouch fo...

Yeah, Skandix was my first go-to place as well - very competitive prices indeed!

Direct replacement w/o mods are the R clutch and the Spec clutches (pricey and they have mixed reviews). There might be something different. Check out europeantuning.nl (switch language settings to English and suddenly it all makes sense), they might have something besides the R and Spec clutches G...

There are other clutch options with Sachs clutches that require modificatuons of the flywheel, I'll try to find the link I received a while back. Alot of these high torque setupts are said to be no fun for a daily driver. As far as I understand (and that's why I chose a R clutch) the R clutch is as...