Do you still have the cold air hose hooked up to the bottom of the box?

Not in the photo but have recently re-connected it. I have only re-connected it to gain fresh air like a 'ram air effect' at higher speeds (I have dremeled the snow-guard/plastic cover off).

In that case you're going to be ...

vegasjetskier wrote:Do you still have the cold air hose hooked up to the bottom of the box?

Not in the photo but have recently re-connected it. I have only re-connected it to gain fresh air like a 'ram air effect' at higher speeds (I have dremeled the snow-guard/plastic cover off).

matthew1 wrote:Well that's certainly a mod I haven't seen before! You're going to get a lot of warm air with it.

There's a first time for everything... I'll keep you updated.

Completely removed the Y piece, housing the air box flap & extra holes added.


This link sorts it all out...

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... =1&t=20342

Here is a link to the 850 air box mod with pictures:

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=71714

Comment as you wish.

I do understand a small amount of aerodynamics but I didn't do this modification for any performance gains, purely sound enhancements. :twisted:

(Yes, I do have an ...

IMG_7971.jpg In the image you will see the two arrows at which I am referring to.

Where the air intake tube is ( Red Arrow), there used to be a piece of plastic attached ( Purple Arrow) which looked like to me it was there to stop water entering the airbox (Highlighted Blue )?

I see you have ...