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Volvo 850

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70
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Volvo 850

Post by ds »

hey guys i have 93 volvo 850 and today i tried to see how well it accelerates i got 12.5 seconds till 60mph

what can i check to improve acceleration??
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MadeInJapan
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Post by MadeInJapan »

A non-turbo model? If so, then that's about right...they are snails until they get up to speed, then they're pretty good.
'98 S70 T5 Emrld Grn Met/Beige Tons of Upgrades Mobil-1
'04 V70 2.5T Red/Taupe Some Upgrades Mobil-1
'07 S40 T5 AWD 6 speed manual! Silver/Black Stage1 Heico & Elevate
'07 S60 2.5T Blue/Taupe- my kid's Volvo
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Post by White850Turbo »

ds, du
-Sean

1995 850 Turbo (Extensively Modded)

1998 S70 T5 (Almost Stock)
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