B5234T motor: low pressure or high?

trophytaker308 · Post by **trophytaker308** » 08 Feb 2012, 08:12

i have a b5234t turbo motor,is it a low pressure motor and if i put a high pressure turbo and upgrade on the motor will this work,or can i just put it on and it be okay....thanks
im also going to have twoafter market stage 1 cams put in it also,with a tune and exhaust ,also thinking on putting the snabbs big bore kit also....i have my money in and keeping the car....im getting it painted this week and putting new wheel and tires on also.
also going for other mods also.will keep you updated.

Post by **jblackburn** » 08 Feb 2012, 08:14

A b5234t is a high-pressure turbo motor. 2.3L T5 engine.

trophytaker308 · Post by **trophytaker308** » 08 Feb 2012, 08:57

http://yhst-26451710505916.stores.yahoo ... ituca.html

will thes cams make that much of a diffference on my car and will they work?thanks again.

Post by **jblackburn** » 08 Feb 2012, 09:04

Those are for the old 80's redblock 4-cylinder engines.

A popular upgrade with the turbo motors is to put NA (non-turbo) cams in them.

trophytaker308 · Post by **trophytaker308** » 08 Feb 2012, 09:20

is there ant after market stage one cames for the 850 series??
will it make much more difference to put the non t cam in ,my car??..thanks.

trophytaker308 · Post by **trophytaker308** » 08 Feb 2012, 10:29

i also found a 1997 850 t-5 in the junk yard with 50,000 miles.if i were to take the ecu out of it,will it work and will i notice a difference also...thanks again,sorry for so many questions at once,just thought i would ask will it was on my mind...thanks again.

trophytaker308 · Post by **trophytaker308** » 08 Feb 2012, 11:20

is there a thread were someone put a glt cam in there turbo volvo on hear that i can read about???thanks.

Post by **jblackburn** » 08 Feb 2012, 11:55

I'm confused. You already have a T5. The ECU is the same for every turbo model 850...whether it's called a T5 or a Turbo.

There's lots of good information from you here on a forum where they really mod their cars more than MVS people.
http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&safe ... ospeed.com

trophytaker308 · Post by **trophytaker308** » 08 Feb 2012, 12:03

ok i didnt know that.since the turbo (t-5) had 240hp and mine had 220 i thought that it might be the ecm,but i guess i was wrong...sorry.,

Post by **jblackburn** » 08 Feb 2012, 12:07

The 850 "R" models had 240 hp, yes...and that WAS just an ECU thing, along with a different exhaust manifold.

If you're looking for just more HP, the best steps would be:
-Exhaust
-NA Cams
-ECU tune (on your existing ECU)

I'd probably recommend an auxilary transmission cooler as well. Everyone tends to forget about the poor transmissions when they go looking to up power on their cars. There's several other "performance upgrade" tidbits you can add here and there, but I have no idea how great the power gains are. Probably very modest if anything. Those include things like a reverse intercooler setup, silicone hoses, cold air intake...