760 - POS?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 09 Jul 2004, 11:40

potroast wrote:Torque is pathetic. My only complaint about these cars is that they're heavy, and have ZERO torque. Getting off the line is painful. I think an old lady with a walker could get going faster. Once you get to around 30-35mph, you're good to go, however.

strange, i have a 740 gle... while it only has about 100hp, it is one of the fastest cars i have ever seen going from 0-20mph, then as soon as it shifts, forget it, the thing won't accelerate unless you can get it to drop down a gear or two.. and correct me if i'm wrong, but the peak power of most of older volvo engines is in moderatly low rpm's (3000's), so revving it a lot doesn't do much but make a lot of noise and burn gas...

ozzimark · Post by **ozzimark** » 09 Jul 2004, 11:43

oops, that post above is mine.. i forgot to log back in after being away for so long

ha! go figure, i did it again, that post right below petershen's is mine too

petershen1984 · Post by **petershen1984** » 10 Jul 2004, 06:05

yeah, at highway speeds, if you turn off the overdrive or make it kick down, you won't feel much torque response over 3000 rpm.. haha... which is the case if I'm cruising, and the highway has an incline, and I'm trying to overtake a car.

I don't understand how my friend got his 740 GLE up to a top speed of 160 kph.. do you just let the rpm climb gradually?

I wish I had a 2.3 L Volvo 740GLE from the 90s.. with DOHC and multiport fuel injection (mines is a 2.0 L with throttle body). Hell, I wish I had a new Volvo now altogether!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 10 Jul 2004, 13:46

petershen1984 wrote:I don't understand how my friend got his 740 GLE up to a top speed of 160 kph.. do you just let the rpm climb gradually?

umm, just hold down the gas pedal for a long time. my 740 will do 100-110 mph (160-175 km/h) without any problems at all, and i don't even have to have it pegged to do it. fastest i've ever gone is 115 mph (~185 km/h), but i let off for fear of something falling off... it gets real scary going that fast

petershen1984 · Post by **petershen1984** » 10 Jul 2004, 19:09

Anonymous wrote:
petershen1984 wrote:I don't understand how my friend got his 740 GLE up to a top speed of 160 kph.. do you just let the rpm climb gradually?
umm, just hold down the gas pedal for a long time. my 740 will do 100-110 mph (160-175 km/h) without any problems at all, and i don't even have to have it pegged to do it. fastest i've ever gone is 115 mph (~185 km/h), but i let off for fear of something falling off... it gets real scary going that fast

funny you should feel that way in a Volvo; in a Honda Civic you'd be drifting already at 75 mph

potroast · Post by **potroast** » 10 Jul 2004, 21:45

aye, I get my volvo 850 up to 115mph with ease, and don't even realize I'm going fast until 100+mph. I've had it up to around 130mph myself, on the Fast Trak (91 freeway in Cali)... The volvo is truely great at handeling at these speeds. I'm afraid to do more than 85mph in my tacoma... but of course it's a few feet off the ground :p

ozzimark · Post by **ozzimark** » 11 Jul 2004, 08:03

ah, but the 850 has 50-100% more power than the 740gle, depending on if you have turbo or not... with my dad's turbo 740, i can do those speeds with no problem, but the same thing remains, i don't want anything to break off or lose control at those speeds...

and back on topic, even it;s been gone over already, stay away from the v6... if it were an i6, you'd be fine, but the v6 really does have some reliability issues..... and fuel consumption too

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18 Jul 2004, 09:53

The 1987-1990 v6 is the later revised version with LH electronic fuel injection and superb reliability and smooth running.
The 87-90 760 GLE models often have a low resale value due to the reputation of the earlier motor and can be found as a real value.

Stormin Norman · Post by **Stormin Norman** » 02 Aug 2004, 08:00

The only reason to buy a PRV-6 car is because you plan to replace the motor with a V-8 conversion. V-6 has a well deserved reputation as a pos. The turbo 4 is a fine motor with lots of potential for further upgrades.

Low end torque on a stock engine in good shape is a bit weak, I used to routinely brake torque my 87 764t4 for extra oomph.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 05 Aug 2005, 10:57

The 87+ EFI V-6s aren't the POS everyone says. I'm primarily an AMC man. AMC was owned by Renault before Chrylser bought them out in 87. The Premier came out in the US as an 87 model with the PRV V-6. I had one with high miles, and the Premier is bigger than a Volvo 960. There were some electrical problems due mainly to connector corrosion, and an overheating problem due to not bleeding air from the odd (to US standards) cooling system, but never any mechanical faults. Few people with the Premier report mechanical problems, but lots of electrical. It's a reliable engine, just expensive as far as parts go. I'd heard stories about problems on the normally aspirated versions as well. I didn't realize there was a major revision for 87, I thought the problems were mostly fuel delivery related or could be traced back to fuel delivery problems.

Sounds like most Volvo enthusiasts suffer from "not invented here" syndrome as far as the PRV engine is concerned. My understanding is that Volvo engineers had some input in design, at least the later models. Maybe that's why the 87+ version is so much better than the earlier one??!!