96 850 Turbo Wagon: what other tires can I mount on my 16" alloy rims?

insession · Post by **insession** » 15 Dec 2021, 19:32

Thanks Blackbart for the tirerack reminder. I have a $150 credit at discounttirezone.com, so am likely going to use them

insession · Post by **insession** » 15 Dec 2021, 19:35

Thanks 850oldschool

Yeah, I've had Nokians twice before, and have found nothing beats them if there's water, snow, or ice. In fact although I live in sunny San Diego, I'm looking at their WR G4 - originally an SUV tire but Nokian makes them for sedans as well. Interesting to hear you're the first one who reports modest chafing with the 55's...

Post by **erikv11** » 15 Dec 2021, 19:46

I've got 205/55/16's on my 95 850 and no chafing.

850oldschool · Post by **850oldschool** » 15 Dec 2021, 22:49

I had aftermarket control arms on, so the steering stops might have been a little different from OEM. The extra fuel economy was welcome, and I made a chart for the speedo correction factors. It all worked out pretty well, but the steering felt a bit more direct when I went back to the 50 series.

insession · Post by **insession** » 15 Dec 2021, 23:45

Thanks 850oldschool - my mileage strangely actually dropped by a fair bit last I replaced rotor, cap, plugs, and wiring harness. - I had expected the opposite. Surprised .5 up in wheel height affects the economy that much!

Post by **scot850** » 17 Dec 2021, 12:49

Shouldn't affect mileage much if at all. If mileage changed after changing the ignition parts then something during the fitting of the parts or the type/brand of parts used is out of whack.

Neil.

Post by **misha** » 17 Dec 2021, 15:37

insession wrote: 15 Dec 2021, 19:35 ...Interesting to hear you're the first one who reports modest chafing with the 55's...

There will be some minor chafing on full lock on the inner protective plastic inside the fender IF steering stops(plastic plates) on control arms are worn.

Or....if the wheels have the wrong ET.
43 is factory offset for p80.
Anything over 43....49 for example(like wheels from s80) will lightly rub on the front but ONLY on full lock.

insession · Post by **insession** » 17 Dec 2021, 18:04

Thanks scot850 - yes, I thought so too. Used a high-quality aftermarket kit from fcpeuro, and am thinking that those components can't really be 'wrongly' installed, they either work or don't, and was dismayed that I lost about 2mpg in economy

insession · Post by **insession** » 17 Dec 2021, 18:09

Would any of you very knowledgeable fellows know how to help me ID my type? 2.3T or 2.3T-5R? Seems to make a diff when looking at tire options here: https://www.wheel-size.com/size/volvo/850/1996/

Post by **misha** » 18 Dec 2021, 02:42

insession wrote: 17 Dec 2021, 18:04 Thanks scot850 - yes, I thought so too. Used a high-quality aftermarket kit from fcpeuro, and am thinking that those components can't really be 'wrongly' installed, they either work or don't, and was dismayed that I lost about 2mpg in economy

Spark plug gap is critical on turbo engines...it must have proper gap.
Unless you used OE Volvo spark plugs for turbo engine,you need to re-set the gap on new spark plugs since all aftermarket have larger gap.
Cap & rotor must be Bosch,spark plug wires...ONLY Bougicord.