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Simple question; is there a simple answer?

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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Re: Simple question; is there a simple answer?

Post by BEJinFbk »

Never knew that the P80 AWD rear diff's were
available with a posi. That makes me happy!

I only know what happens when I have
both rear wheels off the ground with my
'98 V70R, and spinning one causes the
other to rotate in the opposite direction.
That makes me sad...

And thinking about how many of those
posi's have been thrown away makes
me very sad.
'98 V70 R - Well Equipped for Life Up North... ;)

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Post by abscate »

We didn’t get the LSD in North America , it was special order in EU

You get TRACS and STC which is simpler and better than LSD anyway, if only you had waited until 1999 you would have had four wheel TRACS!
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Post by BEJinFbk »

My ‘98 has AWD TRACS, but I purposely avoided
fly by wire, so no ETM or power robbing STC for me.
Too heavy on the married modules and networking...
Just straight up throttle cable goodness! 😎
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Post by erikv11 »

Those 99 and 00 P80 cars are such a mess.

:)
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6 :shock: 153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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Post by BEJinFbk »

erikv11 wrote: 27 Sep 2022, 16:33 Those 99 and 00 P80 cars are such a mess.

:)
And yet, still incredibly good looking cars. :mrgreen:
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BEJinFbk wrote: 27 Sep 2022, 19:56
erikv11 wrote: 27 Sep 2022, 16:33 Those 99 and 00 P80 cars are such a mess.

:)
And yet, still incredibly good looking cars. :mrgreen:


He is just jealous of our potatoes
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Post by scot850 »

Abscate, I can just feel all that green jealousy oozing from the thread for those of us with 'bastard' cars!!

Neil. :D :lol:
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We have the sexy Fragilee Italian throttle bodies

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Post by BEJinFbk »

To clarify - At least on the surface.

Otherwise?
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