My dad always had Volvos and I my first car memory is of his yellow 142, then in the 80's we have a green metallic 245 GL and that was followed by a 440 GL and 940. I learned to drive in the 440 and it was an ok car. My first own car was a an Audi 90 with the five cylinder engine and that engine sound just gives me the best kind of goose bumps. I've never been much into Volvos myself but the 850 engines of course had a special place in my heart due to the sound.
So having modified and restored a few VW's and Porsches, back in 2019 I decided to build a Super Seven type of car from the ground up.
Most people use a Ford two liter engine for these but for me that wasnt an option, it needed to be a five. I first of all sourced a 960 manual M90 gearbox and a few months later I bought a very tired 1994 850 GLT for €250. The suspension felt like an oil tanker and the body was rusted and the paint faded but the engine felt strong and had zero oilleaks so my son and I removed the engine, harness and ecu's and sold the rest to a scrapyard.
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I found my way here while searching for info on the V-VIS vacuum lines and I have to hook it up according to the diagrams now and will test it as soon as I get a bit of spare time.
