1996 850 Turbo Wagon White

[Ben850]

We will figure out what Bernoulli had in mind.

It was fun again at the airport.
No worries as to the viability of the car this year.

I have addressed most of the known issues to this year/mileage Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon.

There will be more. It will be 20 soon. Next year it will be of drinking age.

I will post the video of the run when it is in the proper format.

A few photos. The snow tires still on, while having the runway with my RC Plane friends.

Corsair!

Snow Tires? Yup, Michigan roads still are not right. No Titans yet.

Ran it to nearly 120 mph on the runway. It was only waking up. Still pulling hard!

I guess.

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[Ben850]

Titans.

Contipro tires.

New place this summer.

[Ben850]

Was going to post a video, but the format did not seem to be accepted.

I had had a video that could not load.

Oh, the left "eye brow" disappeared over the winter. I have a couple sets on order.

[Ben850]

A nice update. Driving most of the Summer on the Titan rims was more fun than I had expected.
Michigan roads had changed the "Fun".
A few more weeks, I will put the snows back.

A pleasure.

They were unbelievable last year. Even on the runway in February.

[Ben850]

I am still running the Titans this winter, I should have put the snows back on yesterday while it was warm.

I will when I get a chance. Michigan pothole season is here.

[Ben850]

I've just come home from my friends garage having installed the above snows.

The Titans are filthy and will be nicely cleaned by the time the potholes are filled. If they do. Michigan is having a bit of a problem with road repair funding.
Drivers side axle is next on the agenda. Both boots are torn. No issues yet, just a matter of time.

[Ben850]

The snows were still on at the airport last spring when I was allowed to run it down the runway.
Later, In July I had the Titans on with Conti-Pros.
Still ran about the same .

Nice day with the Titans.

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The snows were installed at the perfect time. We are getting the largest snowfall of the year today, after 60 degree weather last week.

[Ben850]

The previous owner had some Bondo work done on the drivers front fender which is now coming through.
Ihad a couple fenders in storage so I cleaned one up, bought some pinstripe, and took care of that ugly.

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[Ben850]

A new acquaintance, Volvo enthusiast, gave me an n extra MBV he had on hand.

It installed in about 15 minutes.
It seems to be limited by the amount of boost the ECU allows, 628 R ECU.

I am still experimenting.

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The boost gauge was calibrating. This is not an accurate reading.

[Ben850]

It's coming time to put the Titans back on. I will wait a couple more weeks for some road repairs to be finished.
In the mean time, the "snows" give a smoother ride over the bums and pot holes.

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