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Originally Posted by Thejdizzler
Thanks Deeman, all this info is giving me a lot of food for thought. I was approaching things (probably wrongly) from the view that a new Cam might add a few horsepower and then an exhaust might add a few more, then I might upgrade the suspension and clutch and then a turbo last on the list. I guess a turbo upgrade is one thing that is going to make a much bigger difference than anything else initially, I’ve got a quote for a custom exhaust and I’ve been looking on google for a 15G turbo but no luck so far. I know it’s going to get real expensive real quick but it is fun  |
As you probably well know when it comes to making cars go faster, nothing is ever cheap!! A lot of 940 enthusiasts seem to have facilities/ are a lot handier with spanners than me...Therefore i have to try and structure when and where i modify things around the general wear and tear items which are expected with a car of this vintage...to try and save on labour costs!
15G turbo's turn up if you look regularly...they are not ten a penny but do turn up, alternatively try specialist Volvo breakers. Unfortunately when the prices of the cars go up it drags the parts up with it!
i decided to sort the chassis before I embarked on power mods as i feel this is the area that needs sorting first. i have been spoilt by having owned more exotic and technologically advanced machinery than the 940 and was perhaps expecting a bit much from it's slightly antiquated design but it actually does handle properly now with probably ALL the chassis mods you could throw at it short of fitting a 960 rear end with IRS...
The original R and D which went into the original 700 series was phenomenal and produced what is a fundamentally great base for a performance car, it;s just that you have go that slight bit further to achieve your goals than you normally would with a car which is performance orientated.....many parts are incredibly over engineered where they ned to be.
I don't think you will go wrong putting money into a 940...the values are not rising as fast as some other actual 'performance' cars but the love i get for mine tells me that a nice, well modified 940 will always get love and therefore value at resale.
Because of numbers made, spares are still fairly cheap but will soon be rising...
The 'sleeper' effect is priceless! No one expects to get beaten by a 940 estate in the traffic light grand prix!!