Newie to Volvo's

[DavieC]

Thanks everyone for helping out, I have ordered a poly bush for the top mount, will let you all know how I get on.

JubJub, afraid the missus makes use of my boot (shopaholic) so no room for woofers. I have been told there is a place in Turriff which will make powerflow exhausts for any car, may be worth a look.

DC

[Simon Linton]

The Volvo strut brace should also fit onto your car and will make a large improvement in handling, more so when you get 17" rims with their lower-profile tyres.

Ten minutes to fit yourself and less than £100 to buy - even from Volvo.

Just be careful the first time you turn a corner with it fitted; the turn-in is so much better that you may clip the apex.

Originally Posted by Aeroresh

You dont really need a downpipe unless you want to extract more serious performance, in which case you may aswell have started with a T5 regardless of running costs because your insurance is going to go up and your mpg will go down anyway as soon as you start tinkering!

Plenty of aftermarket exhausts on offer. In fact from memory I think most 850 /V/S70 exhausts are the same from the cat back, I know Jetex certainly do one. Just do the back box for around £250 if funds are tight. The sound will be pretty much similar.

I feel your a 100% wrong on this one. Have you looked at the OEM downpipe? There is a bottle neck in the exhaust and its the DP. I think the best setup (if your going to modify the exhaust at all) is a 3" (or a TRUE 2.5") DP into the stock catback.

It doesn't do any good to have to make the motor try to exhale through that drinking straw called a DP.

We've also noted a 3" dp helps with the typical drone cat-backs exhbit and we've even had more than a few cars pick up some milage after doing it.