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850/V70 AWD - was there ever a manual option?Views : 8315 Replies : 29Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Oct 6th, 2014, 07:07 | #11 | |
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Chap in the states has done the above on 450bhp ish. 54 left on the road. |
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Oct 8th, 2014, 13:11 | #12 | |
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Yup, if I cream cracker the autobox in my V70 AWD, I'll be doing a manual conversion - I'd previously only considered an 850 AWD as a gearbox source, but an S60R box??? Hmmmm
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Nov 13th, 2014, 23:18 | #13 |
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I've had my manual p1 v70 awd now for 5 years, don't see me ever selling it.
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Nov 14th, 2014, 12:48 | #14 |
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A quick update - I 'had a moment' on ebay a few weeks ago and bought a V70R AWD manual gearbox and bevel box, just in case I hadn't seen a gearbox of that spec for sale before so after some pontification I nabbed it! I still plan on keeping the autobox if its working ok, but its handy to know that if the day does come, that I'll have the correct gearbox ready to drop in. I'll probably look at checking it all over and cleaning it up in the Spring, but in the meantime its well wrapped up - and because of where I live, well hidden lol.
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Nov 29th, 2014, 01:10 | #15 |
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Hi,
I just joined and we have a silver 1997 850 AWD wagon with the 5 speed manual transmission. I just love it. When I bought it I called our Volvo supply place (Ed Schram Motors in Surrey, British Columbia Canada) and asked if they had a wagon for sale. They said a good price when I asked what was wrong with they said nothing but it has a manual transmission I'll take it I said 4 years later still enjoy it cheers Hank |
Feb 24th, 2015, 21:22 | #16 |
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I've got a p1 manual V70R AWD 1997 I think so does that Make mine rare or just more likely to cost me money?
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Feb 25th, 2015, 12:54 | #17 |
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I've only seen one manual AWD but loads of autos - the catch is that few of them actually have working AWD lol. If you have a manual with working AWD then yes I'd say its pretty rare.
Is it going to cost you a lot? Not necessarily, just make sure you adhere to Volvo's recommendations about keeping tyre wear equal **across all 4 tyres**, not towing it, and if it starts to get noisy investigate and rectify it asap. Its usually just the UJs on the propshaft, and sometimes the centre bearing. Be warned the only place that I could find that can repair the prop fully is Bailey Morris, and it'll cost you around £500 for a full refurb. Thats why people just take it off and run in FWD lol. If you let the prop degenerate, then the transmission shunt gets worse and it causes excessive wear on the bevel gears. It'll start to howl, the shunt will get worse etc. basically the longer you leave it the more expensive the repair will be. I bit the bullet and got mine overhauled. The difference is instantly noticeable. The car feels heavier, has less acceleration and the steering is heavier. On the other hand, the torque steer has all but gone, and it tracks around corners very faithfully. Economy initially took a drop of around 1mpg, but after an ECU reset (battery disconnected for 30 mins) its come back up to the previous normal average of 24.8mpg. Mines an auto with 112k miles up, driven daily on a mix of motorway, A road and stop go city traffic (more stop than go) HTH
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Feb 25th, 2015, 20:18 | #18 | |
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Feb 28th, 2015, 23:49 | #19 |
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Mine is manual with lot of modifications
See thread link below in signature
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Mar 3rd, 2015, 17:32 | #20 |
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I broke a manual v70r p1 awd a few years back as I needed parts for the lazer p1 ph3
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