Can We Restore Lost Power To Our £500 Volvo? 

Charlie needs to be a regular feature. Great guy!

Having grown up in farnborough it’s weird seeing it on a channel I love so much.

Dyno guy needs his own show.

3 mins in and I’m here and Jack! Does Alex still have that Tina Turner cassette from the Mercedes-Benz mega spec video? If so please dm and post me it for my physical music collection, it would be much appreciated by me Alex, and I love Your work Lads, keep up the great work.🔥😎and 36 likes! Wow! I didn’t think people like me out there I thought I was hated by Society, anywho thanks Lads.👍🏿✊🏿🙏🏿🙌🏿

Yes Alex is back! thank god he will save the channel!

Those volvo’s are deliverd with 2 hp specs the 135 hp original and the 165 hp version in both its the exact same engine and turbo but its just the pound of boost thats making the diffrence you can run this 135 version on 0.8 bar boost and it should go around 165 ish hp Greetings from the netherlands love the video’s

Feature Charlie more often, he's hilariously sarcastic... i think :D

I like this Charlie. He's funny af

Jack needs a guest appearance on Autoalex Cars

Add a leafblower to that cold air intake😂

Oh come on, just put in a td04-16 or td04-19, it will be good for like 0,7 bar on the latter, it'll make upwards of 200 hp before you run out of intercooler. And remember, the redblock doesn't have problems - you have problems.

i have a 940 turbo runing at 0.8 bar and kan du 1.2 stok turbo

The bloke who runs this dyno is brilliant. Hilarious in every episode, Love his dry sense of humour.

Great to see Alex still around, and a great energy with both in this video!

Stock turbo should do around 1.0 bars. Just the fuel cut comes first before max boost around 0.8 bar on stock Map

That engine is a B230FK, 135hp/230Nm from the factory. Only and I mean ONLY difference to the "B230FT is the wastegate at 0,3bar vs 0,5bar. Block, pistons, rods, cam, ECU program, injectors, exhaust, evarything else is 100% same. So just by adding boost you will gain 25-30hp IF the engine is otherwise somewhat up to spec. Then there is a Turbo+ version that takes 190hp out of the same B230FT/FK engine with an electronic boost controller. Again no other swapped parts than added electronic boost control instead of mechanical. This ups the boost to around 0,8bar if I recall correctly to achieve the 190hp. That is the maximum safe limit with stock parts. Most likely your restriction is the exhaust and specifically the cat if your power went that much down by fixing the precat exhaust leak. With ECU programming you can gain 235hp out of the same stock engine, BUT the intercooler is really close to blowing at 1bar of boost. There is also the limit for the injectors and turbo. The engine block itself is good for around 4-500hp with upgraded turbo, cam, intercooler and injectors and of course ECU and ignition module programming. I have a few of these making 350-525hp.

Nice to see another old 940 getting some, er, love. Please don't destroy it, I need spare bits for my 940 restoration! 😆

Lads you can go to about 0.85-0.9 bar of boost with any turbo redblock on stock internals without any major impacts to longevity or reliability, it will impact how much you spend on fuel though. The ECU is quite good at adapting to the increased boost.

I love what you are all doing individually but it's great to see the band back together 👍🏾

Charlie should be in every video from now on! His cynicism genuinely made me giggle!

the dedication that went into this 🙌🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿

Good to see the short bloke back

Great video, loving Charlie’s vibe and optimism 😂 cracking me up, kind of a James May vibe blunt yet he knows people will be laughing

1 bar boost is no problem on stock turbo that guy is full off shit. stock engine with bigger turbo and upgraded injektion is god for 300hp.. many have run with over 400hp on stock bottom

Next stop - eBay turbo and a sports cat! Should make Alex's wildly optimistic "240bhp" possible. Charlie's deadpan sarcasm/pessimism next to the lad's boundless enthusiasm was hilarious! 😄

4:23 Under the tranny you can se that bar that goes from both Frame rails. In Sweden we call that "Ambulance Bar" because it was fitted on Ambulances and police cars to DRASTICLY Stiffen up the front end. Also i can guarantee you that you are probably lossing about 5hp in that dog shit old 90s AW70 gearbox. Swap a Manual m90 in and youll be on track.

I absolutely love the 700/900 series. Especially the turbo estates! These cars are so cheap to work on, live forever, and best of all RWD. Got my manual 745 with a 15g for only 1.5k a few years ago and have been obsessed since ❤

Funny thing is that the B230FK engine (which is the unit used in this 940) is often turbo-swapped to a higher pressure unit from the earlier 740 Turbo. These engines are well built, and the stock internals can usually handle pressures up to 1.5 bar, and could produce over 200 HP without too much work needed. For Brick, the first step would be to replace the catalythic converter (those 100-cell racing ones are pretty good). This will ensure better exhaust flow. Then you can consider a turbo swap.

Rust is lighter than carbonfibre

I guess this is a LPT version. The HPT (high pressure turbo) got 165hp from the factory at 0.55 bar with an identical engine (the boost level is the only difference whatsoever). With the Turbo+ package you got around 190 at 0.8 bar. 0.8 bar + a good tune for both ECU:s should give around 200. You might have to upgrade the stock downpipe a bit, it's restrictive. I hope you give this thing some well deserved love :)

loved this video, hope to see more of the car soon and hopefully ethan in the next video too, we need the trio back!

So good to see Alex back wow, can’t lie I miss this infamous trio

CarThrottle video on a wednesday?? Who cares, Love the channel guys!❤

next: chinese turbo and more boost. I've seen some people doing huge power on chinese turbos tho

As said below, a big TD04 and some good ECU chips, bigger MAF, bigger injectors, along with an 3inch exhaust system should see you to around 300+. Stock bottom end on the later redblocks is also good for 400 from what I've heard/seen too!

Spark plugs , clean the intake , port the heads 🙃

I think you should open the cat and close wg completely. On 99 octane you might even be able to flip the cps connector to for earlier timing an more nm. These takes some beating fine.

The original turbo (Mitsubishi 13c) is good for around 1 bar off boost and just buy a adjustable wastegate actuator to make it a "serious installation". Though i recommend not to go above 0.8-0.9 bar without a chiptuning for both fuel and spark. PS: Sorry for bad english but i come from Sweden and me and my friends use to tune these cars.

Get Adjustable wastegate, Fuel/ignition chip and Performance air filter. Makes big different

Another enjoyable & interesting episode keep up the great work on the channel 🎥👍👍

Excited for part 3. Any idea when it will be???

It's good to see Alex is in a CT video again. Also good to see that Jack's taken on the presenter role like that.

You should be able to get 1 bar no problem from the stock turbo. I ran a 940 without a wastegate and it peaked at around 1.5 bars. The engine can take about 1 bar without damage. The turbo+ models had 190hp on 0.9 bars from factory if i recall right. 1 bar should give about 180-200hp.

Would have been nice to see how much it improved the on road driving experience after!

if you're not preserving this car, im driving from sweden to save it

Good to see Alex back and the guys getting on well. Hope this works out best for all 👍🏻

As much as Jack has been smashing the most recent videos is nice to see that Alex is still around :)

Please bring this Volvo back to it’s former glory

Love these types of videos making small mods and seeing what happens! Keep tinkering!

It I’ll be the waste gate leaking boost, due to age it will be flappy and loose. Getting blown open basically.

"They're happy at 10 PSI" Yes but you can shove about 13PSI with the stock "13C" turbo and it'll still be reliable. Then you upgrade to a "19T" turbo from V70R and start turning it upp to 14PSI. and by then your headgasket leaves the atmosfear. Ask me how i know this

Been binge watching the entire channel and my faves have been the adventures you guys go on :D I hope you can do something with this Volvo like it

Stock snail (in good nick) SHOULD be able to hit 15psi with no issues. OLDER Garrett turbos used to be able to to @20psi or so. Internal CBV diaphragm may be toasted leaking boost...or you may be hitting stock ECU boost/fuel cut. Stock LPT 13C snails choke up on the top end and lose flow. Needs bigger turbo! 15G/19G/20G Slap a new snail on it and retest ASAP!!!

We need more content with the brick!! MORE BOOSSTTT

You know the video is good when it starts with a guy smacking a muffler with a hammer

I loved Charlie's energy in this video.

Stock turbo can for sure make 1 bar. Tune kit here in sweden from BSR is with 0.8 bar wastgate that should make 205 hp at the crank instead of 135 hp stock

The 940 original turbo gives up around 200-220hp ( in the engine) and the boost can go up to 1.5-1.6 bar ( from own experience) but its not good to run that much boost.

Jack next road trip move Auto Alex driver seat to its max settings then cut the handle off or remove the wiring if it's a electronic seat buddy 😄👌

The turbo is no good anymore on this one. Look here what you can do with an 135 hp 940 LPT and a MBC: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NSZ8RW7IFEg.html Got 172 hp without a problem, and he was not even trying o get the most out of it..

I love it! Part 2 coming soon hopefully??

Get yaself a 3inch intake, 3 inch mass air flow sensor, 3 inch exhaust, 19t turbo, ecu + ezk chips and youre there abouts in 250hp ranges

Great video. This is getting me back into Car Throttle again!

"Autoalex cars viewers also watch this channel" No shit youtube,... no shit... (I'm sub'ed to both)

I like Mr Optimistic. He was fun. Can we have Mr Optimistic on more often?

Have not watched this channel before, so I did not know what to expect. But what a waste of time. No good humor, no good info, no nothing, just waist of time.

Loving the vibes guys, and Brick, always wanted one of these. Moreso than the gorgeous E40 at 5:35 (purely for the fact that I think the BMW should go to a more deserving driver!) Also, Charlie's humour hasn't changed, love it!

1 bar of boost is no problem with a functional turbo, but the "manual boost controller" is a no go. better to pay the extra dollar for a adjustable wastegate. Also the auto trans will suck some power out of it.

Uvis Čevers?

That's a Volvo Redblock motor - ain't no way you're seeing any pistons where they shouldn't be with that bad boy.

1bar is a good limit on the turbo. Skip the manuell boost controller. Put a T In Sweden we call it ''T kors''

To be honest car throttle just isn’t the same, I’ve been watching since the 2 Cars 1 Guy series.

Shell V-power has half the amount of Ethanol in it as normal fuel, and Ethanol doesn't produce as much energy as petrol... Charlie is, of course, right that extra octane fuel won't make any (much) difference to a stock car that isn't tuned for it, but he failed to take the Ethanol content into account.

You guys have no idea what you are talking about, it can easily take 1 bar even more than that, first thing to go is the head gasket

This really made me laugh. I'm aware that everyone does have the experience about redblocks. But thinking that 0.5bar of boost was enough to throw rods was the best part 😅 I've been working on redblocks for twenty years. And I do know some easy fix to get it going. With stock turbo it can do up to 185whp if the wastegate isn't cracked in the exhaust housing and it's very common. Leaking intercooler as well. A fresh intercooler can withstand up to 1 bar. Then it blows the seals. So tweak the ecu and aim for 1bar check the condition on turbo and intercooler then you are there. Depending on what kind of rods you got inte block (there are two different types) It can take up to 250whp on the wheels with a proper tune. Love these episodes! Keep em coming

525 bhp on stock, that car is a monster, watch to see how and US patina = cool UK patina = rotten lol

I have decided I really like jack and would love to see him on Alex’s channel

lol we in sweden does 1,0 bar

That's one way to slowly get rid of Alex, only have him in the show for 5 mins

Great editing at the beginning after leaving The rolling road you somehow went from farnborough tech to invincible road not the other way around how it should have been 😂

The 940 Low pressure turbo was dead easy to Get to around 200 hp with a different wastegate and chip change. Think it ran like 0.8 bar or something then. Drove a chipped one like 15 years ago and it was reliable.

I take it this is yet another ‘series’ that we’ll never see the end of

I've never seen this channel, but somehow I've been presented with this vid of one of my favourite cars in *the world*..! 🤩

Brick wants a straight pipe and an eBay turbo intercooler and plenium

Best rolling road in and indeed not in (because it is very much in Hampshire) Surrey. Charlie is always a good laugh. His Xmas opening time announcements are a highlight of the festive period. 😅

Great video, Charlie’s like an English tuning fork. Looking forward to the next episode. He loves pistons!

Great video, guys. Like a previous commenter said, good to see Jack and Alex together, and interesting to see this dyno comparison.

Great vid, dude with the glasses is funny 😂

“ here for a good time not a long time, like the car”😂

Straight pipe the cat, let’s see what you gain 😇

B230FT is easy to Ecu tune!! 1 bar of boost is no problem // sweden

You vant blow up the Engine. I have 1,6 bar on every thing org. Make 235 whp

It would be cool series to tune volvo with big turbo, and when blows up restore angine and show the proces. 😁👍

Replace pressure hoses to/from turbo, wastegate and actuator valve. Swap out the plugs, nmchange oil and filter. Then replace the wastegate spring for one from a B230FT. That will give you a reliable and noticable increase in power. And ditch that ridiculous boost controller!

Charlie looks so done with these 2 guys

What a car, the turbo brick😎 love it

I was so fricking sad when Alex officially left CarThrottle But in reality he has had great success on he's own and he wasn't lying when he said he would keep popping up as a freelancer👏

That bloke on dyno, jeeez what a sad little man

"What have we learned from this video?" That Charlie hasn't been to any rural part of Sweden where the bricks whoosh on by with 15psi of boost and that he has no confidence in the good ol' redblock... 🤣

Don't expect a lot of horsepower when you buy a James May car. But it's cool to see none the less