Kit Vexed

i recently came across a brand new, GENUINE VOLVO 850 R bumper. the owner had it painted black with the intention of replacing the broken one on his black 850 R, but sold the car before ever mounting it. i saw it hanging in his shop amongst other random parts and it's been there for over 10yrs we all know these have been discontinued for MANY years now and these almost never come up; what's out there is out there. i purchased it for my low miles, factory 420 paint code car, 5spd.. i figured i'd offer it here 1st before marketplace, where it'll surely go within a day. if i dont get what i want for it, i'll just have it painted and mounted to my car. before anybody throws out an offer, just know i paid $500 for it. what's it worth to YOU?

anybody know a good pressure plate to go with an 850R clutch? i was able to get just the clutch disc alone. i already know about the sachs 707, but it's crazy expensive

anybody?

well how long ago did you get the clutches? where did your guy source them from? far as i know, the 850R clutches haven't been available for over a year now..

tell me about it - i'd already had one NIB.. now what

nah, i just called TASCA and FCP (im in CT) and they're gone/done: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo-clutch-kit-850-s70-v70-272218 https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/volvo-clutch-kit-272218

WHERE you getting 850R clutch?!

up until a bit over a year ago, i'd had the 850R clutch, i still had the fiberglass lip from the group buy here in 2014, i had a T-5R steering wheel.. i was basically done with P80 and didn't realize how rare this all became. alls i have left for rare part is an OE strut bar.. even BBS propus C are becoming rare and expensive!

it's crazy how long everything was available and then POOF.. last 5 yrs it's like ALL gone..

i know i know... it's become a ghost town around here and on top of it - im on here looking for discontinued items! i had a legit 272218 850R clutch kit like a year ago and figured, "i'll never find/have another manual volvo again.." and sold it. honestly, i didn't even know they were discontinued at the time.. how long? this past November i purchased a low miles, 1 owner, minty 420 paint code 850 (yes, in America) and of course it's a factory 5spd NA. it's also a slick top with VVIS intake for a 1995.. cool spec! going to throw on a TTV flywheel and figured i'd do a rear main and upgrade clutch just cause im in there.. i know it's not turbo power, but i want it anyways. my manual swapped T-5R had the 850R clutch and it was butter smooth and took a beating. crank pulley! i had a UR crank pulley on my full bolt-on T-5R as well as an ARD pulley on my old 850 NA 5spd.. despite everyone saying "they'll vibrate your engine and blow it up" and "it throws the balance off" and "it made no difference" lol i'd still like to source either one.. i logged 10s of thousands of miles on lightweight crank pulleys and NEVER had any issues. it's also crazy to say a 1-2lb aluminum pulley isn't *some improvement over the stock 5-8lb pulley in terms of rotational inertia. NA needs all the help it can get - even if it's incremental! hopefully someone will appear through the tumbleweeds and reach out. i hope everyone been well!

wow that driveway is "pegged" out lol

Darn, looks GOOD my man.. how is she running?? probably like it wasn't even swapped huh...

holy crap dougy i was just looking last week and this is already done?! do you sleep? haha.. im swapping engines/trannies on my P2 when the weather gets nicer and figuring i wouldn't be done for over a month! man, nice work it looks totally factory. i dont think anybody (maybe not even from here) would ever realize this isn't the original. again man, really nice.

i always like your threads dougy. must be nice to have engines just laying around and the know-how to plug them into cheap cars! cool project.. like Riker said, i wish i knew what cheap was like.

lol nice gif.. and the comments along with them.. i've always dug your french headlights in new york brah