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Does anyone know of a any upgrade safe for a stock 1995 volvo B230FT, I only have a K&N Air Filter but I want to boost the horsepower a little bit with any safe chip or ecu upgrade if there is any.....

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Does anyone know of a any upgrade safe for a stock 1995 volvo B230FT, I only have a K&N Air Filter but I want to boost the horsepower a little bit with any safe chip or ecu upgrade if there is any.....

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i would say slap a LPT low pressure tubo from a glt 850 or s70 and a boost gauge. it can be done ask me how i know!!!!!
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Does anyone know of a any upgrade safe for a stock 1995 volvo B230FT, I only have a K&N Air Filter but I want to boost the horsepower a little bit with any safe chip or ecu upgrade if there is any.....

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1) Manual boost controller; most of us get about 11psi on 91 octane without ping, and slightly higher (up to 15psi) on 93-94 octane. You've got the larger rods and piston squirters...that block can handle over 22psi without batting an eye.

2) 3" downpipe and exhaust

From there, it's a matter of preference. But you won't really need chips until you get these done first.

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any recommended web page for manual boost controller and how do you manually boost yup psi??

and any 3'' dp and exhaust??? :)

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any recommended web page for manual boost controller and how do you manually boost yup psi??

and any 3'' dp and exhaust??? :)

I was using a Hallman Pro MBC. In over 3 years of reading posts about people's "boost spikes," I still wasn't even sure what they were because I never, ever had one. I also never had boost creep, or boost fade.

MBC is a 5 minute install. 1 valve with a knob on it, and 2 vac hoses. That's it. You NEED a boost gauge...DO NOT mess with your boost without one. 45 bucks or so from summitracing.com.

For the exhaust...I'd have a local muffler shop make you a downpipe and exhaust. DP should be around 200; exhaust can vary but around 350-650 depending on what you want to do with it.

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Does anyone know of a any upgrade safe for a stock 1995 volvo B230FT, I only have a K&N Air Filter but I want to boost the horsepower a little bit with any safe chip or ecu upgrade if there is any.....

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http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=169745

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=154814

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i have a 3in straight pipe thats made of parts from autozone and the hardware store , its alot cheaper , but it takes a bit more work , also , for years i've been heat wrapping my intercooler piping , i've done it to a half dozen different vehicles , many debate if it helps or not , im positive it does , i use 2000 degree header wrapping tape , try it , oh and if you ditch your cat you dont have to go with a 3 in pipe , 2.5 or 2.75 in works fine with a straight pipe until you hit about 350hp

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