Kit Vexed Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 There's still a good bit of lurkers around. Try the facebook group, or even swedespeed though if you're looking to get one quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Vexed Posted February 13 Author Report Share Posted February 13 it's crazy how long everything was available and then POOF.. last 5 yrs it's like ALL gone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Yeah, P80 parts in general are now scarce, once this forum died out, it basically became a skeleton market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Vexed Posted February 13 Author Report Share Posted February 13 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 On 2/13/2024 at 2:36 PM, Kit Vexed said: 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! The 850R clutch you can still get new luckily, just bought 2 ironically last week. 1 for me and 1 for a friend. :3 I get hounded for my lip from time to time, but considering they are NLA, ill keep it. Most "rare" items here, you can get from the JPN market fairly readily which is nice. Unfortunately you're after something that most people have probably either lost in their pile of parts, or scrapped with their car at some point. I would 100% definitely try the facebook groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Vexed Posted February 19 Author Report Share Posted February 19 WHERE you getting 850R clutch?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappo Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 12 hours ago, Kit Vexed said: WHERE you getting 850R clutch?! I know a year ago I could get it at FCP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 21 hours ago, Kit Vexed said: WHERE you getting 850R clutch?! Dealership. Thought you were trying to find a cheap one, not brand new in box. Call Tasca if you're ok with paying retail. Also you could look on Ebay/Amazon/FCP if you call/New they are still very much available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Vexed Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappo Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Damn, wish I had known they were going away. I would have bought a backup last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Vexed Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 tell me about it - i'd already had one NIB.. now what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Well shit, maybe I got lucky. My local was able to get me 2 without issues. It's sitting next to the still in box spare black R bumper I bought last year, and the new roof trims, in my garage. I've started to just slowly buy replacement parts for the S70 since they've basically dried up in junkyards now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Vexed Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 On 2/21/2024 at 6:35 PM, Kit Vexed said: 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.. I actually got them through the dealer. You may just have to call your dealership to check from time to time, its like pre-painted P80-70 R bumpers, they still come in from Sweden, just only like 20-30 a year depending on sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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