**The Ultimate Volvo 850 for Me: A Journey with Turbo Lag and Terror**

My friend Maurice has done something truly remarkable - he's taken his Volvo 850 and turned it into a beast on wheels. With a build block that's been lovingly crafted by himself, this car is not your average commuter vehicle. When I got behind the wheel, I was immediately struck by the sheer power that lurked beneath its unassuming exterior.

As we set off, Maurice told me that driving this car was quite challenging at times. The turbo lag, in particular, was a delight to behold - it's like looking ahead quite a lot to time your full throttle shots perfectly. And when you finally get going, the wave of torque and sound is simply exhilarating. "It's insane," I exclaimed, as we hurtled through the gears with ease.

The ride itself was surprisingly comfortable, despite the car's propensity for being a bit rough on the brakes. But Maurice reassured me that it's all part of its charm - if you put some pressure on the pedals, they actually respond better. It's like having a special bond with your car, one that requires a bit of finesse to master.

As we made our way through the city streets, I couldn't help but feel a sense of joy and excitement behind the wheel. The car moved around quite a bit, thanks to the limited slip diff, but it was all part of its quirky charm. And when we decided to take on the Ultraman, things got even more interesting. With Maurice at the helm, we navigated the twisty roads with ease, the gearbox struggling under full load.

But just when you thought things couldn't get any better, Maurice hit the gas and we shot off like rockets, reaching speeds of over 250 km/h in a matter of seconds. I was amazed by how smoothly it ran, despite its rough-around-the-edges demeanor. We even managed to break the 9-second mark at the finish line, which is no small feat for a car that's not exactly built for speed.

As we made our way back to the gas station, Maurice told me that this car suited him perfectly. And I couldn't help but agree - there's something special about driving a car that's been transformed into a beast on wheels. It's like having a special bond with your vehicle, one that requires a bit of understanding and finesse to master.

**The Verdict: A True Marvel**

For Maurice, this Volvo 850 is more than just a car - it's his new best friend. And for those of us who get to drive it, it's an experience we'll never forget. With its turbo lag, quirky charm, and raw power, this car is truly one-of-a-kind. Whether you're cruising around town or taking on the twisties, this Volvo 850 is sure to put a smile on your face.

**The Build Block: A Labor of Love**

Maurice took it upon himself to build up his Volvo 850, and the results speak for themselves. With a combination of tweaks and modifications, he's managed to coax out a beast of a car that's both practical and fun to drive. And as I watched him work on his baby, I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for his dedication and expertise.

**The Ride: Smooth Sailing**

As we made our way through the city streets, Maurice told me that at lower speeds, the ride can be a bit rough. But once you get going, it's surprisingly smooth and comfortable. The only downside is the brakes - they do feel a bit rough at first, but with some finesse, they come alive. And when we took on the twisties, the car moved around quite a bit, thanks to its limited slip diff.

**The Performance: A True Marvel**

But what really sets this car apart is its performance. With over 9 seconds of acceleration under our belt, this Volvo 850 is no slouch on the track. And as we made our way through the gears, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at just how smoothly it shifted. It's like having a special bond with your car, one that requires a bit of finesse to master.

**The Future: A Bright One**

For Maurice and his Volvo 850, the future is bright indeed. With its unique blend of power, charm, and practicality, this car is sure to put smiles on faces for years to come. And as I watched him drive away from the finish line, I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for this remarkable vehicle. It's a true marvel - one that will leave you grinning from ear to ear every time you get behind the wheel.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endoctors and dentists drove this car i can just get in here soccer mom monster oh my god oh man i'm sweating my balls off what's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this pov review by auto top now my name is max and today we've got another viewer's car and i have to say that when we got this application when we got this email martin and i were really happy about that because we absolutely love this car this is maurice his 1997 volvo 850r and it is freaking awesome it has been tuned quite a bit by maurice himself he has rebuilt the complete engine and uh well it's got 230 horsepower more than it used to have so that is quite a bit so today i'm going to show you around it show you all the cool stuff on this car and then we'll take it for a little drive towards the ultraman for an automan blast but before we begin don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell if you want to receive updates when we upload a new video and check us out on instagram if you like at the top now okay so we're going to start with the outside exterior stuff and then we'll move on to the important stuff so let's start with the outside because uh i mean how cool is that car this car is so square and so freaking retro i like it so much this of course is also the car from my youth i was like seven when this car was built uh the 850r was introduced in 1995 and its stock had 250 horsepower uh before that there was the t5r with 240 horsepower and before that you had the t5 with 225 horsepower so that is kind of the line for the 850 and the first performance volvos i mean this car was driven by people who really loved fast cars and cars in general and heavily turbocharged cars but didn't want to be seen in anything less like inconspicuous than a volvo you know doctors and dentists drove this car uh because they didn't want to be seen in an m3 or something like that or an amg this was like the cool understated performance car and maurice has taken that to a next level while keeping it in the same like philosophy which i really love so let's start with the wheels uh we've got volvo r wheels these are a bit more modern than the ones that used to be on there i think we've got xyz 355 millimeter six piston caliper brakes so a big brake kit because i can imagine that the original brakes would not hold this amount of power and speed with michelin pilot supersport tires it's also got a bc racing coilover set so it's quite a bit lower than stock of course we've got the mandatory reindeer volvo what is that a moose ferrari volvo badge really nice as you can see maurice told us that he's thinking about repainting it but i don't know i like it the way it is i think it's so cool this way like it's a real sleeper this car it's like the definition of a sleeper it's so freaking awesome so we've got an 850r badge on the rear and we've got a three inch custom gorilla exhaust with a 200 cell cat downpipe and but he still has two silencers in there so it's not super crazy loud or anything that's what i mean by following the volvo philosophy and of course having that square body you have this really big this is insane guys i can just get in here it's so big look at that that's awesome because of the shape it's so practical it's almost square so you have this super accessible loading area for your dogs probably and well let's take a look at the engine because that's what this is all about of course so let's take a look there we go look at that that is not really volvo-esque right that is so extreme we do have a swedish flag go sweden go volvo and uh well there is a lot of stuff on here so i have a list because it's just way too much to remember there we go so we've got wyseko forged pistons vsr forged connecting rods arp head and rod bolts glyco sputter bearings shim standard head with some port and polish done to it sp ec stage 2 plus clutch tubular manifold turbo banded tb6001 billet turbo so i guess that is a lot bigger than stock where is it uh it's down there very cool that gold insulation tape as well uh we've got a 50 millimeter waist gate as i said three inch custom gorilla exhaust downpipe with 200 cell race cat gorilla love those guys three inch jt superflow exhaust do okay so the the downpipe is made by gorilla and the exhaust is jt superflow and then we've got a do88 intercooler and intercooler piping modified a radiator external oil radiator and thermostat which i think is down there somewhere we've got a four inch air intake aem fuel pump fuel feed nuke fuel rail qsp fuel pressure regulator we've got a thousand cc injectors and the brakes and the coil overs and we've got some extra engine ventilation from head and block into catch can that's the catch can i believe so that looks freaking awesome i mean i i just love the way this looks and i can't believe that maurice did this himself it took him around a year and a half or two years he told me and he's not even a mechanic he's just he's an i.t guy that just happens to be really interested in this kind of stuff and he built this and it just works really well so it now delivers 480 horsepower and 600 newton meters of torque and it is an absolute riot to drive i mean i really i think this is so cool if any of you guys out there have cars like this please send an email to the address which is on screen now uh if you would like it to be featured on our channel because i absolutely love it so in here we've got more blast from the past nice wood trim here and we've got a couple of really cool gauges down here we've got a five-speed manual gearbox and we do have some sort of limited slip diff but it's like a really basic one like a very simple system um that regulates torque between the two wheels but it's it's not coping very well with this amount of power other than that i mean it's just a really cool practical car alright let's start it up and you will immediately hear a nice little hum but it's nothing crazy right you would expect with all that stuff done to it that it would sound crazier than this but the 2.3 liter five cylinder engine you just have a really nice five-cylinder sound that's awesome okay so we're going to take it for a little drive it is quite hot out so i'm going to open the windows a bit because maurice got rid of the ac and you can hear the sound a bit better as well so it's got that other clutch that new upgraded clutch so it's quite challenging sometimes to drive and uh well are we going to take the tunnel yes we are oh no there are horses never mind we're going to go right and then second gear okay two and a half thousand rpm yeah i'm going to floor it right here nothing nothing four and a half thousand it goes absolutely mental and it just wants to take off either to that direction or that direction i don't know because i'm trying to keep a hold of it but it is oh it is hilarious so i think this is actually the car with the most the biggest turbo lag we've ever driven that's insane you have to be you have to like look ahead quite a lot to be able to time your full throttle there we go oh man it's quick you you really don't expect it and then suddenly you've got this insane wave of torque and and sound and turbo i mean that wastegate oh oh that is just lovely okay little tunnel second gear we have to time that corner flooring it oh my god maurice what have you done you have built a monster but it's like a very retro cool volvo soccer mom monster it is the ultimate 850 for me i mean on the outside you wouldn't really say that it has been tuned this much other than the fact that it is so much lower and you've got those bigger wheels on it but then when you drive it it is just such a joy it brings a smile to my face i haven't had in a long time honestly it moves around quite a bit so i think that that limited slip diff thing really doesn't know what to do with the power you know like it's it's sending it left and right and it's thinking oh where can i put this power so here we are at the ultraman and we're going to see how it feels and we're going to go to the left lane because there are way too many truck tracks on the right now the gearbox does struggle a bit under full load it doesn't really want to shift oh that that is freaking the end of the speedo already that was 260 on the speed oh it is so much quicker than you think because you don't really hear anything it's it's pretty quiet oh what an awesome thing okay full throttle fourth gear there we go i think it will run around 7000 rpm but look at this thing go oh man it runs really well it's very smooth as well as as soon as you get going like at lower speeds and around town it's it's it's a bit of a handful but once you get going it's super smooth and it's really fast too we actually measured a 9.57 run 100 to 200 kilometers an hour with this which is faster than a modern day audi rs4 now we should have installed the dragging for a gps speedo because i don't know how fast that is but that was already almost the end of the or fifth gear so it should be around 270 270 kilometers an hour i think maybe 275 is the end of the gearbox but man what a freaking riot you just don't expect it to to be this like civilized and fast at the same time the brakes feel a bit rough but i feel like if you put some pressure on them they they actually like that better oh man i'm sweating my balls off this is something else as you can see it's a bit hot for this car today it's 34 degrees as you can see right there so i'm keeping an eye on this oil temperature gauge but it does struggle a bit with all that power so i'm going to take it easy be nice to the car because this is my new buddy absolutely love it martin keeps telling me that this car suits me really well like cinderella buddy love me some cinderella all right 90 degrees we're going to take it easy oh man oh man i love these kinds of surprises you know someone emails us and says i have a volvo 850r with a build block then he tells me he did it all himself and then it runs and drives like this i mean are you kidding me i i'm so proud of you maurice you've done so well really good job thank you so much for taking your car to us absolutely love it so much fun the turbo lag is hilarious the performance is really really good and it's super practical too i mean how nice is this to have as your daily like you can throw anything in here you don't have to worry about scratches and stuff like that i love it awesome car so the oil temp is going down now and uh well we are back at the gas station so i'm going to end it here thank you so much for watching you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle you can also check out this video or go check out this playlist see the next one guys byedoctors and dentists drove this car i can just get in here soccer mom monster oh my god oh man i'm sweating my balls off what's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this pov review by auto top now my name is max and today we've got another viewer's car and i have to say that when we got this application when we got this email martin and i were really happy about that because we absolutely love this car this is maurice his 1997 volvo 850r and it is freaking awesome it has been tuned quite a bit by maurice himself he has rebuilt the complete engine and uh well it's got 230 horsepower more than it used to have so that is quite a bit so today i'm going to show you around it show you all the cool stuff on this car and then we'll take it for a little drive towards the ultraman for an automan blast but before we begin don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell if you want to receive updates when we upload a new video and check us out on instagram if you like at the top now okay so we're going to start with the outside exterior stuff and then we'll move on to the important stuff so let's start with the outside because uh i mean how cool is that car this car is so square and so freaking retro i like it so much this of course is also the car from my youth i was like seven when this car was built uh the 850r was introduced in 1995 and its stock had 250 horsepower uh before that there was the t5r with 240 horsepower and before that you had the t5 with 225 horsepower so that is kind of the line for the 850 and the first performance volvos i mean this car was driven by people who really loved fast cars and cars in general and heavily turbocharged cars but didn't want to be seen in anything less like inconspicuous than a volvo you know doctors and dentists drove this car uh because they didn't want to be seen in an m3 or something like that or an amg this was like the cool understated performance car and maurice has taken that to a next level while keeping it in the same like philosophy which i really love so let's start with the wheels uh we've got volvo r wheels these are a bit more modern than the ones that used to be on there i think we've got xyz 355 millimeter six piston caliper brakes so a big brake kit because i can imagine that the original brakes would not hold this amount of power and speed with michelin pilot supersport tires it's also got a bc racing coilover set so it's quite a bit lower than stock of course we've got the mandatory reindeer volvo what is that a moose ferrari volvo badge really nice as you can see maurice told us that he's thinking about repainting it but i don't know i like it the way it is i think it's so cool this way like it's a real sleeper this car it's like the definition of a sleeper it's so freaking awesome so we've got an 850r badge on the rear and we've got a three inch custom gorilla exhaust with a 200 cell cat downpipe and but he still has two silencers in there so it's not super crazy loud or anything that's what i mean by following the volvo philosophy and of course having that square body you have this really big this is insane guys i can just get in here it's so big look at that that's awesome because of the shape it's so practical it's almost square so you have this super accessible loading area for your dogs probably and well let's take a look at the engine because that's what this is all about of course so let's take a look there we go look at that that is not really volvo-esque right that is so extreme we do have a swedish flag go sweden go volvo and uh well there is a lot of stuff on here so i have a list because it's just way too much to remember there we go so we've got wyseko forged pistons vsr forged connecting rods arp head and rod bolts glyco sputter bearings shim standard head with some port and polish done to it sp ec stage 2 plus clutch tubular manifold turbo banded tb6001 billet turbo so i guess that is a lot bigger than stock where is it uh it's down there very cool that gold insulation tape as well uh we've got a 50 millimeter waist gate as i said three inch custom gorilla exhaust downpipe with 200 cell race cat gorilla love those guys three inch jt superflow exhaust do okay so the the downpipe is made by gorilla and the exhaust is jt superflow and then we've got a do88 intercooler and intercooler piping modified a radiator external oil radiator and thermostat which i think is down there somewhere we've got a four inch air intake aem fuel pump fuel feed nuke fuel rail qsp fuel pressure regulator we've got a thousand cc injectors and the brakes and the coil overs and we've got some extra engine ventilation from head and block into catch can that's the catch can i believe so that looks freaking awesome i mean i i just love the way this looks and i can't believe that maurice did this himself it took him around a year and a half or two years he told me and he's not even a mechanic he's just he's an i.t guy that just happens to be really interested in this kind of stuff and he built this and it just works really well so it now delivers 480 horsepower and 600 newton meters of torque and it is an absolute riot to drive i mean i really i think this is so cool if any of you guys out there have cars like this please send an email to the address which is on screen now uh if you would like it to be featured on our channel because i absolutely love it so in here we've got more blast from the past nice wood trim here and we've got a couple of really cool gauges down here we've got a five-speed manual gearbox and we do have some sort of limited slip diff but it's like a really basic one like a very simple system um that regulates torque between the two wheels but it's it's not coping very well with this amount of power other than that i mean it's just a really cool practical car alright let's start it up and you will immediately hear a nice little hum but it's nothing crazy right you would expect with all that stuff done to it that it would sound crazier than this but the 2.3 liter five cylinder engine you just have a really nice five-cylinder sound that's awesome okay so we're going to take it for a little drive it is quite hot out so i'm going to open the windows a bit because maurice got rid of the ac and you can hear the sound a bit better as well so it's got that other clutch that new upgraded clutch so it's quite challenging sometimes to drive and uh well are we going to take the tunnel yes we are oh no there are horses never mind we're going to go right and then second gear okay two and a half thousand rpm yeah i'm going to floor it right here nothing nothing four and a half thousand it goes absolutely mental and it just wants to take off either to that direction or that direction i don't know because i'm trying to keep a hold of it but it is oh it is hilarious so i think this is actually the car with the most the biggest turbo lag we've ever driven that's insane you have to be you have to like look ahead quite a lot to be able to time your full throttle there we go oh man it's quick you you really don't expect it and then suddenly you've got this insane wave of torque and and sound and turbo i mean that wastegate oh oh that is just lovely okay little tunnel second gear we have to time that corner flooring it oh my god maurice what have you done you have built a monster but it's like a very retro cool volvo soccer mom monster it is the ultimate 850 for me i mean on the outside you wouldn't really say that it has been tuned this much other than the fact that it is so much lower and you've got those bigger wheels on it but then when you drive it it is just such a joy it brings a smile to my face i haven't had in a long time honestly it moves around quite a bit so i think that that limited slip diff thing really doesn't know what to do with the power you know like it's it's sending it left and right and it's thinking oh where can i put this power so here we are at the ultraman and we're going to see how it feels and we're going to go to the left lane because there are way too many truck tracks on the right now the gearbox does struggle a bit under full load it doesn't really want to shift oh that that is freaking the end of the speedo already that was 260 on the speed oh it is so much quicker than you think because you don't really hear anything it's it's pretty quiet oh what an awesome thing okay full throttle fourth gear there we go i think it will run around 7000 rpm but look at this thing go oh man it runs really well it's very smooth as well as as soon as you get going like at lower speeds and around town it's it's it's a bit of a handful but once you get going it's super smooth and it's really fast too we actually measured a 9.57 run 100 to 200 kilometers an hour with this which is faster than a modern day audi rs4 now we should have installed the dragging for a gps speedo because i don't know how fast that is but that was already almost the end of the or fifth gear so it should be around 270 270 kilometers an hour i think maybe 275 is the end of the gearbox but man what a freaking riot you just don't expect it to to be this like civilized and fast at the same time the brakes feel a bit rough but i feel like if you put some pressure on them they they actually like that better oh man i'm sweating my balls off this is something else as you can see it's a bit hot for this car today it's 34 degrees as you can see right there so i'm keeping an eye on this oil temperature gauge but it does struggle a bit with all that power so i'm going to take it easy be nice to the car because this is my new buddy absolutely love it martin keeps telling me that this car suits me really well like cinderella buddy love me some cinderella all right 90 degrees we're going to take it easy oh man oh man i love these kinds of surprises you know someone emails us and says i have a volvo 850r with a build block then he tells me he did it all himself and then it runs and drives like this i mean are you kidding me i i'm so proud of you maurice you've done so well really good job thank you so much for taking your car to us absolutely love it so much fun the turbo lag is hilarious the performance is really really good and it's super practical too i mean how nice is this to have as your daily like you can throw anything in here you don't have to worry about scratches and stuff like that i love it awesome car so the oil temp is going down now and uh well we are back at the gas station so i'm going to end it here thank you so much for watching you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle you can also check out this video or go check out this playlist see the next one guys bye\n"