I smashed the intercooler on mine on a highway alligator. It ran like crap. It also threw codes and turned on warning lights like I never saw before or since. No I think it would be very difficult to disable the turbo.

222HP isn't all that much by today's standards. It was warm-to-hot 11 years ago but that was 11 years ago. How about just adding a few hundred pounds of sand bags in the trunk "for traction"? (I think it works out to about 950 lb of sand to get the power-weight ratio of the 222HP Turbo the same as the 168HP NA car. About the same as 4 fat friends.)

If you really want to reduce performance, why not just trade it in on a 240?

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 170k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, XC grill, C70 jewel E-Codes, V-1, Lidatek, Mobil-1 since new.

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