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adjustable cam gears 850 1994

posted by  shan_mcarthur@spamcop.net on  Sat Aug 9 06:30 CST 2003
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You have found my biggesdt problem with the car. The problem is that in the automatic transmission, the first gear is geared WAY too high. I can get up to about 80 kph in first gear. This results in very pathetic performance in the city from a dead stop, even with a turbo. My 90 740 Turbo (a standard) is geared a lot lower in 1st and it seems to have a ton more power in the city, but the 850 has a lot more on the highway.

I certainly hope that Volvo has changed the gearing ratio in the transmission by the time I get a new car.






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New adjustable cam gears [850][1994]
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