First I'd like to state I think what you're trying to accomplish is somewhat silly. If you're only trying to avoid tickets, just drive it in a more sedate manner. I drive a 240 turbo, manual transmission, with a silly looking dual exhaust tip setup (the exhaust was not my doing). I'm 20, and as such a young'n I assume I drive a bit more aggressively than you do. So far no tickets in the Volvo (none in the other cars either). A concern about gas mileage OTOH would be a lot more justified (especially if your car had an autobox).

Here's what I would suggest (in descending order of my preference):

- Drive in a less agressive manner. Without overdrive I can get about 21mpg if I drive nicely, no tickets -- only times (3x) I was pulled over was for registration tags (bored cops.. long story).

- Sell the turbo car for your ideal car, and the turbo as a bargaining factor ("hey, wanna trade up to a turbo?").

- Buy a normally aspirated car with an autbox and swap in a manual (this is surely less work than converting a B230FT to a B230F). A 940 may be easier to find, but slightly more difficult to swap due to LH-Jet 2.4.

- Install a "g-valve" so that the boost comes on sooner, and then set the max boost down to something like 1 or 2 psi.

- If you must keep your car, and must avoid the turbo, don't rebuild your engine to normally aspirated specs. Go find a B230F in decent shape and do that.

Where are you that a 700 wagon is so difficult to find?

- alex

'85 244 Turbo | ~145k miles