r/Volvo850

850 SW really slow

850 SW really slow

Hi everyone

A year ago I bought a 95 850 SW n/a, and it feels waaay slow to me, and I wanna see if that's normal due to the size of the car, because I had some other n/a cars and they were totally different

When I bought it, the car was drinking like hell, and after a lot of work, I discovered that all the vaccum lines where completely open, even coming from the tank lol I checked all of them now and they are sealed, changed the fuel filter, distributor cap and rotor, but the car still feels like it only speeds when downhill or in a long straight road

A couple days ago, I was on a freeway uphill, nothing too steep, no cars in front of me, and I couldn't go pass 40 mph, while all the loaded trucks and even a Beetle (yes, the VW) where effortlessly passing me. I could only go past 60 mph when the road leveled up

I know it's not a turbo, but I had a n/a 4 cylinder BMW and it was waaaaaay faster than this. Anyone know what I still need to look to make it perform better, or that's the normal behavior of the car?

u/TougeKing_ — 7 days ago