Tuning the Volvo 260
260 tuning tips from the car tuning guide, we take a look at the best power mods for the 260 in our latest guide. On practically all cars from Volvo, you will see performance gains from some weight reduction. If you can shed a few hundred KG’s off your 260 you will get a much better return on your tuning investment. Top of your list for tuning mods will be a fuel boost valve (for a snappy throttle response) and a good quality panel air filter. A fast road cam will make quite a reasonable difference to the peak power of you 260.
NOTE: BHP POWER GAINS ARE PROPORTIONAL TO YOUR BASE BHP. The more you start with the better your gain will be. Do an engine swap rather than waste time on small engines. Turn your attention next to the 260s engine head. With a good gas flowed ported engine you will see much better mid and peak range power and some owners have reported more economy. Suspension upgrades are next on every 260 owners priority list. A drop of 35mm will work well on most cars, any lower and you will hit other problems.
Soon the car tuning guide will offer more detailed and in depth tuning guides for the 260 so bookmark this site and we hope to see you again.
These sites provide useful further reference on the mods we have recommended:
Car Tuning – TorqueCars cover just about everything on car tuning and car mods.
Car tuning Blog Blog with many topics covering all aspects of car tuning and driving.
