Modifications for the Volvo C74
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Available in standard form with power of upto 220bhp (depending on the year), so this goes to show the tuning potential of the C74. From this you can increase the power from anywhere between 242bhp to 374bhp with modifications varying from a few DIY mods to some pretty major engine work. The higher you go the more unreliable the car will be and you should expect to have to rebuild the engine regularly if you want to extract silly power. A big forced induction upgrade would be needed to push beyond the 100bhp per 1000cc limit.
The Car Tuning Guide suggest that if you have a lower powered version you should do an engine swap with a ’220bhp Convertibles’. Looking at what Volvo have done with their top of the range C74s you get an idea for the tuning potential open to you. The most frequent modification we see on the C74 include sports exhausts, air intakes or induction kits and a fuel pressure boost valve.
The modification that gives the biggest power gain on your car would be a fast road cam. Getting better flow through the head of the engine would reward your C74 with more power. So get the engine head polished and ported.
The most powerful Convertible in our database offers 220 bhp. From this you can increase the power from anywhere between 242 bhp to 374bhp with mods we have outlined above.
A C74 with forced induction (turbo or supercharger) will give even larger power gains that this. The most powerful C74 has a healthy 220 bhp. In a competition setting you may well, with some forced induction, reboring and other major work see power figures between 286 bhp to 418bhp with mods we have outlined above.) Suspension upgrades are next on every C74 owners priority list. You shouldn’t really lower a car by more than 30-35mm.
Soon the car tuning guide will offer more detailed and in depth tuning guides for the C74 so bookmark this site and we hope to see you again.
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