Hello from South Carolina

KozakN

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Florence, SC U.S.A.
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Volvo XC90 V8 AWD
New owner of a 2011 Volvo XC90 AWD with the Yamaha built 4.4L V8. I’m looking for a spare engine now to start the build process. Planning to do a forged bottom end with most of the other money spent on head work and cams. I’ll accept any advice or tips on what I’m getting myself into. Should be a fun ride.
 
Sorry for my slow reply, I've been pretty poorly the last 3 weeks and am just catching up.

Sounds like a great project to me, those engines have loads of torque. It's not a high revving engine so I doubt cams will do much if I'm totally honest with you, but it depends what the stock cam is and how that is setup. A mild fast road cam would be what I would go for.

Lowering the compression ratio and adding forced induction by way of a supercharger will make massive power gains.

Balancing the engine components and going with a lighter flywheel will raise your top end RPM and unlock more power for you.
 

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