I've got someone very special to introduce to you all............. meet Shrëk! The friendly green giant 
(the ë just makes it more ëuro lol!)
It's a 1997 Volvo 850 Turbo AWD with 5spd Manual M58 transmission..... said to be one of not very many. Definitely got lucky with this find....
DEFINITELY removing that fake R badge and the PowerTEK logo. Unless they made an 850 RAWD? lol 
Previous owner said it had a burnt valve but we were able to drive it home. Perhaps the only 4cyl Turbo Volvo 850 on the road?
One thing that really had me attracted to this car (aside from it being 5-spd AND AWD) was the sexy ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD exhaust:
Anyways, we got to work promptly taking it apart:
Pulled the starter off and just saw how bad to the bone he really was lol! (How the hell did that get there?! 
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We decided to go with the 'removing the engine frame' approach..... and with those axle nuts rust-welded onto the axes, we decided to take the whole dam front suspension along with it!
^^ Thats Engine, Transmission, Struts, Brakes and all accessories (AC, Alternator, Power Steering etc...) ^^ I will say, its VERY nice working on an engine when you can literally walk to the other side of it to pull something off....
As we pulled the head off we discovered the reason I own the thing. Behold, the burnt valve that made me a Volvo owner!
Other valves look okay, just need a bit of a grind.....
I've got the head sent off to a machine shop to test it, deck it, valve grind and grind valve seats and of course replace that burnt valve..... In the meantime we managed to get the engine off the frame:
That's basically where I'm at for now. Waiting on parts to arrive, namely a new clutch and pressure plate that will allow me to proceed in putting my new block on the car. Perfect working order and changing the motor over to a 2.3L instead of the 2.4L that came in it. My logic on this one is using the block from a working motor that didn't have an issue VS re-using Shreks original block that had PCV Diarhea allllll over the side of the block and a burnt valve which may have caused something in the bottom end? It also had 290,000kms on it vs the 150ish (I think) with the new block.
...................................... NOW The fun stuff! Time to add some vanity into this engine build to spice it up a bit. Afterall, we should all know that shiny parts make more horsepower, right? 
Took my Intake Manifold to the sandblasters....
Before:
After:
The results are.A-M-A-ZING!!! I'll be hittin it with some high temp clear coating to maintain this finish on it.... I'm very happy with the results.
That's all for now..... more pics to come as the parts come in. And thus begins my Volvo journey..... Thoughts/Comments are more than welcome!
Oh, and by the way.... my name is Jon in case we haven't met. Stay tuned.......