>>28447423I went with the middle ground and got a late '97 S90 manual. Unicorn find since most were autotragics like the 780 but at least it always came with the 3.0 whiteblock, instead of a diesel or PRV v6 780's with manuals regularly got. Same M90L2 you'd find in a late 940.
3.0 was detuned from the factory with camshafts from the earlier 2.5 6cyl, no other differences so that was easy to switch out.
For the rear spring I put in a new wagon spring, picrel. Subframe was a bitch to take apart though. Rear diff was open so I put in the tenaci torsen. New bushings all around and adjustable shocks do plenty to make it handle well despite the still soft-ish springs and swaybars. S/V90's got the sports swaybars from the earlier 960 standard just like the 940's did with the '97 my, but all those do is give the car 80's german sedan bodyroll instead of american landyacht bodyroll.
>>28447012Good taste. I got a late Amazon 122s with a B20B, have the 123GT/p1800ES spec shocks, lowered springs and wide steelies on it.