How many people assume your car is stock?

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used to have a 1988 Volvo 740 Station Wagon, 6 Cylinder, Turbo, RWD; only thing on the car that was modded was the exhaust, piping was made bigger. Damn that shit pulled hard. Beat modded eclipses, riced out integras, slow ass civics. Looks on their faces were priceless. Seeing a station wagon fly by them and then their mouths drop open like what the fuck was that... man i miss car.

Hmm. Volvos came with 6cyls, after '88 it was a french PRV v6, similar to what can be found in the Deloreon or Eagle Premieres. Designation was the b280f at 2.8 liters, 160hp. The motor was not turbo'd, from the factory, so you probably had a turbo 2.3l 4cyl. Swapping eagle premiere heads, doing a custom manifold and turboing the engine will make some very good power, but there are very few people who have done this. One such person on the turbobricks board is John lane. His turbo'd volvo 280/premiere hybrid motor with T4 turbo makes 600whp/500wtq at around 12psi. They respond EXTREMELY well to turboing, but most people haven't the time or money for the swap. Also, after turboing the engine, nearly ever single piece of drivetrain starting at the crank, going all the way to the wheel studs (yes, i said wheel studs) shattered.

The grand national swap is another volvo swap that is somewhat common. I know of two turbobrickers that outfitted their vehicles with GN motors, one intercooled, one non-intercooled. The non-intercooled vehicle I, got to drive hands on, having around 20 hours behind the wheel of it, last year driving it from Pennsylavania to Las Vegas. It was VERY fast, had up to 120shot of nitrous and ran a 12flat on slicks. However, this was a 240 series 1982 wagon. Full of rust spots, primer and bondo, we nicknamed the car dirty sanchez. you can find the post about it somewhere on here. VERY fast.

Anyway, which one did you have? Seriously, if you had a turbo'd PRV (i'm not trying to cast doubt here), I'd love to see it. Budget permitting, I'd love to build one, as they are the holy grail of powerplants, but it is a very expensive undertaking. (JL uses a jericho 4spd, custom ford 9" rear end, roll cage etc) Anyway, post up more. I'm curious....Or do you have a 2.3? Eitehr way, they're fun sleepers. I've left many an eclipse, m3, mustang, camaro etc in the dust to onlookers with dropped jaws. Tons of fun.

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Hmm. Volvos came with 6cyls, after '88 it was a french PRV v6, similar to what can be found in the Deloreon or Eagle Premieres. Designation was the b280f at 2.8 liters, 160hp.

Yeah thats what i was calling him out on. If he didnt know much about them then he didnt turbo the 6 and probably didnt buy a turboed 6. Probably a 740 tic.

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Hmm. Volvos came with 6cyls, after '88 it was a french PRV v6, similar to what can be found in the Deloreon or Eagle Premieres. Designation was the b280f at 2.8 liters, 160hp. The motor was not turbo'd, from the factory, so you probably had a turbo 2.3l 4cyl. Swapping eagle premiere heads, doing a custom manifold and turboing the engine will make some very good power, but there are very few people who have done this. One such person on the turbobricks board is John lane. His turbo'd volvo 280/premiere hybrid motor with T4 turbo makes 600whp/500wtq at around 12psi. They respond EXTREMELY well to turboing, but most people haven't the time or money for the swap. Also, after turboing the engine, nearly ever single piece of drivetrain starting at the crank, going all the way to the wheel studs (yes, i said wheel studs) shattered.

The grand national swap is another volvo swap that is somewhat common. I know of two turbobrickers that outfitted their vehicles with GN motors, one intercooled, one non-intercooled. The non-intercooled vehicle I, got to drive hands on, having around 20 hours behind the wheel of it, last year driving it from Pennsylavania to Las Vegas. It was VERY fast, had up to 120shot of nitrous and ran a 12flat on slicks. However, this was a 240 series 1982 wagon. Full of rust spots, primer and bondo, we nicknamed the car dirty sanchez. you can find the post about it somewhere on here. VERY fast.

Anyway, which one did you have? Seriously, if you had a turbo'd PRV (i'm not trying to cast doubt here), I'd love to see it. Budget permitting, I'd love to build one, as they are the holy grail of powerplants, but it is a very expensive undertaking. (JL uses a jericho 4spd, custom ford 9" rear end, roll cage etc) Anyway, post up more. I'm curious....Or do you have a 2.3? Eitehr way, they're fun sleepers. I've left many an eclipse, m3, mustang, camaro etc in the dust to onlookers with dropped jaws. Tons of fun.

well all i know is that it was turboed and it came like that lol i dont know much at all about volvos, it said i dont have the wagon anymore, but i do miss it. It could have been a 6 but not likely since what you have said. And i know its the 740 series. But i dont really know about the 6 part.... so it was just handed down to me from my 'rents...