How hard would it be to turbo a non-turbo S80 2.9L? I prob won't do it but I am curious to know just in case.

 

Well lets put it this way. It isn't worth it.

1. You need a turbo or turbos if you want it like the T6 s80.

2. You will need a downpipe or downpipes

3. Exhaust catback system

4. Injectors

5. Intercooler

6. Intercooler hard pipes

7. Vaccum lines

8. Turbo Hoses

9. Injectors

10. Most importantly proper ECU tuning. Dyno time as well.

I am leaving a crap load of items out, but you get the picture.

Sell your car and get a turbo model.

 

Yeah I guess that confirms what I had feared....oh well. I guess I can always play around with some superchargers/nitrous and then just sell the S80 later on and go for an S80 turbo. Appreciate the response.

 

As someone who has gone from NA > NA+turbo > blown up motor > rebuilt turbo bottom end with full top of the line internals + turbo.

Buy a proper turbo motor and be happy and secure knowing that not only is your motor built to take the extra power but so are all the other drivetrain parts involved in handling all the extra torque you will have.

Adding 50-75 HP to the whole drive train is A BAD IDEA IN GENERAL. Regardless of make or model of car some things are universally true. If you add the power and go cheap on everything else you will kick yourself when it leaves u stranded. Then you will wish you bought the turbo from the start.

I have seen 5+ 740/940 Turbos for under $2500 in my area ( Southern California).

And time for an example:
Car 1: 740 NA
Turbo/manifold/boost controller/injectors/ecu/fuel pump = if you use mostly OEM Volvo parts I saw rougly $1000 quoted on here.
Cost of car lets say $1500
Total = $3000 ( where did the extra $500 come from? Fastners, gastkets, and stuff you generally forget to include in budget like silicon couplers, IC piping etc etc)

Car 2: 740 Turbo
Boost Controller/Injectors/ECU Flash= Not sure but I would guess no more than $400 for all these items with a small bit of shopping around.
Cost of car lets say $2500
Total = $2900 and I would bet pink slips that the turbo motor will make more power in the end with just the listed parts and it will do it more reliably.

No, I am not fully informed on ins and outs of volvos (yet) but with the extensive enigne mods I have done on my 330 WHP neon, I can tell you this: DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME GO TURBO TO START!

 

HOLD THE PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!

I found this miraculously on ebay. This is half of the s80 t6 turbo setup for the volvo s80!!!! You'll just need to find the manifold, add the proper injectors...etc The guy selling it has no idea it's from an s80, but he lists all the part numbers and they match up to factory s80 parts.

I bet you could score this cheap. And you can pick up the turbo ecu for another 100-200 bucks. The manifolds, probably another 100-200 as well. Plumbing you could most likely use braided steel line. As s70driver is stating, this is only half of it, but this is probably the most expensive and difficult to find chunk of the puzzle. If I hadn't decided to do just a single turbo setup or an engine swap, I'd be bidding this already. But since I don't wanna be like everyone else and be stock, I'm not going to.

There's also a volvo t6 turbo manifold on ebay right now...lemme get the links:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VOLVO...QQcmdZViewItem

Good luck and let me know (I'm not going to bid on it so no worries)

P.S. Couldn't find the links for the turbo manifolds or the turbo computer, but they're both on there. I'd give it a shot, bidding never hurts.