hey everybody. i have a 1998 volvo s70 non-turbo and i am the only one in my family that is into cars. my dad doesnt aprove of me, but i was wondering how i can make my s70 a turbo. do i have to do an engine swap? is it even possible? what do you recommend? thanks so much

 

1. Go to a junk yard and find a 1998 turbo model s70 and take the engine from it and swap it into your s70's engine bay.

2. Actually turbo your current engine. Which will entail but not limited to. Locating a turbo, downpipe, catback system, intercooler, intercooler hard pipes, intercooler hoses, vaccum lines, fuel injectors, ECU tuning (Biggest thing to worry about and it will cost a lot of money because you will have to dyno tune your car), Etc... This will cost you anywhere from $3,000-$5,000. I don't suggest going this route. You will have a lot of down time that you wont be able to drive your car.

3. I do suggest that you sell your current model s70 and purchase an already turbocharged model s70. You will be much happier trust me.

 

im a,most positive that my car isnt a t-5 or glt, i think its just the sedan. butjust incase, how would i recognize the stock turbo engine from the stock non-turbo engine. anything that really sticks out right away?

 

yea, a turbo!

 

Lets see. There would be an intercooler unit, there would be an upper IC pipe, there would be a turbo heatshield.

Take a picture of your engine bay and post it I will tell you.


In the picture above, you see the BLACK pipe that is going over the engine? That is the upper IC pipe. If you have one of these you are turboed, if you don't have one of these your NA.

 

ok yeah thats what i thought. i dont have the IC pipe so that answers my question. thanks

 

No problem.