New to me Volvo 850
 

Hello all. I own an auto salvage in SW MO and I recently purchased a 96 Volvo 850 non-turbo for $200 with a good title. The engine blew and there is a hole knocked in the side of the block. I plan on ordering a replacement engine for it next week. I started the car today, barely, and the transmission is good. The car is in immaculant condition and I hate to knock it in the head.

My question is, can I put a turbo from another Volvo on this non-turbo engine? I have several turbo's here on the shelf that have been tested and work. I have plenty of turbo Volvo's here as well that I can get parts off of. Would I have to do a bunch of other changes to make a turbo work? Or, is there an engine out of a turbo Volvo that would fairly easily drop into this car? I have a 94 Volvo 940 complete B230FT VIN 87 engine here with the turbo. Would that work?

I read the Noob forum and read the links and searched before posting. Found some good info but answers to my questions. Thanks in advance for your response.

RE: New to me Volvo 850
 

You can do anything with money and effort.

It's all about putting together a turbo kit. Which may involve a lot of fabrication if you go for a non-stock turbo. To explain this better, you have two options. Source a turbo parts car, and then swap those hoses/piping and turbo stuff over to the N/A.

Or, you build your own kit, and make your own hoses/piping to make it fit. With this option, you can put pretty much any turbo that you want.

Here is a good link to find out the stock turbos.
http://www.quickbrickmotorsports.com...lange_list.htm
And one more note, there is no "volvo turbo", the 15G is actually a Mitsubishi turbo.

Edit: Are you selling this car or keeping it for yourself? I'm just curious.

Double Edit: Also consider this, it might actually be cheaper to just buy a car that is already turboed.