{"id":135,"date":"2008-02-28T00:34:19","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T05:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2021-04-21T17:32:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T22:32:02","slug":"twin-turbo-lsx-volvo-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70785\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70785\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70785\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70785\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 1989 Volvo 745t normally came with a turbocharged inline-four producing around 150-200 horsepower. This car is a project of sorts for the owner&#8217;s Father who was a big fan of Volvos. The Volvo called &#8220;Volvette&#8221; has a 1999 LS1 V8 with two turbochargers, six-speed transmission, custom intercooler, bumper off a Volvo 850, and a ton of other upgrades and modifications. All those work added up to $20,000. The owner estimates the twin-turbo V8 will produce around 700-850 horsepower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70786\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70786\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70786\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-02.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-02.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70787\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70787\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70787\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-03.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-03.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1989-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-03.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70787\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardomain.com\/ride\/2196921\/1989-volvo-700-series\/\">CarDomain<\/a> via Kris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1989 Volvo 745t normally came with a turbocharged inline-four producing around 150-200 horsepower. This car is a project of sorts for the owner&#8217;s Father who was a big fan of Volvos. The Volvo called &#8220;Volvette&#8221; has a 1999 LS1 V8 with two turbochargers, six-speed transmission, custom intercooler, bumper off a Volvo 850, and a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1989 Volvo Wagon with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volvo"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81310,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81310","url_meta":{"origin":135,"position":0},"title":"Volvo P1800 with a Twin-Turbo 1UZ V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Stig Arne Solheim loves transforming classic Volvos into powerful race cars. 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