{"id":66414,"date":"2021-01-18T16:16:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=66414"},"modified":"2021-01-18T16:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:16:39","slug":"1988-volvo-wagon-with-a-turbo-3800-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=66414","title":{"rendered":"1988 Volvo Wagon with a Turbo 3800 V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=66422\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66422\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"66422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=66422\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1988 Volvo Wagon with a Turbo 3800 V6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1988 Volvo Wagon with a Turbo 3800 V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1988 Volvo Wagon with a Turbo 3800 V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh Ricker and his 1988 Volvo wagon stopped by <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/sloppywiki\/\">Sloppy Mechanics<\/a> for some tuning. The car is powered by a turbocharged 3800 V6 featuring a L67 bottom end, L36 (F-body) top end, Stattama S2 camshaft, 110 lb valve springs, Snake Eater 1500 cc injectors, and T67 (.68, P Trim) turbocharger. Matt was able to coax 477 horsepower out of the V6 on E85 and a MS3 Gold Box ECU. Josh plans to upgrade to a Garrett GTX-series turbocharger. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a 4L80E four-speed automatic with a TransGo HD2 shift kit and Ford 8.8-inch rear end with 3.27 gears.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DJWZxe5A7F4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCY6pxPPJEW64gSx_x0lbCdw\">Sloppy Mechanics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DJWZxe5A7F4&#038;lc=Ugw-EcdxViDfmJ3BH8p4AaABAg.9H_pD00FOWk9H_sZlZ58Hf\">skalor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Ricker and his 1988 Volvo wagon stopped by Sloppy Mechanics for some tuning. The car is powered by a turbocharged 3800 V6 featuring a L67 bottom end, L36 (F-body) top end, Stattama S2 camshaft, 110 lb valve springs, Snake Eater 1500 cc injectors, and T67 (.68, P Trim) turbocharger. Matt was able to coax&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=66414\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1988 Volvo Wagon with a Turbo 3800 V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":66422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-66414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volvo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1988-Volvo-Wagon-with-a-Turbo-3800-V6-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97297,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=97297","url_meta":{"origin":66414,"position":0},"title":"Paul Newman&#8217;s Volvo 740 with a Buick Grand National Turbo V6","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul Newman's love of cars ran deep. 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