Volvo Intercooler/anybody try

[VBGSX]

Saw this at the junkyard and was wondering if it's worth messing with(new endtanks, resized, etc)?
86 volvo 760 FMIC. Size 18.5 X 16 1/4 X 1.5 Perfect condition. Tube and Fin design. Only $28.00 so no big deal either way.

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[neal]

i was at a junkyard with a friend looking for other parts and decided to look for something with a big intercooler that i could possibly rig up on my 91 gsx then i spotted an intercooler off of a 92 volvo 940 (looks just like the one you saw) but i asked about a price and i was told $250 !!!!!!! well anyways i came home and wanted to see if anyone else had the same idea i had so seached the forums and this is all i have found come on guys i know someone has tried this thing i was going to remove my all my ac components and slap that baby in front of my radiator any thoughts

 

[Cirus_93TSI]

my friend had one of those intercoolers on his prelude before he sold the turbo, i dont think it flowed to well, it didnt make much power on the prelude
and if any junk yard tells u some outragious price for something, take it off and stick it by a fence somewhere, cut the fence that nite and its urs, alot of times junk yards will try and overcharge u if they know what the part is and what it can be used for, so i perfer to rip them off instead
like this one, 1 used power mirror for a 2g talon from a junk yard, $105, we got the same mirror with less faided paint from another junk yard for 15 bucks

 

[neal]

cirus im already one step ahead of you that intercooler is by the fence as we speak. i guess dsm owners think alike

 

[ChicagoGSX]

Originally posted by neal
cirus im already one step ahead of you that intercooler is by the fence as we speak. i guess dsm owners think alike

Yeah we all like to steal. Jackass

 

[born4music04]

Why are DSMer's getting cheap all of a sudden. If you build your DSM the cheap way, it's not gonna give you the performance you probably want. Just bite the bullet and buy a FMIC meant for your car. Also, your dumb if you have a FMIC that is stolen!
-Cory

 

[Bohrn]

I'm all about doing it the home grown way, like the Volvo i/c.

But don't steal it. Get one from an honest wrecker tho, $250???

 

[nine5raptor]

Originally posted by born4music04
Why are DSMer's getting cheap all of a sudden. If you build your DSM the cheap way, it's not gonna give you the performance you probably want. Just bite the bullet and buy a FMIC meant for your car. Also, your dumb if you have a FMIC that is stolen!
-Cory

dsm'ers have always been cheap. These car are all about bang for the buck!

 

[Defiant]

http://home.earthlink.net/~turbogus2/intercoolers.html

 

[AlecW81]

Volvo FMICs have been used on several DSMs... check out the customers page at Slowboy and look at Clayton Cobb's car (President of The Capital Area DSM.org club) He has a Volvo FMIC that he got off of one of my friends... his car used to be the most ghetto fab DSM I ever saw, but it was fast and never broke down. The fuel pump rewire on his car was done 5 minutes before a race with an LS1 on laughing gas, using speaker wire from another DSMers system (her subs were blown anyway) DSMers are crafty

 

[jmc94gsx]

From 1986, it was made for a low boost application and probably has one hellof a pressure drop.