Check Out this Mad Volvo 960 With a V8-Swap and Claimed 2,200 HP
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Check Out this Mad Volvo 960 With a V8-Swap and Claimed 2,200 HP



The Volvo 960 is a large, comfortable car that’s billed as safe and full of cool touches of Swedish design flair. However, we don’t know what its original designers would make of this mad mod job from Pennsylvania. It’s an eBay find, but its auction has now expired, not meeting its reserve, with a top bid of $12,600.

Still, with a claimed 2,200 hp from a quad-turbocharged big-block V8 engine and some… questionable choices of improvements, we thought it would be fun to share anyway.

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