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From: hgp@houem.UUCP (#H.PAGE)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: adding intercoolers to turbo, CAR WARRANTY OK!
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 09:16:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 09:16:38 1986
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>	I put a factory intercooler on my 82 Volvo Turbo wagon.  The big thing
>	there is that given the cooler air, they allowed a higher boost level.
>	The kit included a replacement wastegate actuator which opened at a
>	pressure about 30% higher than the non-intercooled version.  An
>	intercooler without a new higher boost limit actuator would provide
>	only a limited increase in engine performance.
>	
>	This additional air mass put me in the back seat the first time I
>	stomped on it.  Lots of torque and power from a 4 cylinder engine.
>	
>	The kit took about 4 hours to carefully install.  The instructions
>	were good.  The installation and engine are warranted if you take the
>	newly installed kit (along with your car) to a dealer to be tested for
>	proper boost limit pressure.  The kit cost $575.  It's like having a
>	new double sized engine without doubling the gasoline costs.  I think
>	it's been really worth it.  I've blown the doors off enough cameros
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Is this due to the additional air mass to which you earlier refer?	;-)

>	and the like to have gotten my $575 anyway.

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Howard G. Page   AT&T BTL,  HO 3D-534, +1 201 949-0366, ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp