# anyone know anything about old volvos?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 4, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-anything-about-old-volvos/244577 "2009-06-04T19:32:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-anything-about-old-volvos/244577/17 "2009-06-05T13:00:15Z")

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> [@I smell skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-smell-skanks/19000/12):
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> since when is there 30% drivetrain loss on a rwd car? plus im pretty sure he dyno’d it with the car…look at LS integras they have 145 crank hp and yield about 115-120 whp…

Oh fuck, I’m sorry I was 5-10whp off in my wild guess. My bad. I’m sorry man.  
Pretty sure does not = definite. I’d find out before you make the purchase. He said he purchased the motor from some company. 99% of the time, they rate the engines based on an engine dyno, not after they put it in a car.

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