325I engine transplant to volvo 940

[prockers]

hey there. bit of a stupid question here but it's on behalf of a friend. would it be possible to put the engine from a 325I into a volvo 940. the 940 has a 2.0 4 cylinder stock. anyone get back to asap. cheers

Tobi

[Ziggy]

Anything's possible... it's hardly gonna bolt/plug straight in though!

[Gwynleym10]

The layout of a 740 is pretty similar to an e30 I assume 940's are pretty similar. There is loads of room around a 2litre 4 pot engine in a 740 so I recon a 325i would fit, even though it would be longer.

i would have though a 335 engine would be better though.... a 960 probably would kill a 2.5 m20 as its so heavy.

[Toby_Unna]

the engine leans to the right at a similar angle, which will help i guess, and it wouldn't take much to get it wired in and running.

pretty random idea though

not much gain for the work required i'd say - custom mounts, exhaust propshaft etc

[gareth]

don't volvo do turbocharged 2.3's for these? if so, it would be a load easier!

[Rosc0PColtrane]

nnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo volvo wrongness!!!

[miamistu]

And didn't the 960 have a 24v I6 engine?

[Rosc0PColtrane]

and aren't volvos best suited for towing rubbish barges up the thames?

[Chris-W]

Out of interest - why???

[appletree]

my dads got a 940 with a 2.3 trubo lump in it and they also do a 3ltr 24v streight six in the 960 which ls only very sligtly bigger and thers loads of room round my dad engine.

it was postedon hear befor but google Trubobricks and find there web site sum mad volvo engines on there

[Toby_Unna]

wasn't there a big renault V6 in one of those volvos too? sure i've seen one in a breaker somewhere

[oldroydsr4]

Dump the volvo and by a 325i

[WillG]

this volvo is cool

[appletree]

Like Matt said theres tonnes of room in a 940, front mounted in the normal place or rear mounted in the estate. On a more serious note you could fit a lorry engine up front which they did in the 740 diesel it was a modded VAG Audi MAN lorry (engine straight 6), finally the 3litre 960 developed 204bhp normally aspirated straight six. Just off to hang my anorak up under the stairs Matts dad

[320Touring]

Like Matt said theres tonnes of room in a 940, front mounted in the normal place or rear mounted in the estate. On a more serious note you could fit a lorry engine up front which they did in the 740 diesel it was a modded VAG Audi MAN lorry (engine straight 6), finally the 3litre 960 developed 204bhp normally aspirated straight six. Just off to hang my anorak up under the stairs Matts dad

good work Matt's dad

[Andy335Touring]

no, this is the swap you want to do

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=52013

[Morat]

wasn't there a big renault V6 in one of those volvos too? sure i've seen one in a breaker somewhere

back in the 80s my old man had a Volvo 760 GLE Estate which had the 2.8l V6. It was horribly slow, and there was no manual option. Couldn't pull a mini let alone a barge up the Thames!

Then he bought a 760 Turbo (2.3 Turbo 4 pot) which was much better. 186bhp and 240lb/ft iirc. It had a manual 4 speed with an overdrive 5th you got by pressing a button on the top of the stick. I actually got to drive it on an airfield when I was about 18.. horrible wallowy undeersteer. But it wrote off a Nissan Micra for the cost of a cracked (still waterproof) left front indicator.

I wish he'd bought a 325i Touring instead.. he could have given it to me! They were about the same price at the time, but the Volvo was bigger and had leather, aircon, alloys etc as standard.

[Toby_Unna]

On a more serious note you could fit a lorry engine up front which they did in the 740 diesel it was a modded VAG Audi MAN lorry (engine straight 6), finally the 3litre 960 developed 204bhp normally aspirated straight six. Just off to hang my anorak up under the stairs Matts dad

some had the 5 cyl audi diesel though i think?

i'm getting worried how many posts i've put on this thread

[Turbo-Brown]

back in the 80s my old man had a Volvo 760 GLE Estate which had the 2.8l V6. It was horribly slow, and there was no manual option. Couldn't pull a mini let alone a barge up the Thames!

He he, we used to have a 260GLE which had an odd-fire 2.7 version of the same engine. It was rough as nails (as were the 2.8s as I recall) Had a manual transmission with overdrive (I miss overdrive!)

We transplanted the engine into a bright yellow 240 and that was one of my first cars.

Felt quick enough to me back in the day, and of course I drove a 2.7 when everyone else had 1.4s max

Was an awesome car for going sideways in, very forgiving for a young over confident pleb such as myself

[Morat]

Well the 760s were heavy old barges and I don't think the slushbox did it any favours. A transplant to a 240 sounds like it would have been a real laugh