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My sister had a late 960 for a while. Beautiful to drive but a proper money pit. They had engine issues non stop for over a year until they gave up and sold it for peanuts. 20 mpg didn't help either
With a D5 in there though you'd have a sweet setup
The alloy block castings were porous for a certain period - caused no end of issues but should have been picked up by the dealer really, and a replacement engine fitted. If that hadn't happened then the owner would be constantly chasing issues.
These cars (S/V90) are the very last of the RWD Volvo's - they're actually a 960 in a fresh set of panels that matched the then current V70, so a slightly strange mix of OG Volvo and the Ford global parts bin.
The limiting factor in terms of power is the auto-box, but there are a very few manuals out there (the M90) which can live with a lot of abuse.
If you are that way inclined it's fairly straightforward* to put something else in there. I'd want to keep it Volvo, or at least Volvo-Yamaha and put the V8 from the XC90/S80 in there, but the LS1 is favoured by our American cousins.
I thought it might be quite entertaining to get a Cerbera with chronic chassis rot and steal the drivetrain. Other ways to annihilate large sums of money are available.
*Insofar as an engine swap is ever simple.
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My sister had a late 960 for a while. Beautiful to drive but a proper money pit. They had engine issues non stop for over a year until they gave up and sold it for peanuts. 20 mpg didn't help either
With a D5 in there though you'd have a sweet setup