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Didn't know that about the motors! Guess those that remain have those issues fixed by now otherwise they'd be dead/financially crippled owners by now.
The northern US centric forum turbobricks is a wealth of knowledge of all kinds of swaps into RWD volvo, many things are possible, most of the leg work is done for most swaps just a case of reading up on them and hoping they posted the right part numbers/references.F10 5 series are starting to get down to my £££ territory now, though heart is in an E39 3.0/3.5 wagon on lpg, saw an absolutely mint Alpina version the other day and it reminded me how much I should probably get one (not an alpina! not on my £££) before they start getting out of reach.
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The northern US centric forum turbobricks is a wealth of knowledge of all kinds of swaps into RWD volvo, many things are possible, most of the leg work is done for most swaps just a case of reading up on them and hoping they posted the right part numbers/references.
I had enough of them when the majority of the frequent posters started agreeing with one another that Malala Yousafzai had made up it all up/shot herself in the head for attention, and that Assad's slaughter of civilians was "fake news", amidst other Trumpian bollocks.
Remarkable moment when an entire community whom I had thought were generally ok revealed themselves to be credulous, evil cunts.
Dammit
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.