Engine swap question

Feb 02, 2005 6 Replies

I've got a line on a '73 142 with a blown B20 engine. Is it feasable to pull the engine & tranny and install a B21 turbo and 4speed o.d. tranny? Or does this mean too much sheet metal surgery?


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I think you can swap engines stright ower without changing anything. Perhaps it's a differnet joint for the drive shaft. and prehaps you have to adjust the engine fix point to the frame a little.

Pepe

You have to do a bit of fabrication, the B20 engine sits straight up and down, the B21 and later redblocks are slanted so it's not a direct swap by any means.

Thanks for your input. I think that I'll stick with my current project.

"James Sweet" skrev i meddelandet news:BhhMd.1900$uc.1118@trnddc05...

The engine bay was "higher" on the old Volvos up to 1974. From 1975 with McPherson struts the hood was lower.

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Pepe

Hopefully my daughter can translate!

hmm

Unless you are good at surgery, it would be more practical to overhaul that B20, in my opinion.

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