Can someone tell me for sure if the bellhousing pattern of the volvo 'd24' as bought from VW, in either turbo (760 model volvo) or non turbo (240 Volvo) matches other Vw bellhousing patterns- I'm wondering about engine swap possibilities, here, using a vr6 or chipped TDI bolted up to the native-to-car volvo tranny.

I'm more a pure Volvo guy than a hybrid/swap guy (not having much use for 5.0 swapped Volvo's), so some who know me will be surpised to see this posted, but there are a couple of us who want to know.

some useful info came out @

http://pub52.ezboard.com/fgrassrootsmotorsportsfrm0.showMessage?topicID=7834.topic

in regard to this.

There's a place in Norway mentioned in that thread ( http://www.smt.nu )that specializes in diesel transplants. I have also been sent a 240D merc engine in a 140.

edit- note the link in that thread does not work, but the site is active- you just need to enter through the main page.