Can the 6 cylinder engines from the 80 series Volvo's be made to work in our 960"s, same engine just one rear wheel drive and the 80 series are front wheel drive. If they bolt up to our trannies they would work wouldn't they?
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Poolman

I assume you're thinking about the 960 T6 route, not switching in a 196 hp engine for a 204 hp original..?

Engine blocks are basically the same and would fit the tranny. Oil sump and probably intake manifold must be switched to 960 components. Exhaust/turbos will fit with some custom work but the difficult part is the FI - using the 960 system would keep the engine-transmission sync functionality but it doesn't incorporate turbo pressure or variable cam timing control. The S80 system, on the other hand, was built to work in the fairly complex CAN network of these cars. Adapting it's ECU to a 960 would be a royal PITA, if at all possible, and there still would be no trans sync.

Conclusion: neither way is a straight road. I'd vote for 960 FI combined with some kind of external pressure control. Variable cam timing probably would be a no-no; haven't looked into that (yet!).

Martin
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'65 121, '73 165

No I was thinking about the normal 6 cylinder swap not the turbo style system, thought that since they are basically the same engines that one could take the injector system and swap out and of course the oil pan change over and basically have a new motor for our rides.
Thanks
Poolman

Well, that only leaves the variable cam timing. Maybe it could be worked out; I don't know.

Martin
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'65 121, '73 165