Volvo V8 story

[kendogg]

Sorry for making yet another thread, but I thought I'd post this here. I created a blog for people to follow my build from. I'm going to host technical documents, and any technical info I dig up in the swap, parts lists, etc. Hopefully, it'll build to a point where other readers are contributing as well.


www.v8volvos.com

[doucheNozzle]

Subscribed

[fcpgroton]

Originally Posted by scottyd

Subscribed

+1!!

[superfunk]

I like cars.

[kendogg]

Haha, me too!!!^^^^


Thanks for all the support guys, I've seen a bunch of hits from here, and some Dutch forum, I'm not sure if somebody here saw it and showed them, but I can't find any mention of it on their site. Oh well. I've also added a used parts for sale database. Mostly BMW and racecar parts at the moment, but alot of the used, unneeded parts off my 960 will get listed on there as soon as the motor comes out and I see whats good, whats trash, and what I'll need to keep.

[M.H. Yount]

My brother's 940 - powered Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L/AODE....

[kendogg]

Originally Posted by M.H. Yount

My brother's 940 - powered Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L/AODE....

Awesome! Any pics? Link him to the blog and tell him to subscribe, eventually I'd like to turn it into a small forum. That, or talk to the owners of one of the existing Volvo forums to add a V8 subsection to the forum and forward the URL.

[v8volvoman1]

Sweeeet. You will have fun.

[kendogg]

JTR Swap kit showed up the other day. Check out the link for pics!

[Coffee]

I thought jtr stopped making kits. How much was it.

[kendogg]

Originally Posted by Coffee

I thought jtr stopped making kits. How much was it.

$270 shipped. WELL worth it IMO. Hopefully we'll see in a month or so what the ******* is actually like. I'll probably end up with a pair of setback plates from Carshop.com, and will try moving the motor around a bit. I'll have a little wiggle room before final placement is decided thanks to the slotted design of the JTR brackets.

[kendogg]

It blocks *******, really? fit ment* wtf??

[realsurfer88]

I will definitely contribute to this

[kendogg]

Picked up an engine yesterday. I'll try to update the blog tonight. Picked up a 77k mile motor & trans from an '04 Buick Raineer. They pulled it while I was on my way to get it, and weren't done yet when I got there. They gave me the COMPLETE motor & trans, pulled right out of the vehicle, as 1 unit. ALL the accessories - a/c compressor, alternator, starter, exhaust manifolds, complete, perfect un-cut harness, ecu (which I can't use, but I'm sure ebay will buy it). Fuel lines, trans cooler lines, I mean, absolutely everything - $1500. I can't complain at all. Next step - finish my damn E30 and get it out of the garage by this weekend, lol. Then the V8 package comes apart, motor goes on a stand, and I'll start cleaning it up, discarding the items I don't need, and then I get to start going thru the harness.

[7MGTEVOLVO]

The Ranier had the SSR's aluminum block 5.3. That is going to make for a very refined and powerful swap.

[kendogg]

Originally Posted by 7MGTEVOLVO

The Ranier had the SSR's aluminum block 5.3. That is going to make for a very refined and powerful swap.

;)


Wait, you're in Atlanta.....PM'ing now..

[Mueller]

Originally Posted by kendogg

It blocks *******, really? fit ment* wtf??

you are too old to be using that word

[joereese2]

Originally Posted by M.H. Yount

My brother's 940 - powered Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L/AODE....

I almost bought that car, twice, once when it was stock and then looked at it and actually drove it after the conversion, nice ride. Had seen your car around town several time's and couldn't ever catch you out in my SBC powered wagon

[paulcurran]

Is the JTR mount kit the same for a 740 as it is for a 960? Are the front crossmembers & motor mount pads the same for 740 & 960?

[kendogg]

Originally Posted by paulcurran

Is the JTR mount kit the same for a 740 as it is for a 960? Are the front crossmembers & motor mount pads the same for 740 & 960?

IDK about the motor mount pads you speak of, but the kit is the same for both, yes. Next month I'm goinmg to confirm fitment, and see if the subframe needs to be dropped to clear the hood with the truck intake. If it does, I'm going to be drawing/designing/CNC cutting, and selling drop spacers for the front subframe, as well as the trans brace & driveshaft CSB (ideally, want to keep them al on the same plane, put the angular movement on the rear u-joint). I'll probably just make a run of 10 of them (if it's even needed at all), and then email the file to JTR and ask them to start including it as an option for a kit for those of us wanting to use truck intakes.

[M.H. Yount]

It was a nicely done conversion Joe - but the LS series motors are the way to go now - as kendogg is pursuing. Someday I'll pull the sbf in mine and put an LS3 in it. Moved to Charlotte in 2006 - maybe back in the Knoxville/Maryville area someday.

[kendogg]

Check it out guys, blog is updated quite a bit. Added a separate pictures link. Motor is on a stand now, going thru the harness now!

[kendogg]

SOB, Blogger is down right now!!!

[kendogg]

Motor's coming out TODAY!!! So excited, pics and video's to come!!

[mikezohsix]

replace the truck manifold w/an LS1 or LS6, there's no reason to keep it and go thru the hassle of moving the subframe.

My research, which was not extensive, drove me away from using the JTR mounts which were designed for the sbc, and required a second adapter to get to the LS pattern, so I made my own.

Since you're doing an auto, you have more flexibility than I did putting the T56 in with the LS1 in a V90 because I wanted to make the shifter work with the console. my engine ended up close to the radiator, with the big GTO water pump pulley, I ended up with a pusher fan in front, which was an added expense.

mike