242 V8

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I am planning to put a 350 chevy engine in a 242 volvo. the local
independent volvo has the 242, so I don't know what year yet. is there a
company that makes engine mounts to put a 350 chevy in a 200 series volvo?
 
theflamemachine said:
I am planning to put a 350 chevy engine in a 242 volvo. the local
independent volvo has the 242, so I don't know what year yet. is there a
company that makes engine mounts to put a 350 chevy in a 200 series volvo?
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I believe Converse Engineering makes them.


All 242's are virtually identical, all conversion parts should be the same
regardless of the year, they only made them up until '85.
 
theflamemachine said:
I am planning to put a 350 chevy engine in a 242 volvo. the local
independent volvo has the 242, so I don't know what year yet. is there a
company that makes engine mounts to put a 350 chevy in a 200 series volvo?
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There is a discussion forum dedicated to Volvo V8 conversions. Check
there.


http://www.brickboard.com/V8/
 
Search for customizers on the web and you'll find what you need
And certainly a Chevy 350 V8 fits into to enginebay of the 242
In Sweden there are at least 4 in my region that made this conversion
You could could look at http://www.wheels.se
They had a series going on some years ago about this topic
Good luck
Regards Nightmare
 
theflamemachine said:
I am planning to put a 350 chevy engine in a 242 volvo. the local
independent volvo has the 242, so I don't know what year yet. is there a
company that makes engine mounts to put a 350 chevy in a 200 series volvo?
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I measured up what I needed, then got someone to make it for me.

It cost me a carton of beer. :-)
 
Interesting page, though looking at the numbers it doesn't seem all that
impressive. Fuel economy drops and the performance isn't much better than a
stock 240 turbo
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I don't think that most people would expect to get better fuel economy out of a
Chevy 350 V8 than a Volvo 4 Cyl (although with the right set up you probably
could). However, you can get FAR better performance from one. I've never seen a
500 hp Volvo red engine. But I sure have seen a 500 hp Chevy 350. Not to
mention that Chevy parts are, in general, are much cheaper than Volvo (at least
here in the US). So, maintenance costs would be lower.
 
My main reason for doing the conversion was the parts issue as well as
the boat anchor of an engine that my '79 264 had. I actually did the
5.0 Mustang conversion and it is my daily driver. It's reliable, fast
and the mileage isn't that bad - about 17 mpg.

In my opinion, it beats the old engine I had. I shouldn't complain
about that old engine too much - it gave me 240,000 miles before it
gave out.

Sully
 
Sully said:
My main reason for doing the conversion was the parts issue as well as
the boat anchor of an engine that my '79 264 had. I actually did the
5.0 Mustang conversion and it is my daily driver. It's reliable, fast
and the mileage isn't that bad - about 17 mpg.

In my opinion, it beats the old engine I had. I shouldn't complain
about that old engine too much - it gave me 240,000 miles before it
gave out.

Sully
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I would agree that it's quite an improvement over the V6, that engine was
for the most part a turd (but then again what V6 isn't?) The V8 is certainly
more powerful than the N/A redblock but you have to do quite a few upgrades
before it's enough more-so than the turbo redblock with a bit of increased
boost. Seems like the big V8's usually get pretty tired by 100-140k miles
too.
 
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