b200ft

[Valerio M]

I posted some time ago about a 940's b200ft converted to lpg. well, the
bottom line is that it _can_ be done (and apparently it'll cost me 200euros,
which to me seems quite a lot of money). I'm now trying to find some more
specs about the car's engine. all the info i was able to retrieve come from
the various swedishbricks and turbobricks site. what i'm wondering is: does
the rule on volvo's old car figures always work? i mean, does a 945 (mine in
particular is a 945.211) always mean that it's a 4 cylinders engine and 5
doors? Also i'm trying to figure out what engine is more more recent between
the b200ft and the b230ft. At last i bought the car, but i got disappointed
when i found out that no manual and/or car mainteinance book was left in
there, so i was wondering where could i possibly buy one.

TIA,

btw, i was really amazed how easy is to drive such a car: i find my
girlfriend's VW Polo crappier than my-almost-5-meters-long-new-volvo )
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[Mike F]

I posted some time ago about a 940's b200ft converted to lpg. well, the
bottom line is that it _can_ be done (and apparently it'll cost me 200euros,
which to me seems quite a lot of money). I'm now trying to find some more
specs about the car's engine. all the info i was able to retrieve come from
the various swedishbricks and turbobricks site. what i'm wondering is: does
the rule on volvo's old car figures always work? i mean, does a 945 (mine in
particular is a 945.211) always mean that it's a 4 cylinders engine and 5
doors? Also i'm trying to figure out what engine is more more recent between
the b200ft and the b230ft. At last i bought the car, but i got disappointed
when i found out that no manual and/or car mainteinance book was left in
there, so i was wondering where could i possibly buy one.

TIA,

btw, i was really amazed how easy is to drive such a car: i find my
girlfriend's VW Polo crappier than my-almost-5-meters-long-new-volvo )
____________________________
V a l e r i o M e r a n i
http://www.lazarusweb.com
____________________________

The B200 and B230 were both produced at the same time. The only
difference is the B200 has smaller pistons and a 2.0 litre displacement
vs. 2.3 for the B230. And Volvo's naming does not always work on the
middle digit, there are some x4x (mostly diesel) cars with 6 cylinder
engines, and some x6x cars (primarily turbo) with 4 cylinder engines.
The first digit denotes the car series, and the last is either a generic
"0" or the number of doors.

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Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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