Engine swap question

[hmm]

I've got a line on a '73 142 with a blown B20 engine. Is it feasable to
pull the engine & tranny and install a B21 turbo and 4speed o.d. tranny? Or
does this mean too much sheet metal surgery?

 

[Pepe]

I've got a line on a '73 142 with a blown B20 engine. Is it feasable to
pull the engine & tranny and install a B21 turbo and 4speed o.d. tranny?
Or does this mean too much sheet metal surgery?

I think you can swap engines stright ower without changing anything.
Perhaps it's a differnet joint for the drive shaft. and prehaps you have
to adjust the engine fix point to the frame a little.

Pepe

 

[James Sweet]

I've got a line on a '73 142 with a blown B20 engine. Is it feasable to
pull the engine & tranny and install a B21 turbo and 4speed o.d. tranny? Or
does this mean too much sheet metal surgery?

You have to do a bit of fabrication, the B20 engine sits straight up and
down, the B21 and later redblocks are slanted so it's not a direct swap by
any means.

 

[hmm]

You have to do a bit of fabrication, the B20 engine sits straight up and
down, the B21 and later redblocks are slanted so it's not a direct swap by
any means.

Thanks for your input. I think that I'll stick with my current project.

 

[Pepe]

You have to do a bit of fabrication, the B20 engine sits straight up and
down, the B21 and later redblocks are slanted so it's not a direct swap by
any means.

The engine bay was "higher" on the old Volvos up to 1974.
From 1975 with McPherson struts the hood was lower.
http://www.uniovi.es/DCIF/IITransportes/Investigacion/McPherson2.htm

Pepe

 

[hmm]

The engine bay was "higher" on the old Volvos up to 1974.
From 1975 with McPherson struts the hood was lower.
http://www.uniovi.es/DCIF/IITransportes/Investigacion/McPherson2.htm

Pepe

Hopefully my daughter can translate!

hmm

 

[Pat Quadlander]

Unless you are good at surgery, it would be more practical to overhaul that
B20, in my opinion.