TB Approved V70?

[norcal505]

here.

 

[project volvo]

Fred Flintstone approves. Finished product and vids will be FTW though

 

[Josh]

i approve. you beat me to the flinstones joke.

 

[244tiCanuck]

Zip-ties or GTFO

 

[Tom Wiley]

LS1? Cool Chevy.

 

[745 TurboGreasel]

V8 destroys the balance

 

[Manbeard]

V8 destroys the balance

maybe if it was a 500 ci caddy motor or even a 302, but i'm willing to bet that an LS1 weighs around the same if not less than the 5 cylinder/tranny setup

 

[ashvolvo]

V8 destroys the balance

maybe if it was a 500 ci caddy motor or even a 302, but i'm willing to bet that an LS1 weighs around the same if not less than the 5 cylinder/tranny setup

+1
As it's an LS1 rather than a cast-iron block engine, its probably ligher than the 5cyl and auto.
The transaxle would also mean that weight is moved around so, I would expect it'd be pretty good.

Not sure why you would do it though, other than the novelty of it.
Here, you you want an LSx engine and manual in a wagon, you just buy a Holden Commodore SSV sportswagon. Simple.
If you wanted a quick Volvo wagon you'd just buy a V70T5 or V70R.

Cool for novelty value alone though.

 

[smokeyfan1000]

Evidently the owner wants good ol' American V8 power. I see nothing wrong with that. Lot's of money, no zip ties,no JB Weld,and too shiny though , maybe for TB?

Still a cool build IMO. I take it this is a Swedish build? Seems they like the Corvette SBC modded Volvos.

Is he using the stock engine or is he building it to make more HP?

 

[FunkyStankyChicken]

Most likely leaving the motor stock, judging from the rest of the build he likes the factory saftey and reliability.

 

[WillettRun?]

this might be too advanced for TB, in humble honesty..

 

[SteveMD]

this might be too advanced for TB, in humble honesty..

Yes, minds are going to be boggled.

 

[SLOTh_244]

I have been watching the pictures of this on their build thread:

http://www.garaget.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=187144&p=1

 

[CAPT_BLOTTO]

Not enough jbweld and zipties. Also too much money and non Volvo parts. Everyone hates it. Even though it's better than their cars.

 

[500dollar744ti]

that's hardly a v70, more a corvette with volvo body.

 

[D-Man9000]

that's hardly a v70, more a corvette with volvo body.

+1

A RWD T5 powered V70 would have been better.

 

[Mark]

V8 destroys the balance

Considering the location? AND LS1-ness? AND transaxle? I'm going to guess at "No. No, it doesn't".

Beautiful build- thanks for sharing!

M.

EDIT: Reading some of the posts I'd say this is standard TB fare. Bitching about the V8 and the ensuing debate (which I participated in), complaining it's not Volvo Powertrain, extemporizing that there's TOO much swap and very few "Wow that's an awesome project" posts. No wonder like 80% of the cars on TB are crap- Everyone with something good likely goes somewhere else with this sort of response.

 

[turtle]

that needs me

 

[RCArmy434]

personally i think its a cool build, would i hack up a v70 to do this, not necessarily. to be fair, i also hate it when people put non-volvo engines into volvos, but there are so many v8 volvos floating around tbricks that it shouldnt matter if there is another. even if it basically is a corvette with a volvo body, its still pretty neat.

 

[Bryce]

this v70 needs more 16v+T