First and foremost, we have no idea what we are doing!
This whole project started out when my friend and I were driving the 960 around to get it smogged so we could sell it. We both liked how it drove and then my friend pointed out that Paul Neuman had a v8 960. Of course had to I look up ls1 960 while waiting for the smog test to be done... That's how this swap came to be.
The car was my grandfather's. He bought it new in 1995 (wish he bought it a year or two earlier, would make my life so much easier lol) it has about 143k on it and overall in good shape, it was garaged most of its life. I am trying to get rid of the motor, it had its timing belt and fuel rail changed in the last 5k miles, if anyone wants it PM me.
Seeing as we live in the great state of California, doing emissions legal LS swaps are a pain in the ass. We would have to convert the car to obd2 to MAYBE get it legal. I spent the money on a ls3 e-rod. It hurt! A lot! But the way I justified it to myself was, it a brand new motor that will run forever and I don't have to worry about the smog legalness because out of the box that motor is smog legal in any obd1 car. It will have a t-56 behind it.
We are still researching the massive amount of option out there for suspension and brakes for this car (I wish.) I think, for now, we are just going to refresh everything, but We are Volvo n00bs. Let me know if I should be doing something else for suspension.
We started this project last weekend. We got the motor out and started to test fit the LS3.
We are using the STS mounts they look really well made and should work out great. However, being that is the car is kinda the oddball it turns out that the lower motor brackets that the rubber mount sits on are taller than a 740's. The motor is way to high in the engine bay and is hitting on the tunnel and the hood will not close. Right now trying to find 740 brackets. Thanks 77volvo245 for helping me figure that out!
I am probably forgetting a lot but there will be more posts to come!
Thanks for all your help in advance!
This whole project started out when my friend and I were driving the 960 around to get it smogged so we could sell it. We both liked how it drove and then my friend pointed out that Paul Neuman had a v8 960. Of course had to I look up ls1 960 while waiting for the smog test to be done... That's how this swap came to be.
The car was my grandfather's. He bought it new in 1995 (wish he bought it a year or two earlier, would make my life so much easier lol) it has about 143k on it and overall in good shape, it was garaged most of its life. I am trying to get rid of the motor, it had its timing belt and fuel rail changed in the last 5k miles, if anyone wants it PM me.
Seeing as we live in the great state of California, doing emissions legal LS swaps are a pain in the ass. We would have to convert the car to obd2 to MAYBE get it legal. I spent the money on a ls3 e-rod. It hurt! A lot! But the way I justified it to myself was, it a brand new motor that will run forever and I don't have to worry about the smog legalness because out of the box that motor is smog legal in any obd1 car. It will have a t-56 behind it.
We are still researching the massive amount of option out there for suspension and brakes for this car (I wish.) I think, for now, we are just going to refresh everything, but We are Volvo n00bs. Let me know if I should be doing something else for suspension.
We started this project last weekend. We got the motor out and started to test fit the LS3.
We are using the STS mounts they look really well made and should work out great. However, being that is the car is kinda the oddball it turns out that the lower motor brackets that the rubber mount sits on are taller than a 740's. The motor is way to high in the engine bay and is hitting on the tunnel and the hood will not close. Right now trying to find 740 brackets. Thanks 77volvo245 for helping me figure that out!
I am probably forgetting a lot but there will be more posts to come!
Thanks for all your help in advance!
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