Boxy, but quick - twin-turbo Supra engined Volvo 244
If such a thing is possible, Volvo 240s have an even mustier image in Australia than they do in the United States. That's good for those of us who know that they're anvil tough and respond well to modifications. Being front engine, rear wheel drive and European, the ingredients for a stormer are there, if you care to do some work. Additionally, 240s are super easy to work on, and there's a decent enthusiast base, especially now with the interweb tubes in full swing.
Engine swaps into RWD Volvos are nothing new, Converse Engineering and Jags That Run have been selling kits to provide your "Brick" with a small-block heart transplant for years. A particularly determined Aussie has swapped in a twin-turbo Toyota Supra engine good for 284 horsepower. Sure, the V8s will bump out that pony count all day, but they won't have that inline-six wail. Of course, there's something equally alluring about the rhythm of a V8 doing its work, too. Decisions, decisions. Guess we'd just have to get a few and go swap-crazy. Good thing old Volvos are cheap!
The dyno run video is posted after the jump.
Gallery: Supra powered Volvo
[Source: Carscoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bmw122487 12:14PM (6/05/2007)
WHY?
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stealth 12:19PM (6/05/2007)
I'd like to see this vs the Vovette in a quarter mile.
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Rocket Punch 12:21PM (6/05/2007)
An amazing swap!
I am gonna write this before comments like "volvo sucks" or "the 240 makes me vomit" start pouring in. The 240 Turbo won the 1985 ETCC championship in Group A (in just the second year of entering the ETCC), beating out some very strong competition like the BMW 635csi and Rover.
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Don 5:44PM (6/05/2007)
And yet it's still as desirable as an atomic wedgie.
RayRay 12:50PM (6/05/2007)
"bmw122487"
No really, why?
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Adam 1:24PM (6/05/2007)
Really cool project. I have always wanted one of these in good shape so that I could swap a SBC in it. This is very cool too, but I would imagine the 2jzz swap being far more expensive.
The only bummer is that awful Pep Boys interior treatment.
It could use some nice web style BBS rims to really make it look good.
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Jon 12:59PM (6/05/2007)
the definition of pointless...
somebody please give me a reason to care.
Autoblog, you should pay attention to your slogan; modded 240s with pink-and-purple interiors don't count as "the auto industry"
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Dan Roth 1:05PM (6/05/2007)
Okay, you don't care, that's cool. Explain then, why you took the time to read the post, look at the pix and leave a comment.
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The FedEx Man 1:16PM (6/05/2007)
They should try a mid-engined version of the estate, that would be even better!
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Ben Levy 2:22PM (6/05/2007)
2JZ engine, no shit.
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felipe 2:22PM (6/05/2007)
well, if your gonna have a rocket, nothing safer then using a refrigerator for a shell.
nice mod / swap not loving the interior but it's not my car.
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willem 4:26PM (6/05/2007)
Why spoil a perfectly sound Volvo with a Toy engine?
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Robert 5:14PM (6/05/2007)
Actually, it looks to be a 1JZ-GTE engine, a 2.5L TT I6 from the Japanese market third generation Supra.
The source article is technically wrong when they say that this engine/trans combo came in the third generation Supra and Soarer (Lexus SC300 / SC400) the latter of the SC models having a V8 engine, that was sold in the US. In the US, the SC300 always had a 2JZ-GE variant, and the MKIII Supra was 7M-GE or 7M-GTE based, a motor that dated back quite a bit, with the first variants of the source design appearing in 1965.
In Japan, however, the MKIII did have the 1JZ variant which was backed by the R154 transmission.
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Ekow 11:30PM (6/05/2007)
Thank you Robert for clearing that up...that is not a 3rd gen Supra Engine
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Barney 12:37AM (6/06/2007)
Probably even better in the rallies with the Supra power.
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Mike 12:51PM (6/06/2007)
Only thing I don't understand is why they chose a 4 door sedan. To my tastes a 2 door would have been so much more cool.
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Oolon Coluphid 2:41PM (6/08/2007)
A wagon would've been even cooler
Draej 1:30PM (6/06/2007)
I'd like to see the Quattro's five-pot in one of these things...
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