RWD 480

[666VIVA]

Anyone heard of a Lotus Emmas, basically a Volvo S60. A 2.2ltre 300bhp Lotus engined Volvo.....
Well the 480 has Lotus tuned suspension, would be interesting to put one in a 480....
Yes, bulkhead, tunnel and fuel tank move. But rear wheel drive!!!
How many rear wheel drive 480's are there, was shown one with a 740 engine.
Have engine, box, rear axle. need hubs and driveshafts.......
Off to look at a good shell..
Clive Cannon
480 Turbo Blue, now manual, what a conversion!!
480 Turbo Black bought back after 10years apart!!

[hebruins]

Never heard of that Lotus, show us a picture.

[terrastudios]

Anyone heard of a Lotus Emmas, basically a Volvo S60. A 2.2ltre 300bhp Lotus engined Volvo.....
Well the 480 has Lotus tuned suspension, would be interesting to put one in a 480....
Yes, bulkhead, tunnel and fuel tank move. But rear wheel drive!!!
How many rear wheel drive 480's are there, was shown one with a 740 engine.
Have engine, box, rear axle. need hubs and driveshafts.......
Off to look at a good shell..
Clive Cannon
480 Turbo Blue, now manual, what a conversion!!
480 Turbo Black bought back after 10years apart!!

If you are seriously looking at doing this then maybe theres some renaults that are rwd and as long as the engines from the f family then its going to be pretty easy to get it to link up to the engine block - space permitting - its rather tight as it is!

its going to take some serious engineering underneath to get it to fit, youll end up putting a complete new floor in, having to reroute the exhaust, possibly the fuel lines etc.. etc..

i guess the question is, is it worth it? i know once it starts going 200bhp+ with the torque the turbos putting out the front tyres do start to struggle but i think its unlikely youll get much more than 200bhp out of the engine reliably without spending a small fortune!

what would be a nice (and possibly easier) project is to get a v6 renault clio engine and drop it in the boot (as it is on the clio) - not sure on the dimensions but you might be able to get the entire clio rear drive shafts/axle etc.. to fit the 480 pretty easily.