volvo 850 engine in 480?

beastx · Post by **beastx** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:45 pm

Hello everbody here, i'm a member of various other online clubs and always found good answers off the regular users, so i decided ye here might be able to help me.
Do any of ye know about puttin a volvo 850 engine into a 480, its engine code is b5254, its a 2.4 petrol 5-cylinder is it possible, limitation's etc... any help is appreciated

edit by admin: please use more meaningfull subjects in your starting post, simply using 'volvo 850' as subject doesn't quite cover it. Thanx

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:15 pm

I'm sure one of our brethren from the continent mentioned this being achieved once. It was about a year ago, and i can only remember the one occurance.

try a search

480R · Post by **480R** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:39 am

It will not fit. Engine is too wide for engine bay.

Gr

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:31 am

480R wrote:It will not fit. Engine is too wide for engine bay.

Gr

like JT said it has been done, so probably not.....must be a greasy shoehorn job, but it has been done....i do remember something about it
rgrds
rob

robin_xr4i · Post by **robin_xr4i** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:48 am

With a enough skill/brut force you can fit a transverse rover V8 into a a-series mini, so fitting a t-5 engine or relative in to a 480 it totally possible.

Just need time and money

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:00 pm

Time and money are the only limiting factors

haz@nocturnal_development · Post by **haz@nocturnal_development** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:33 am

there's plenty of room in there for it. all you have to is decide on volvo fwd or the audi quattro 4wd transmission

haz

eMmet · Post by **eMmet** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:33 am

haz@nocturnal_development wrote:there's plenty of room in there for it. all you have to is decide on volvo fwd or the audi quattro 4wd transmission

haz

About the quattro transmission, could it be done?

haz@nocturnal_development · Post by **haz@nocturnal_development** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:58 pm

anything can be done if you are capible, or can pay some1 who is, and have enough time.

i'm assuming that the T5 lump is the same engine type as the 2.2 turbo audi unit, which i'm told it is. 4wd is possible but would require chassis work for a transmission tunnel and rear axle and then further work for rear suspension, but like i said, it could be done.

haz

Stuntman · Post by **Stuntman** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:38 pm

Oooo that is food for thought

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:23 pm

The T5 engine is Volvo's own development. The bore stroke are not the same as the 5 cylinder from Audi (which is heavily based on VW/ Audi's 4 cilinders)
However Volvo did use the 5 cilinder diesel from VAG in the 850. This engine can be found in VW Transporters and Audi 100's.

Ben Harris · Post by **Ben Harris** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:42 pm

Ettore Bugatti wrote:The T5 engine is Volvo's own development. The bore stroke are not the same as the 5 cylinder from Audi (which is heavily based on VW/ Audi's 4 cilinders)
However Volvo did use the 5 cilinder diesel from VAG in the 850. This engine can be found in VW Transporters and Audi 100's.

They also used the VAG TDI engine in the early (classic shape) V70's too. Dad's got one in his, and it's certainly got some poke to it for such a big heavy car.

Ben

2127 · Post by **2127** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:39 pm

haz@nocturnal_development wrote:anything can be done if you are capible, or can pay some1 who is, and have enough time.

Absolutely true.
Have a look at what these guys achieve: http://www.e30.de/ .
It's not a 480, but just imagine...