About Volvo

Steve asked:


I have read of a few instances of people that have done this plus IPD makes all the parts that allow for this, plus I asked a Volvo guy at a Volvo-only garage how they’d do this and he said the only thing you need besides the new engine is to replace the front springs with 240 station wagon spring to accomodate the weight of the bigger heavier engine.

I want to make the penultimate sleeper car and I figure what better car to catch people with their pants down so to speak would be a Volvo 240 sedan, plus I like how they look and drive anyway.
Cool, but I was talking about the 240 Sedan, plus I have read about it in a few different car mags, plus I may have seen one at a car show I was attending. The 240 does seem to have a longish hood but in the event the Ford 5.0 V8 is too big, what about a Cleveland 302 or a Chevy 305 or small block 350, personally I am wary of Ford parts because my worst car snafus were always in the Fords I had. The GM style layout may not match up even with the IPD stuff for all I know.

Brian