James,
It would be really hard to tell how much modification might have been
done without seeing the car. Since I'm familiar with Volvo engines, and
trannies, I would suspect that some modifications to the sheet metal
had to be done to accomodate for it. They probably had to weld up some
new engine mounts too. Check the heater box to see if they cut that out
to accomodate for the longer block, and also check the tranny tunnel,
since I suspect that would have needed to be widened.
Regards - Bryan
James Nazarian Jr wrote:
>
> I guess I'm on this list now. The point is that the car is not vintage race
>legal without the 948. I want to know, if anyone knows what would need to be
>done to do the conversion, so that I can know how to undo it. For example, do
>the engine mounts bolt up, is there sheetmetal cutting done to make room for
>the engine or tranny, will I most likely need an original radiator, etc. I
>know the volvo 1600 conversion happened to TCs a lot and I am hoping that it
>has happened to bugeyes a few times, and someone can tell me what needs to be
>done to make it happen.
>
> The biggest issue is any sheetmetal alteration that had to be done to
>accomodate the 1600, if this is a similar mod to fitting a 350 chevy into a B
>(read: a whole hell of a lot of cutting and moving) then I don't want to touch
>the car. Is the 1600 conversion/unconversion a drop in thing, or is it an
>engineer in thing? Thanks for any input on the topic.
>
> BTW, for those that don't know who I am. I am the one Patricia refers to as
>her bf; I find it a little disheartening that I am not worthy of writing the
>word out, but there isn't much that I can do about that. As some background,
>I have been restoring MG's since I was 7years old, I am currently 22. I have
>little experience with the spridgets but I'm working on that.
> --
> James Nazarian Jr
> 71 MGB roadster
> 71 MGBGT - mid conversion
> 01 Impreza 2.5RS
>
> A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have
> evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
>
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 11:19:39AM -0800, Bryan Vandiver profoundly declared:
> > I'm not familiar with the Volvo 1600 motor, but I do know the B18, and
> > B20 are incredably well engineered 5-main bearing engines capable of
> > over 200K miles between rebuilds. If they are bolt compatible with the
> > 1600 motor, and would drop right in, that may also be an alternative.
> > Also consider, if the car was modified to take a volvo tranny, there is
> > a 4-speed overdrive version for the volvo engines, wich is nearly
> > indestructable.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > But then again you could put back in the 948 that has 1/2 the
> > HP&reliability of the volvo engines.
> >
> > - Bryan
> >
> >
> >
> > SAUTHOFF PATRICIA JEAN wrote:
> > >
> > > Seriously, my bf may have found himself a vintage race car, and really
> > > wants to know if it's going to take a lot of work to get this sucker going
> > > again. The guy who is selling it has a 948 for it, we just don't know if
> > > changing it back is going to be a huge hassle, or if it'll just drop right
> > > in.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > No brains, no common sense, bad taste, understanding of engineered
>solutions,
> > > > etc.
> > > >
> > > > Daniel1312
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 14/02/01 19:14:05 Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > patricia.sauthoff@Colorado.EDU writes:
> > > >
> > > > << What is required to undo a Volvo 1600 conversion? >>
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