[Shop-talk] Volvo Engine Swap

[Berry Kercheval]

Yes,but Mustang v8s are not interference engines; twin cam Volvo engines like
the one in the S80 are, so there's a real chance that the valves and pistons
are messed up.

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On Jul 15, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Shannah Miller <shannahquilts at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Jim Stone <jandkstone99 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> it only being the head/valves?  I was under the impression that a broken
>> timing belt was likely to trash the entire engine.  If the odds are that
>> rebuilding/replacing the head is enough, then I would want my brother to
know
>> that before dumping the car cheaply, even if I was going to be the
beneficiary
>> of that dumping.
>>
> Just one data point: I had the timing (I think it was a chain) go out
> in a 1969 Mustang, and it did not trash the entire engine.  We just
> had to replace the chain, and my friend drove it SF to LA later that
> weekend, with no problems.
>
> Shannah
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