Mine was fuel injected and assembled at the Volvo plant here in Halifax, Nova Scotia where most of the Volvos are assembled for the North American market including the new 540 and S70 Series. Surprised??
Bob
At 09:34 AM 6/16/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>Bob Hamilton wrote,
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>> I think you are incorrect on the Laycock deNormanville O/D
>>use on the Volvos. My 1984 244 Turbo with 4 speed had a Laycock
>>deNormanville O.D attached so it was used by Volvo well into the 1980's.
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>Perhaps.
>Seen a lot of Volvos in the bone yard, stopped seeing LayCock
>equipped OD's at the onset of the fuel injected engines.
>Canadian export option?
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>Anyhow, I seriously doubt it would ressemble a D type OD unit, as it was
>supposedly only good for 130 lb ft of torque or something like 90hp.
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>Could be an uprated J type.
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>Jarrid Gross
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