i have seen volvo engined fords popping up in the magazines???
whats going on??
are they any good??

 

The 5 cylinder lump in the focus ST is

 

Must be the Scandanavians perhaps ??? They like their Volvos.

Here's a volvo engine in a Manta....and what a car !!!!

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/attachm...1&d=1129725411



http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=303198


http://www.hilmersson-racing.com/start.asp?show=ea

http://www.hilmersson-racing.com/start.asp?show=ec

 

Volvo are owned by ford so its only going to be more common in the future.

 

The black norwegian mk2 Escort that was in Performance Ford a while ago with a 600bhp Cosworh engine now has a 2.7 Volvo engine with around 630bhp...

 

why are they used are they stronger or just the same?
anyone know if the inlet manifolds match up?

 

This has got a Volvo engine now...:

http://www.gatebil.no/index.php?id=100

 

Being Scandanavian, I imagine they can get them cheap, and source tuning parts cheap.

Its not as if Cossie stuff is a bargain.

 

Knowing fuck all about Volvos (other than that they are ugly cars) I'm hardly the best person to talk about this...
But I know that the 2.7 16v stuff is sought after and expensive... Plenty of shitty 240 turbos about though, a bit like chavy Novas in the UK really...

 

But are they all using the 2.7 ???

I'd think the older 2.0 and 2.3's would be more common ?

 

Depends on what you mean about "all"...

Only know about 2 Fords with Volvo engines, the mk2 Escort and a mk1 Fiesta with rwd conversion... Dont know which engine the Fiesta is running though.