FrastyDragon
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- May 24, 2020
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Volvo 264GL Mopar 360 swap
I was scrolling thru Facebook market place when I found a 1976 Volvo 264 gl for sale for around 500$ last summer. It didn't have a motor or trans. It looked cool so I bought it. Had to tear it down completely due to mold and rust. The frame is good for the most part. Rear floor boards were gone and the front had like half so I chopped them out and welded/bondoed some sheet metal in. The trunk had to be chopped too. Might keep it open so I can rear mount the radiator if I don't have enough space in the front. It might not cause I tried fitting the engine in today. I gotta persuade it to fit with a hammer and maybe an angle grinder.
I have to weld and bolt in some motor mount towers and framing.
The motor was a 5.9L v8 from my dad's old 1986 dodge ram van. Had the motor bored 40 over and stroked crank. Upgraded the cam by a bit and added some 1.5 rockers. Stock heads, valves and intake manifold. Quadrajet carb. The motor will be 6.7L now and have around 10.5:1 compression. The transmission should be a 727 torqueflite.
As of today its now sort of suspended on the hoist and half laying on some tires. The trans and engine is together. I need a new drive shaft.
The Volvo still has stock suspension and like stock everything. I wont have power steering or ac. The Volvo had a compressor but the pulley was almost rusted gone and the ac system in the car was gross so i pulled everything out.
The car when i bought it. Paint looked ok in the picture but in person there were many scratched that exposed bare metal and rusted. Im gonna repaint it. Also the Windshield broke and i had to order one from this online volvo store it it costed me nearly 1k. They sent the wrong one at first and so i had to wait like 3 months for the right one. Now i got a extra windshield for a 262 coupe i think.
This is most of the pictures ill try and update you guys on the progress. Any feedback, questions or suggestions? Im a college student so my resources are limited but I got the time. Ive seen many that were ford or ls swapped but not a lot of mopars so i decided to give it a go. Yes i know the garage is a mess. Also my first swap and build
I was scrolling thru Facebook market place when I found a 1976 Volvo 264 gl for sale for around 500$ last summer. It didn't have a motor or trans. It looked cool so I bought it. Had to tear it down completely due to mold and rust. The frame is good for the most part. Rear floor boards were gone and the front had like half so I chopped them out and welded/bondoed some sheet metal in. The trunk had to be chopped too. Might keep it open so I can rear mount the radiator if I don't have enough space in the front. It might not cause I tried fitting the engine in today. I gotta persuade it to fit with a hammer and maybe an angle grinder.
I have to weld and bolt in some motor mount towers and framing.
The motor was a 5.9L v8 from my dad's old 1986 dodge ram van. Had the motor bored 40 over and stroked crank. Upgraded the cam by a bit and added some 1.5 rockers. Stock heads, valves and intake manifold. Quadrajet carb. The motor will be 6.7L now and have around 10.5:1 compression. The transmission should be a 727 torqueflite.
As of today its now sort of suspended on the hoist and half laying on some tires. The trans and engine is together. I need a new drive shaft.
The Volvo still has stock suspension and like stock everything. I wont have power steering or ac. The Volvo had a compressor but the pulley was almost rusted gone and the ac system in the car was gross so i pulled everything out.
The car when i bought it. Paint looked ok in the picture but in person there were many scratched that exposed bare metal and rusted. Im gonna repaint it. Also the Windshield broke and i had to order one from this online volvo store it it costed me nearly 1k. They sent the wrong one at first and so i had to wait like 3 months for the right one. Now i got a extra windshield for a 262 coupe i think.
This is most of the pictures ill try and update you guys on the progress. Any feedback, questions or suggestions? Im a college student so my resources are limited but I got the time. Ive seen many that were ford or ls swapped but not a lot of mopars so i decided to give it a go. Yes i know the garage is a mess. Also my first swap and build
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