Whilst it does a decent impression of a v8, it is almost identical sound wise to the triton v10 I had in my F250
The whiteblock 5 is going to be my donor engine and I'm so glad I made that choice
[Edited on 4/2/09 by liam.mccaffrey]
After hooning round in my new ('99) v70 awd. I am completely adicted to, what can only be described as the silky smooth howl of the whiteblock 5
cylinder.
Whilst it does a decent impression of a v8, it is almost identical sound wise to the triton v10 I had in my F250
The whiteblock 5 is going to be my donor engine and I'm so glad I made that choice
[Edited on 4/2/09 by liam.mccaffrey]
Good choice 
erm, congrats?
it really is so nice sounding
Yeah it sounds amazing ^__^
Nice choice 
Yeah does sound nice and heaps of power, but you need to pay attention to the cooling system as they are susceptible to corrosion inside the block and
don’t let the level drop as the head gasket will go. Oh and there’s 52 bolts holding the rocker cover on! Easy engine to work on (done a top end
rebuild on one not that long ago) just tons and tons of bolts 
mines silentnow, in the corner of the garage! Its going in a book locost mated to a bmw getrag 260 box (thanks volvorsport).
woohooo ,
more volvo engines/drivers .
the corrosion related problem affects the redblock cars more , (steel block/alloy head) , the whiteblocks like all ally blocked cars need proper anti
freeze levels
I like them to!
Do you know the weight of the engine and if therer are any RWD box fittting as "bolt on"?
/Hasse
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Originally posted by Hasse
I like them to!
Do you know the weight of the engine and if therer are any RWD box fittting as "bolt on"?
/Hasse
only rwd box is the m90 and its really too big for a locost.
Im using a getrag bmw box and adapting the bellhousing
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
only rwd box is the m90 and its really too big for a locost.
engine weight fully dressed with turbo is 160kgs fro the 5 cyl IIRC from the volvo engine manual .
about the same as the redblock .
also ,
clutch/flywheel issues have now been adressed .
http://www.ttvracing.com/
look at the volvo page .
quote:
Originally posted by Volvorsport
also ,
clutch/flywheel issues have now been adressed .
http://www.ttvracing.com/
look at the volvo page .
website has frames , and i cant link to it properly .
on the left hand side , scroll down to volvo - its the last one ! (obviously in flywheels)