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Offline Jesse

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Volvo b20 engine...Tempting!
« on: May 06, 2014, 01:19:10 AM »
Found a Volvo B20 engine and m40 trans for sale today, 300 bucks! Gotta say that the 5 main bearings and 120ish h.p. sounds mighty tempting. There's a guy with a p1800 that has a couple of million miles using the b20.

I'm eyeballing my engine compartment... Might be time for some Swedish power under the hood!

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Re: Volvo b20 engine...Tempting!
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2014, 10:13:09 AM »
I vaguely remember a post somewhere (not here) where a guy put a Volvo in, I think, a 3B.
I'll have to do some Google searching to see if I can find it.
1946 2A - - - 1949 me - older than most of my Jeeps
1954 3B - - - 1957 Wagon - - - 2010 4-door JK
past Jeeps ---> '54 3B - no tub --- '59 3B - no engine
past addiction - VW ---> '69 bus --- '70 camper

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Re: Volvo b20 engine...Tempting!
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2014, 12:36:48 PM »
They are pretty nice engines, had one in a sport wagon this past summer and it was great. That baby started right up if you even looked at the key and the rest of the car was toast.

I would say dimension wise they are maybe a little shorter than a 3b engine, about the same overall. They are 2 liters I think (?)

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