I have as stated in the title turbo Buick engine and trans with shift kit. That makes very close to 400Hp at the flywheel. Now my first car love was an 850R station wagon. And I love the fact that both 850R and the turbo buicks are both sleeper cars. But the problem is the FWD. I wanted to stick with the boxy front end and love the wheels on the 96 "R" so i didn't reall want to go V70. But has anyone ever done a RWD conversion. I'm sure they have. I just wanted to know how crazy i am and maybe some ideas. Opinions

 

This is something I, too, have wondered about. It prompted me to finally join instead of lurking on the site.

I have seen both Ford and Chevrolet engines put in older bricks, but can find nothing about doing anything other than factory swaps in the 850/S/V70 cars.

My guess would be engine compartment space.

The reliability and power of even the front wheel drive Buick 3.8 "3800" would be nice.

 

No one has even said anything about it. I'm guessing either people dont know how or the purist dont like the idea of another engine going in the car. But can you imagine. A RWD euro station wagon spitting out 400HP. talk about sleeper

 

moving this post to 850 section