I was tlaking to a guy that said he put a Volvo R engine in a 66 Ford Mustang! He said he made mount to turn it the right way and had a machine shop make a trans housing that worked. I think he was on drugs but has anyone ever heard of some one retrofitting a Volvo engine into another type car? Can you even buy the computer to make it run if it is not in a Volvo?

 

actually i have heard of people putting 5.0 mustangs in 940's and 740's there is enough space

 

Okay, but this guy was going the other way with a R engine into a Mustang. Is it possible?

 

I have never seen that but would kind of like to. All you would have to do is use the Volvo harness in there after all the mountes were made.

 

I have seena couple peoplemount the 20valve motors in their 242s. Itlooks pretty much the same as doing the V8 swap.
You would have to run a programmable engine management for those swaps.
Here is one: http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=142020
and another: http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=132921

 

Sure you can...my only question would be why? There are so many Ford motor options that would have been sooo much simpler. And, I too have heard rumors of V8's into 240's, 740's and 940's. Ross Converse has been making an SBF conversion kit for 15 years while Jags That Run generate a book with step by step instructions for using the much heavier 350 GM block. Here's a pic of the engine bay of my 90 740GL: It's a 347 stroker. Room? Much more in the 240 as the engine sits lower. My intake clears the hood by about an inch.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...T0001va4-1.jpg

And, for those that feel turboing an n/a rwd is cost prohibitive, this is my 89 245 w/ a 94 940T motor installed. I could just as easily turboed the original engine but it was completely worn out. I did the entire thing for a grand.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...tice44/cb3.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...tice44/cb6.jpg

 

Both look so SWEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!

Here is a pic of my Buddies 740 Turbo with a custom made intake with a Mustang 65 or 70 MM throttle body.(sorry I forget which one he bought)