240 with 960 front and rear end conversion

Old Sep 27, 2020 | 06:47 PM
  #1  
Marnix Leatham's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Junior Member
Joined: Sep 2020
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Default 240 with 960 front and rear end conversion

hi im asking this out of curiosity and wondering if anyones done a 960 front and rear end conversion into a 240?
 
Reply
Old Sep 28, 2020 | 12:06 PM
  #2  
pierce's Avatar
no mo volvo
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 11,289
Likes: 109
From: 37 North on the left coast
Default

that would be pretty darn hard, they are completely different chassis. the 7/9's use a rear subframe that supports the thrust rods and isolates them from the rest of the car chassis, totally different trailing arm design, and hte 7/9 front end is quite different too, with a 2 piece lower control arm... now if you mean the 960 sedans with the IRS rear end, massive differences

different wheel tracks, too,

960:
Track, front 59.2 in (150 cm)
rear 59.7 in (152 cm)

while a 240 is much narrower,
Track, front56.3" (143 cm)
rear 53.5"(136cm)

if you are talking about the 5-way multilink IRS 960 sedans, the geometry of that suspension is very tuned to the car geometry, you can't smpliy mount the rear closer together without messing that up.

 
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Jeepster
Volvo 240, 740 & 940
2
Oct 2, 2013 11:42 AM
Bloomington Volvo Club
Volvo 260, 760 & 960
1
Jan 4, 2013 07:06 PM
utjj99
Volvo 240, 740 & 940
4
Jun 5, 2007 08:06 PM
couper76
New Members Area
0
Sep 6, 2006 11:48 PM
morenc00
Volvo 260, 760 & 960
0
Feb 27, 2006 10:37 PM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:09 AM.