This is the original car I bought for the manual swap on yellow.
The original plan was to make it an Auto. Well after consulting many wiring diagrams and looking it over it was going to be way to much work to convert to auto.
So I happen to come across a deal from a buddy of mine. He was converting his 98 S70 manual to a turbo manual. I helped out in the swap and did some other work to get the price of his old stuff cheap for me.

So this weekend coming up it is getting a 98 S70 motor and being converted back to a manual trans. This was supposed to happen last Sunday but ended up in the hospital Sat night till Wed night.

So Next Sunday the project begins.
Here is the car when I got it.


After the first few things.
Blacked out grill, tinted corner lights, and cut rear springs. I cut a coil off the top of the front ones but that turns out to be the dead coil. So another coil will come off.






After next weekend it will be getting a few other goodies on it.
I will keep this post updated. It also gives me some time to take pics to add to my manual swap thread since have to do it all over again on the wagon.

 

why are you swapping in the s70 engine? is the one in there not good?

 

My turbo wagon is that same color. We decided to call it grape rape.

https://i.imgur.com/Nbixj.jpg

 

I am unsure of the motor in there now. It also just does not sound right to me.
I know the 98 motor ran like a champ as a daily driver.

Turkey It is a pretty cool color and I think about as rare as the platinum color.

 

love the color

 

Thanks Shelby

 

Smooth color. How are you going to get your daughter in that wagon? It must look real cool when you're done. I can't even get my daughter to drive my wagon. LOL

 

Probably told her it was retro cool to drive a Volvo wagon, which it is.

 

She likes the wagon and cannot wait for it to be done.
One day it might even see a turbo motor under the hood

 

from my experience girls hate volvos...

 

LOL not my 2 daughters. They love them.

 

remember.. wagon, lots of room! haha

anyway, montreal sucks.

 

DON'T REMIND ME!!!!!
I will have to make something so the hatch is always full!!!!

 

Keep greasy old parts in there. Like a couple of old nasty struts. LOL

 

LOL then I should leave it like it is right now! LOL

 

no.. just tell her she needs a wicked soundsystem and fill it with subs, she'll buy that, and there too heavy to move..

 

LOL agreed except they would only last about 2 days around here before they were missing.

 

really, stolen? it's that bad?

 

Got a few more parts today for the car. The build starts tomorrow morning.


IPD cat back exhaust.

 

good luck