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by wilbo8711
21 May 2011 08:50 pm
Forum: Calendar
Topic: PPC in the Park - Mallory Park 21st May
Replies: 3
Views: 8752

Re: PPC in the Park - Mallory Park 21st May

Looks like i was the only 300 there!! If anyone has any photos or videos of me i'd love to see them as the silly professional camera man did a shit job and missed me. I did break down twice though but it was only a worn throttle linkage so all was well and i didn't lose too many minutes of my track ...
by wilbo8711
09 Mar 2011 09:55 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: fitting renault 1.6 diesel to volvo 340??
Replies: 13
Views: 7894

Re: fitting renault 1.6 diesel to volvo 340??

If anyone has 1.7 bits to do the conversion, i'm more than happy to give it a go! e-mail me: frogger8711@gmail.com if you want to talk. or just the 1.7 engine from a 480 to fit in my renault 5. just looking to fiddle at the moment. a diesel volvo 340 would be ideal though as i don't really want to ...
by wilbo8711
20 Dec 2010 02:19 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: fitting renault 1.6 diesel to volvo 340??
Replies: 13
Views: 7894

Re: fitting renault 1.6 diesel to volvo 340??

what about one of the more modern renault engines? they still start with F so i assume they would fit? they're a pretty cheap engine to buy second hand. 1.9DTI for exampe? would be quite powerful and still very efficient!
Dai?? you seem to of tried most things!
i'm looking to do a conversion in the ...
by wilbo8711
16 Dec 2010 08:00 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: fitting renault 1.6 diesel to volvo 340??
Replies: 13
Views: 7894

Re: fitting renault 1.6 diesel to volvo 340??

Hi there, how did the conversion go? or didn't it? i am interested as i've been thinking the same for a while. is there not anyway you can bodge the 1.4 vacuum onto the diesel?

Will