turbo in to my 340

Post by **pills** » 16 Sep 2008 06:48 pm

hi

have a 1.4 volvo 340, wanting to go quicker at some piont, will a 940 2.3 turbo fit in the 340 engine bay, obviously wiring and fuelling will have to be sorted, but is it possible to mate the prop to the engine? or will i ahve to change and fabricate parts?

cheers
liam

Post by **pistonpen paultje** » 17 Sep 2008 10:32 am

You'd better get a 360, that's volvo-engined. Thats a lot less work, and you'll need a lot of parts of a 360 anyway. And even then: don't know if the manifolds of that engine fit in the enginebay...Some turbo's do, some dont...

If you want a tuning engine, go for a Renault 5 GTT (1.4 turbo) 440/460/480 turbo (1.7 Turbo) or a Renault Clio 16v/williams (1.8 to 2.0 16v)

Post by **pills** » 17 Sep 2008 10:06 pm

so what options have i got for my 340? 2l on carbs?

i dont want to get rid of her because she is solid underneath, no rot, body work in good nick?

Post by **Chris_C** » 18 Sep 2008 08:43 am

The transmission on the 360 and 340 is different. If you want to put in a redblock based effort (any 2/7/9 engine) then it'll mate up to a 360. In a 340, you can fit engines from 4's, or R19's/clios/meganes (not all... but as a rough overview here).

So, if you want a hot engine for your 340, R19/Clio 16V lump, or 480 turbo.

Post by **pills** » 18 Sep 2008 06:05 pm

thats great cheers buddy, not sure what i want yet, i seen alot of 16v engines in the 340, might go down the turbo route more option for tuning, later on.

cheers

liam

Post by **xtrmjks** » 18 Sep 2008 06:27 pm

"If You want Hot engine" go for 2.3 16v route, You won't be dissapointed!!

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Post by **Chris_C** » 18 Sep 2008 07:30 pm

xtrmjks wrote:"If You want Hot engine" go for 2.3 16v route, You won't be dissapointed!!

It just involves a shed load more work in a 340

For 130-170ish bhp, the Renault/480T route is lots easier

Post by **pills** » 18 Sep 2008 10:10 pm

so whats the best for money route? getting a 2.0 from a 440? or a turbo lump?

Post by **Chris_C** » 19 Sep 2008 11:06 am

Cheapest... easiest... hmmm, 2.0 from a 440, then valver, then 480T I'd guess. I *think* you can put the 440 2.0 in with no custom manifolds (I know you can do the air side, just not sure of the exhaust side, Dai would know, he's done it). Valver, I think (theres the knowledge who'll come along soon) that you either ditch the heater box, or cut and shut the inlet, not sure about exhaust. 480T, needs a new exhaust mani, can just about get away with using a random 440 inlet.

All in the great scheme of things arn't that hard, but if you can't weld up manifolds/bribe a mate too, you can get through £3/400 without trying.

Post by **pills** » 19 Sep 2008 06:11 pm

i think i might go for the 440 2.0l option for the moment then do the rest later with funds.

Post by **Fuse** » 19 Sep 2008 06:28 pm

For some serious horsepower Volvo engines are the choice but you'd need whole power line from a 360 so there's a bit more work.

Post by **pills** » 22 Sep 2008 11:48 pm

just wonering if this will be a reasonable lump to put in my 340? and would be ok to fit?? and electrics/ ecu mate ok

item number: 160285117787

liam

Post by **filthyjohn** » 23 Sep 2008 12:06 am

I'd say it wasn't worth the effort for a 1.8 8v mate. It'd be no extra work to fit the 2.0, and scrappies are full of meganes/lagunas/volvo 400s so just grab one from there with as much wiring as you can get at.

Post by **pills** » 23 Sep 2008 12:18 am

okies groovy,

what wiring will i need? ecu and as much engine wiring as poss?

liam

Post by **filthyjohn** » 23 Sep 2008 02:32 am

I'm the world's worst at wiring, but whatever car you pull the engine from, it'll be fairly self-explanatory. Just follow all the wires from all the vital sensors etc, chase them into the loom as far as you can, and then ask someone better than me how to mate it all to a 340

Taking things from an injection car, you'd do well to grab all the fuel lines and the electric fuel pump. The locations of these will differ from donor to donor, but again just dig in and follow the lines into the car.