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charlieog1243
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480 turbo swap

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hiya lads going to buy a 480 turbo engine he also has loads of parts i will be putting it into my 340 but just want to no what else do i need? i will buying engine+box and ancillaries i take it i will need a loom aswell but what else will i need?

i no its easy for the renault 16v swap but i dont really like renault would rather the reliability of a volvo lol
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Get as many ancillaries as you can. You don't need the gearbox though, unless you intend to scrap/sell it on. I haven't looked into this conversion a lot, but as far as i know, when you put it in the car the exhaust for the turbo will be facing forward towards the front panel, so you'll need an imaginative route for the exhaust like the blue 1700 turbo that's currently for sale, or you will need to spin the turbo round, which im not sure how you do, but might require a new manifold. Also, if your doing this conversion, look into acquiring a "richmod" ecu. Plug it in and apparently you get 170bhp, with no other mods :D Thomas.........
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charlieog1243 wrote:i no its easy for the renault 16v swap but i dont really like renault would rather the reliability of a volvo lol
Then I'd suggest you stop right now... the 480T is the exact same block as the 1.7 Renault engine in the 340, the 1.8 Renault F7P and the 2.0 F7R. It's also the same block as the B18U/K/KP/E/F that's in all the other 400's, as well as the D19T, D16 and whatever they call the devil fuelled beasty in actual Renaults :p

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Re: 480 turbo swap

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charlieog1243 wrote:hiya lads going to buy a 480 turbo engine
= RENAULT
charlieog1243 wrote: but i dont really like renault would rather the reliability of a volvo lol
BUY A VOLVO/VOLVO, not a RENAULT/VOLVO. ;)
Chris_C wrote:as the D19T, D16 and whatever they call the devil fuelled beasty in actual Renaults :p
Well the D16 is aka F8M.
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i have bin after a 360 for soo long now! I i did look into buying that 340 turbo thats for sale atm but he cant get insured on my standard one lol so decided im going to do something special with my good one.


im going to have a proper think but im pretty set on the idea of a turbo volvo though lol
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