Volvo t5

[classicswede]

sorry dai, I've never met the guy before so I have no idea what his thought process is when building a car.... but based on what many people do(though often fail to do) which is stick in a massive engine without doing anything to the rest of the car I was making a general statement about the limits of a 300 to a regular owner/modifier.

I just put that line in there as a reminder that the rest of the car exists, hence the double exclamation mark.... personally I build the car to outhandle and outbrake the power first before considering an engine upgrade.

Exactly where I come from. Before doning anything to uprate/upgrade an engine the cars road holding/stopping ability need to addressed first. Why is it not many ppl do that first? Nice to know we are on the same side.

[classicswede]

well i got plenty of time to work on it now thats its off the road at least, you still have to pay quite a bit for megasquirt freaking ebay is like brand new prices for what is 2nd hand stuff drives you nuts, no longer are there bargains to be had. i reckon now that i have the time to do it i probally will go for a T5.

I'm all for you doing the T5 conversion as it will be a bit differnet and therfore interesting. My concern is are you going to strip the car get part way through the conversion then come against a problem and and up with a car in its that yu can't be bothered with beacsue its too complicated to do? The advantage with sticking to a red block is that it is mostly bolt together and other ppl have done it before and will be able to give advice. If I wanted to fit a T5 lump into a 3 i would be quite happy to do it as its the kind of thing I have done before and have the know how to do.

Have you planned out the project and what parts you need and how to go about it?