T4/5 engine in 360

Post by **volvorsport** » 01 Jan 2006 04:59 pm

right , since i was looking at adapter plates to fit a getrag to a whiteblock motor at www.klracing.se

it suddenly dawned on me right now , that theyre offering adapter plates to fit a whiteblock to a redblock gearbox . why would they do that , when obviously a getrag is stronger .

whats that got to do with you lot ? - it means there is now a way to fit the 4/5/6 cyl without too much trouble .

so what you got waiting for !!! - apart from rounded splines on a torque tube !!

Post by **jtbo** » 01 Jan 2006 05:16 pm

They also have adapter for whiteblock to getrag.

I really would like to have modern engine to my 300, but work is just too much for me to handle, engine mounts and all paperwork needed

Gladly only thing left is to build new ignition, then I would have rather ok engine, easily revving and with ok mileage.

Post by **foggyjames** » 02 Jan 2006 12:48 am

Very, very interesting. I can see 'phase one' of Nessy's T5-ising (if it ever happens) involving a stock T5 motor, one of those adaptors, and a 360 drivetrain. With a stock engine, you shouldn't break anything.

cheers

James

Post by **classicswede** » 02 Jan 2006 11:18 am

Very nice

The drive train is going to be the problem to make good use of the T5 motor.

Post by **foggyjames** » 02 Jan 2006 02:21 pm

I don't see it being a problem unless you do significant work to the engine. Original T5s make 225bhp, and less torque (IIRC), so it's only like putting a B230ET in there.

cheers

James

Post by **arnagath** » 03 Jan 2006 06:02 am

Interesting project..There WILL be a lot of work!!

Post by **SteveP** » 15 May 2006 02:55 pm

A bit of a bump, but I was wondering how difficult things like engine mounts and clearance would be like fitting a t5 block into a 360. At the moment I think a T5'd 360 is more desireable than a redblock 2.3 turbo. I've succumbed to the sound

Post by **shimon340** » 15 May 2006 04:10 pm

I drove an 850 T5 the other day. Previously ive driven the stock 850 GLT ( 1994 2.5 ) and the sound is amazing!! All those 5 cylinders sound awesome... its the tuned intake and downpipes they have... those engines have two inlet pipes per cylinder, different pipe according to rpm and engine load.

My plan is to build a kit car with a 5 cylinder engine....

alternatively, did you guy see this.....

this is the chassis developed by Volvo for the 'Supersport' in the 90s. The project never made it but it has a twin turbo 6 cylinder engine from a 960... sound familiar?? that engine became the T6 and the chassis was built under licence by a swedish independant sports car company. It will now be used as the basis for the new Healy powered by volvos new 3.2 in line 6 built in Bridgend.....

the body shell isnt volvo but the chassis, engine and gearbox are... well the g/b is from the S80 / XC90....

from autoexpress

Wednesday 29th March 2006

Reborn Healey a Swede dream

he famous Healey 3000 is blasting back - and amazingly, the reborn sports car will be based on a top-secret project from Sweden!

HFI Automotive, the firm behind the new Healey, is looking at reworking the advanced steel spaceframe chassis that a group of Volvo technicians started developing back in the Nineties.

The chassis was used by another Swedish company, called Josse Car, to manufacturer the Indigo, a retro-looking two-seater. With styling inspired by the original Healey 100/4, this machine first made its debut towards the end of the last decade. Josse Car built several early prototypes, which were powered by the 200bhp 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine found in Volvo's 960 executive model.

Dressed with a tough but lightweight composite body, these two-seat, rear-wheel-drive machines were fitted with five-speed gearboxes. Some of the Indigo's front suspension components also came from Volvo, and the result was a sports car which dispatched the sprint from 0-60mph in around 6.5 seconds, and went on to a maximum speed of 155mph.

HFI Automotive - which is an Anglo-American concern - has taken more than a passing interest in the technology. With an all-new design that promises to offer a more modern interpretation of the classic 100/4's lines, the company is expected to rework the chassis and power it with a revitalised version of the 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine.

Bosses at HFI are said to be certain that the new plan will be a greater success than the previous attempts by the two Swedish companies to build

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a supercar. Both coupé and convertible versions will be developed, and the firm has already released sketches of how the new model is shaping up.

Tim Fenna, HFI's managing director, said: "The platform for the new 3000 is derived from the Indigo. This vehicle's design and layout were heavily influenced by the Healey sports cars of the Fifties and Sixties, and the platform supports a modern in-line six-cylinder engine driving the rear wheels, plus fully independent suspension, and meets Europe's strict safety requirements."

Due to the amount of early interest, the company has already thrown open its order books as part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Donald Healey's successful land speed record bid - when he hit 203mph at the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, US, in a modified 100/4.

Customers have been given the opportunity to choose their own chassis number, along with a manufacturing slot, from the first 203 vehicles of the initial production run. Doing so will set them back £1,000 - although this sum will later be deducted from the purchase price of the completed Healey model when it is ready for delivery.

So, what happened to the Indigo? Launched in 1997, the car was cheap to produce, and went on sale around the same time as the Lotus Elise.
Yet despite the project's promise, and the hundreds of orders placed, Josse Car found its sales targets hard to achieve. However, the HFI plan gives the technology a deserved second chance - and we can't wait to see it on the road again.
Dan Strong

Someone photoshop it with a volvo grille!!!

Post by **shimon340** » 15 May 2006 04:22 pm

no one has real pics but here is a sketch of the supersport after it was seen in
Arizona undergoing testing

Post by **jtbo** » 15 May 2006 05:16 pm

I want that Indigo

That yellow car is not so nice

Post by **shimon340** » 15 May 2006 05:38 pm

Yellow car does look more like a volvo though....

i like the back and the gull wing doors!

Post by **foggyjames** » 15 May 2006 07:16 pm

Steve...you're a bad man, but I like your style...

Get me an 850 donor, lend me the 360 for a bit, and I'll see how I get on

cheers

James

Post by **shimon340** » 15 May 2006 10:45 pm

you're in luck foggy!!

hee hee 5 cylinder engine for you

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-850-20-VALV ... dZViewItem

Post by **SteveP** » 15 May 2006 10:46 pm

It's missing a turbo and .3 litres....

Post by **shimon340** » 15 May 2006 11:04 pm

2.0 still sounds nice though....