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Soon to be young Volvo owner

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:06 pm
by Carl15
Hi I'm Carl, I'm 15 years old and from Grantham

Since its my summer holidays I thought I would try get myself a project, which hopefully should be a 340/360

I'm heavily into my Honda's and drifting, But unfortunately I can't afford a honda for my first car so I was looking around for cheap drifters and discovered the 300 series.

As I read more about there drifting potential I decided I want one, and with my insurance at 17 being quoted on the right side of £1000 it seems like the only option I have for a fun car as my first

I've read that you can swap renault 16v engines into the 340, My dad has a breakers yard and we have a 97' renault megane 2.0 in, would this drop straight into a 340?

Thanks for reading

Carl

Re: Soon to be young Volvo owner

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:39 pm
by 360beast
Hi Carl welcome to the mad house

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11630&hilit=f7p%2Fr

Have read of that and it should answer many questions about the conversion.

Re: Soon to be young Volvo owner

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:03 pm
by Carl15
Thanks for that mate, just having trouble finding a car close to me now :(

Re: Soon to be young Volvo owner

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:21 pm
by SteveP
Carl15 wrote:into my Honda's and drifting
Surely there are only 2 Honda's I can think of that can do this sort of thing - maybe 3 or 4 if you count the Honda Beat and S600/800 :D

Plenty of info about the place regarding the 16v swap. Have a read about engine mounts and propshafts beforehand though and yep, I'd earmark that Megane... ;)

Re: Soon to be young Volvo owner

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:33 pm
by macplaxton
Don't forget Steve, the good ol' Acty van!! :mrgreen:

Re: Soon to be young Volvo owner

Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:16 pm
by classicswede
Welcome to the forum.

Keep an eye out on ebay, there are usually 2 or 3 on there at any given time