t5 rs2000

[cartoonhead]

hi all i have a mk2 rs2000 stored in a garage im just about to start restoring it my plan was to scrap my 850t5 and hopefully try to fit the engine out of it into the rs ...can this be done has anyone heard of it been done,the rs has a trans x racing gearbox and rear lsd and i think it will be a monster with my t5 engine with the hlm chip in it....your thoughts please

[Niles]

think its been done. Must be possible. however, I'm sure you are going to need an M90 gearbox. Its from the 900 series volvos. Need that to convert the t5 lump to rwd. I know where there is a m90 manual box will all the mountings etc etc. wont be cheap tho.

[cartoonhead]

how much roughly,is there no chance of getting the trans x box to fit up to the volvo engine

[t5_monkey]

Shouldn't you be putting a 2.3 pinto type engine in an RS2000 ? :)

[p fandango]

http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy196/pedro-fandango/Volvo/c9.jpg

http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy196/pedro-fandango/Volvo/c11-1.jpg

[Niles]

how much roughly,is there no chance of getting the trans x box to fit up to the volvo engine

Regular sale price for a good m90 is 275-350, many builders of fast volvo powered cars are after them when they realise the t5's are front wheel drive and want their cars RWD. I can get you a good 1 with all the mountings etc for £300. Usually the boxes come plain. no mountings.

[antz]

Sounds like a good plan but Im not sure how it would handle with the T5 lump up front.

As Niles says youll most likely need a M90 box and his price isnt bad. What box is your Tran-x built one? a 2000E or a generic Type 9 from a sierra? Either way I doubt your box will cope with the power. The only other option is go for a Sierra Cossie T5 gearbox and use an adaptor plate for mate it to the T5 block.

The back end will probably need upgrading to an Atlas axle too as your existing english axle and LSD will most likely crap itself. They are good for naughty xflows, pintos, zetecs and such but anything with more than 200bhp and you could really do with going for an Atlas with all the linking to be on the safe side :)

[M-R-P]

Trust Pedro to come up with the ford porn. That's how ford should have worked with volvo, not the bloody abortion I'm driving;)

[antz]

The disturbing thigh about the mk1 Pedro posted is the bulkead is a good 8inches further back than standard just to make it fit. Not an easy job to do and even harder to make it look good.

[M-R-P]

The disturbing thigh about the mk1 Pedro posted is the bulkead is a good 8inches further back than standard just to make it fit. Not an easy job to do and even harder to make it look good.

Well spotted dude ;)

[p fandango]

The disturbing thigh about the mk1 Pedro posted is the bulkead is a good 8inches further back than standard just to make it fit. Not an easy job to do and even harder to make it look good.
yet theirs plenty of room in front of the engine so could of easily been moved forward a bit more, i guess theirs got to be a reason they've done it

i like how he's used the original Volvo expansion bottle

[antz]

yet theirs plenty of room in front of the engine so could of easily been moved forward a bit more, i guess theirs got to be a reason they've done it

i like how he's used the original Volvo expansion bottle

Weight distribution. Try to centre it as close to he middle as possible plus leave room p tony for fans, tad and intercooler. Its not a small engine though and will require at least some bulkhead chopping to make it fit and handle at all.

[jayeastanglia]

volvo box will be easier to source and rebuild than a cossie box as well....engine is proberbly mounted far back for weight distribution but wonder what the weight diffrence is from a t5 engine and a pinto engine,bet theres not much in it..

[cartoonhead]

thanks everyone for the ideas going to start to strip the rs around easter and get the shell sorted out then i will start planing what to power it with,never had any luck with pinto engines have blew up around 7 when i was younger,that includes a custom built one with all upgraded internals not a big fan of them,thanks for the gearbox offer will have to pass for now too near christmas will keep you all posted when i start the project

[Alan M]

Using an M90 isn't the be and end all with this engine. You can have adaptor plates made for quite a few engines with the Borg warner T5 being used quite a lot on the redblock with an adaptor plate. These jobs can be done but a good amount of time and engineering skill is required to do the work.

[local-looney]

http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy196/pedro-fandango/Volvo/c9.jpg

http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy196/pedro-fandango/Volvo/c11-1.jpg

simply speechless!

[p fandango]

Using an M90 isn't the be and end all with this engine. You can have adaptor plates made for quite a few engines with the Borg warner T5 being used quite a lot on the redblock with an adaptor plate. These jobs can be done but a good amount of time and engineering skill is required to do the work.
didn't the chap with the 100e make his own adaptor plate to fit a F*rd box, he might be prepared to make another one up (got to be easier the 2nd time)

[Alan M]

The box I mentioned above is standard fit to the sapphire cosworth 2wd.

[antz]

thanks everyone for the ideas going to start to strip the rs around easter and get the shell sorted out then i will start planing what to power it with,never had any luck with pinto engines have blew up around 7 when i was younger,that includes a custom built one with all upgraded internals not a big fan of them,thanks for the gearbox offer will have to pass for now too near christmas will keep you all posted when i start the project

My dads roasted two pintos in three years but i could mever kill my 1.3 xflow. Damn thing took all the abuse i could give it and even when i stripped it down it was mint inside woth 83k of hard miles on it.

[smithy]

thanks everyone for the ideas going to start to strip the rs around easter and get the shell sorted out then i will start planing what to power it with,never had any luck with pinto engines have blew up around 7 when i was younger,that includes a custom built one with all upgraded internals not a big fan of them,thanks for the gearbox offer will have to pass for now too near christmas will keep you all posted when i start the project

redblock the thing alot stronger alot easier ,and you can get a m90 box alot easier for the redblock too,and you can 8v or 16v too.