Rwd 850

[T4Rick]

Was there a reason why volvo didnt make a rwd 850?

[JUDGENINJA]

Volvo = safety.... Therefore Dropped the RWD, I think there are a couple of other reasons but safety was the one it was marketed on.

[T4Rick]

Volvo = safety.... Therefore Dropped the RWD, I think there are a couple of other reasons but safety was the one it was marketed on.

Power to weight ratio? lol to much power at rear end?

[Flatout Phil]

This is from Wiki - the indubitable source of all truth...

The 850 saloon features an interior space of 2.80 cubic metres (99 cu ft). This is slightly more than the 2.78 cubic metres (98 cu ft) of the 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, even though the car is reasonably compact on the outside. This space is achieved by mounting the in-line 5-cylinder engine transversely (from the left to the right of the car) under the hood.

[T4Rick]

So they never made one

[M-R-P]

Having driven powerful rwd and fwd .motors in wet and mud (and doing figure of eight doughnuts round a carpark), gimme rwd all day long.

[p fandango]

So they never made one

i wouldn't be surprised if Volvo tried it out on a prototype, but they never produced a RWD only 850. Have seen a couple that have been converted

[T4Rick]

Having driven powerful rwd and fwd .motors in wet and mud (and doing figure of eight doughnuts round a carpark), gimme rwd all day long.

Im with you all the way there mate lol i crave rwd action

[T4Rick]

i wouldn't be surprised if Volvo tried it out on a prototype, but they never produced a RWD only 850. Have seen a couple that have been converted

Im contemplating it need to think some more first

[p fandango]

Im contemplating it need to think some more first

you'll need this, a AWD rear axle. You'll need the petrol tanks as well because the AWD uses a smaller twin tank system with 2 pumps instead of the normal 850's single set-up. As for the front-end, not sure whether the usual M90 could be used if you can turn the engine. Or i thought of using a M58 (AWD box) with basically no front driveshafts

[T4Rick]

Its all ideas at the minute but not a no no

[Dangerous Dave]

i wouldn't be surprised if Volvo tried it out on a prototype, but they never produced a RWD only 850. Have seen a couple that have been converted

There was a V10 engine that was squeezed into some 850s for testing......

The new Volvo V10
This new luxury car from Volvo, the replacement for the S90 range, will be arriving next year (1998) with a new 325bhp Cosworth engine. The engine is a 4.3 litre unit made entirely of aluminium and it weighs under 200kg. It is mated to a five speed automatic gearbox and gives the car a top speed of 250kph (155mph). There are five prototypes of the new car all made by hand at Torslanda in Sweden which are being tested at night on a test track at Hallerad under the utmost secrecy and two 850's have been fitted with the new engine to test it out in traffic conditions. The car will be bigger than current Volvos, longer, wider and with a large wheelbase and apparently the luggage space is quoted as enormous. "Teknikens varld" reports that the code name for the new flagship Volvo is the P2X. When will it arrive we don't know but V10 power sounds exciting doesn't it? Now I wonder how the engine would perform in a Williams or McClaren with Damon or Michael driving?

[p fandango]

Its all ideas at the minute but not a no no

i've already thought about it myself, but going a different route when i eventually get to that stage lol

[M-R-P]

A V10 sweed? I want one....

[T4Rick]

There was a V10 engine that was squeezed into some 850s for testing......

The new Volvo V10
This new luxury car from Volvo, the replacement for the S90 range, will be arriving next year (1998) with a new 325bhp Cosworth engine. The engine is a 4.3 litre unit made entirely of aluminium and it weighs under 200kg. It is mated to a five speed automatic gearbox and gives the car a top speed of 250kph (155mph). There are five prototypes of the new car all made by hand at Torslanda in Sweden which are being tested at night on a test track at Hallerad under the utmost secrecy and two 850's have been fitted with the new engine to test it out in traffic conditions. The car will be bigger than current Volvos, longer, wider and with a large wheelbase and apparently the luggage space is quoted as enormous. "Teknikens varld" reports that the code name for the new flagship Volvo is the P2X. When will it arrive we don't know but V10 power sounds exciting doesn't it? Now I wonder how the engine would perform in a Williams or McClaren with Damon or Michael driving?

Are you serious lol

[Dangerous Dave]

Are you serious lol

Yep, taken from the Volvoclub website Winter 1997 News bulletin
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/volvonews7.shtml

[t5 pete]

If your good with fabrication it would be quite easy just buy a rear axel to your width and spec, brace it in place, dash out and loom, cut and shape the bulk head make a tunnel then comes to turning the engine round which doesnt leave much room for the 5 pot so what most people do is fit a red block 16v engine in.
Once all fitted and braced custom loom and mapping and you on your way and have a very empty pocket but a very rare car.

[T4Rick]

i've already thought about it myself, but going a different route when i eventually get to that stage lol

First hurdle i need to get across is a gearbox i learnt something new tonight that only a m90 from a 960 s90 and some other random model will fit lol i was looking at a 940 tonight lol.There has to be other boxes out there that can be used with out getting to technical with adaptors and all that

[t5 pete]

you can make any box fit but the two that fit best are the m90 and the borg warner t5 world class box

[T4Rick]

If your good with fabrication it would be quite easy just buy a rear axel to your width and spec, brace it in place, dash out and loom, cut and shape the bulk head make a tunnel then comes to turning the engine round which doesnt leave much room for the 5 pot so what most people do is fit a red block 16v engine in.
Once all fitted and braced custom loom and mapping and you on your way and have a very empty pocket but a very rare car.

Im no expert fabricator but i can make things.Just need to do some more thinking and research first.