Hi did any one know someone who ever try mod a C70 from FWD to AWD ? As Im thinking to do that on my T5
Hi did any one know someone who ever try mod a C70 from FWD to AWD ? As Im thinking to do that on my T5
I wouldn't bother. The cost would outweigh the unreliable outcome. Awd is a mine field of engineering part changes & not the best of designs.
I absolutely hated working on my v70r awd in the end. Nothing is easy & everything will break unless you get an absolutely mint doner car which I doubt.
Ring Volvo parts dept for prices & prepare for a new shade of poo.
missing being Swedish
Previously:
03 S40 Sport Lux 1.9d SOLD
1998 MTE Stage 2 V70 T5 Manual SOLD
1998 V70R AWD Manual BROKEN
Doingitsideways (Tuesday 11th August 2015),M-R-P (Tuesday 11th August 2015),SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
Buy a Subaru it will be much cheaper
Someone done it to a 854R. Not sure where the thread is but think its on T5D5.
SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
I've looked into it, and the engineering involved is just a nightmare. The AWD uses a totally different rear suspension, which use mounting points that aren't on a standard 850/x70 floorpan. The AWD rear suspension is so overly complicated, it's bordering on laughable. Also the rear brakes (discs, and calipers need changing. IMO, it would be easier to weld a C70 body to a 850/V70 AWD floorpan. All that having been said, if you're determined enough, and have the skills, or lots of money, it is possible.
SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
Just buy one of these mate & get it shipped home from Lagos....
https://www.cheki.com.ng/vehicles/19...ition_number=1
(S70 AWD was produced but not sold in UK)
This is the guy who made an 850R AWD, St Petersburg (Russia) plates on it
https://www.drive2.ru/r/volvo/4062246863888392403/
Last edited by jamesy12345; Wednesday 12th August 2015 at 07:35.
SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
As said, it's been done a few times with 854's. & a C70 is just an 850 in a skirt
It's been done in Australia
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/329/rob-s-c70-t5-awd/p1
T35, 556Nm/410lbft & 361BHP/317WHP
craigoodwood (Sunday 23rd August 2015),SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
Doesn't the C70 have a wider rear track, or am I talking out of my arse?
Would mean longer driveshafts as well as welding in a million mounting points for the subframe, probably extending that too.
Now, a RWD C70 would be awesome.
Turn the engine round and bolt an M90 to it.
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jamesy12345 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
It's not uncommon in the ford world for people to weld Sierra and Escort floorplans and bulkheads to FWD cars. If you had the skill set I'm sure it could be done with a Volvo.
SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
http://forums.t5d5.org/topic/15067-v...0r-awd-saloon/
Here's the one I was referring to.
SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
Also increasingly common for them to be using redblocks and T5 lumps
SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
Doingitsideways (Wednesday 12th August 2015),SebiT5 (Wednesday 12th August 2015)
One of the guys on the OzVolvo forum built a C70T5 AWD manual using mostly donor parts from a V70XC.
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