not mine
this is a good car needs work took on trade dont know about diesel has new tires nice in side car also 800 obo or cash and trade thanks 770-634-6428http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/2569251097.html
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Sept. 8, 2011 3:31 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
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Sept. 8, 2011 4:00 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
It is ALWAYS Atlanta....
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Sept. 8, 2011 8:43 p.m. Junkyard_Dog Dork
JoeyM wrote:
It is ALWAYS Atlanta....
Atlanta, its like "the answer is always Miata" but in a depressing way.
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Sept. 8, 2011 11:54 p.m. EvanB SuperDork
nice in side car
I don't know if I would want to ride in a Volvo sidecar, no matter how nice it is in there.
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Sept. 9, 2011 1:34 a.m. donalson SuperDork
hmm stick shift and diesel... always a fun combo with little underpowered diesel engines :)...
wonder how that version of diesel likes veggie oil :)
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Sept. 9, 2011 7:45 a.m. spitfirebill SuperDork
donalson wrote:
hmm stick shift and diesel... always a fun combo with little underpowered diesel engines :)...
wonder how that version of diesel likes veggie oil :)
Probably not too badly. If I had a source of WV I would give it a go. But I wouldn't use it straight.
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Sept. 9, 2011 12:59 p.m. integraguy SuperDork
Diesel engined Volvos:
The engine is a "development" of the VW diesel engine (if memory serves me correctly, this is basically a Rabbit diesel with 2 more cylinders). Displacement is 2.4 Liters and horsepower a mighty 80 pulling around 3200 lbs of metal PLUS a few hundred pounds in people.
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Sept. 9, 2011 1:54 p.m. WhiteLX New Reader
perfect smog exempt LS/5.0L swap candidate for those of us in California.
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Sept. 9, 2011 2:32 p.m. BoxheadTim SuperDork
integraguy wrote:
Diesel engined Volvos:
The engine is a "development" of the VW diesel engine (if memory serves me correctly, this is basically a Rabbit diesel with 2 more cylinders). Displacement is 2.4 Liters and horsepower a mighty 80 pulling around 3200 lbs of metal PLUS a few hundred pounds in people.
The engine is actually out of the VW LT transporter/van, next size up from the regular VW van. It might well be a development of the Rabbit Diesel...
I used to have way back when - they're so slow that you might accidentally get overtaken by continental drift. I remember driving it from the south end of Germany to Hamburg (basically at the other end) to see my gf and it would only comfortably cruise at about 120 km/h (ie, about 75mph). Spectacular fuel consumption, but not exactly something you'd want to use to burn up the Autobahn.
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Sept. 10, 2011 2:38 a.m. EvanR Reader
I had one. It was swell if you were patient. I supplemented pump diesel with veggie oil, rather than do a full-on conversion. I could run 5-10% veggie in winter, and up to 50% in summer.
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Sept. 11, 2011 1:53 p.m. Knurled HalfDork
integraguy wrote:
Diesel engined Volvos:
The engine is a "development" of the VW diesel engine (if memory serves me correctly, this is basically a Rabbit diesel with 2 more cylinders). Displacement is 2.4 Liters and horsepower a mighty 80 pulling around 3200 lbs of metal PLUS a few hundred pounds in people.
It's not a Rabbit diesel with two extra cylinders.
It's an Audi 5-cyl diesel with one extra cylinder.
The bore spacing is the same, but the front and rear ends are different - Audi engines had crank snout oil pumps and timing belt driven water pumps, and the bellhousing pattern is different.
I was told that all Volvo diesels were automatic. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. If the buyer does an engine swap, PM me about the manual transmission. I have Audi fives that need RWD homes.
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Sept. 11, 2011 2:01 p.m. BoxheadTim SuperDork
Ewww, my 240 Diesel was slow enough with the 4+OD manual trans (which was the standard transmission for these in Germany, I believe). Autotragic would be almost unthinkably slow.
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Sept. 11, 2011 3:04 p.m. EvanR Reader
Knurled wrote: <
I was told that all Volvo diesels were automatic. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. If the buyer does an engine swap, PM me about the manual transmission. I have Audi fives that need RWD homes.
Totally false. Most there were both transmissions available. The 1983 760TD was ONLY available with stick.
