Thank you for all the input. The car is a non-turbo. But there is something about it that I have always liked.

So could I swap in an R-motor, bolt it up to the existing manual transmission, remap the existing evidence and have it all work?

I apologize if this is a topic that ha been beaten to death. I did search and did not find much specific. My parents are getting ready to retire their 2000 V70 Wagon with a manual transmission. They are the original owners, and the car has always been garage kept. For some reason ( maybe due to the ...