Volvo 740 engine swap

dalton · Post by **dalton** » 26 Feb 2006, 10:34

Hello all of you...

I'm new in this forum and I'm from Slovenia, so excuse me for my english if it's not so "english"

I have a '87 740 gle estate with 2.4 diesel D24 engine... installed. This is my second engine in this car, but still I have to get rid of it. After one year of constant arguing with repair guys the engine doesn't work as it should...

I have a B200e engine from '90 740 with 150.000 km available for free so I was thinking about engine swap. I have some questions about this engine. What are it's problems, maintenance... and fuel consumption!!!!! This engine produces about 115 HP if I know. Is it a nice ride with this engine.. I know it's not the "quickest of the cats" but still... I was driving 2.4 diesel with 80 HP... which has 10l/100km consumption, which is not so little for a slow car... I mean the kids on bicycles were in front of me when I pulled off...

I would be very happy for some answers and tips about the engine...

Salute,

Jure.

petershen1984 · Post by **petershen1984** » 11 Mar 2006, 09:12

My Volvo has this engine - it doesn't breathe well at high RPMS. It's quite torque-y between 2000~3000 rpms, although with the help of a high-flow filter I boosted this to about 3,500~4000 on third gear speeds.

My fuel economy performance averages out to about 14 liters per 100 kilometers, this was done on a full tank of gas based on mixed highway and congestion driving. If you like to floor this car you'll be using more fuel because this engine is slow to pick up rpms and accelerate. The air conditioning compressor puts a lot of drag on the engine when operationg.

Hmmm.... what else, this engine has a 10:1 compression, which is further increased by time-wear and carbon deposits. What I'm getting at is, it may like premium fuel better than regular grade, and it will definitely cost more to run than your Diesel motor...

any questions?