98 V70 will eng/tranny A fit in body B?

850TurboTurtle · Post by **850TurboTurtle** » 22 Aug 2015, 00:28

Should I be able to frankenstein these two V70s together?

Blown engine, but good body:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5156925418.html

Damaged body, good engine/tranny:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5112512743.html

What questions should I ask the owners to be [relatively] sure I can pull the engine tranny from the black donor car and drop it in the silver car?

Thanks,

Rick

Post by **bskeels** » 22 Aug 2015, 04:41

To roughly answer your first question, you could. Here is the but, Car A is all wheel drive and a turbo, Car B is front wheel drive and no turbo. You would have to change wiring harness, computers, exhaust, and pull the rear drive shaft to make it work.

Post by **JRL** » 22 Aug 2015, 05:54

NO
Transmissions are different and probably the engines (turbo vs a non turbo)

Post by **tryingbe** » 22 Aug 2015, 06:06

You'd want a 2.4 LPT Turbo engine to fix the first car.

Skip the second car.

Post by **erikv11** » 22 Aug 2015, 09:07

It's technically possible but in reality a total nightmare to Frankenstein those two together, not worth the trouble.

I would personally stay away from AWD 98s, also not worth the trouble any more IMHO.

Post by **misha** » 22 Aug 2015, 10:09

Why don't you replace head lamp,side lamp & bumper on running one?

Looks pretty good.

Post by **E Showell** » 22 Aug 2015, 14:06

+1 to Misha. New fender should be $50 in a junkyard if you can find one in the same paint color. Otherwise, whatever for the part plus $150-$200 to paint. The bumper cover you'll want to find in a junkyard -- it is a $600 ish part from Volco (but comes painted to match the car). Headlamp you would want to find in a junkyard since they are a couple hundred bucks from Volvo, side marker light is also junkyard fodder. With luck on the paint match and junkyard parts you could have the whole shooting match for $750, plus bumper cover ($100)(less near me, more if you have to paint it); $30 for headlamp; $25 for side marker, $50 for fender -- $955 all in with some luck finding the right color parts, plus taxes, tags & title, more if you can't find color-matching parts in a yard or from a private seller (more expensive).

850TurboTurtle · Post by **850TurboTurtle** » 22 Aug 2015, 14:08

"Why don't you replace head lamp,side lamp & bumper on running one? "

This is looking like the best option. Thanks!

Post by **misha** » 22 Aug 2015, 18:47

When i got a closer look...it seems that passenger's side wheel is moved a little towards the door.Check for suspension parts or axle damage.Looks like something is bent there.

Post by **RussB** » 22 Aug 2015, 21:39

misha wrote:When i got a closer look...it seems that passenger's side wheel is moved a little towards the door.Check for suspension parts or axle damage.Looks like something is bent there.

Good catch!

Make sure the subframe isn't bent