Well the 2 240's were both owned by me at a time, though my brother has them
now. They're part of an ambitious project to build 2 into one. The 850 is
the family car, purchased last year with 23K miles on it : )
I've only owned a bunch of vanagons and a mercedes.

-Craig

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are those all your cars Craig?  That's a lot of cars for a kid - when I was
> your age I had one, maybe two at a time...
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:33 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I tend to disagree,
>> The volvo 240s are some of my favorite non-vanagon cars, particularly the
>> turbo versions. It's a completely idiot proof engine with a turbo simply
>> added to it (But it's designed to take it). It works great, simple
>> mechanics, cheap parts, etc.
>> Now when you get into the newer volvo turbos.....ya, those can get
>> expensive
>> to maintain fast. We have a '97 850turbo GLT and it's an amazing car,
>> 30mpg
>> and FAST, though it's a fair bit more complicated than a B230F engine....
>>
>> I'd say it would make a wonderful swap other than the decklid problem.
>>
>> -Craig
>> '85GL turned WESTY
>> BOSTIG in the back
>> '84 Volvo 240
>> '85Volvo 240
>> '97 Volvo 850
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>
>> > wrote:
>> > > Nine out of ten mechanics told me to "run not walk" away from turbo
>> > volvos.
>> > > Ken
>> >
>> >
>> > And I bet they were the Mitsubishi ones.   :)
>> >
>> > Seems they used Garrets on some Volvo engines.
>> >
>> > http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/faq/EngineTurboIdentification.htm
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>> >
>> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
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> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
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