AnthonyR Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Well, I'm just wondering what peoples thoughts are on the cost/difficulty/feasability of changing an 850 to RWD. Now I know it would cost a lot of $$$, but lets discuss what would actually be required. Such as rear suspension, driveshafts/diff/axles, what would you use or from what cars could you use? also mounting the engine fore-aft and the required exhaust etc. I know people have done it in Sweden (seems they've done just about anything)So... let the discussion/bickering/flaming begin! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCviggen Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 very, VERY difficult...its probably a little easier to start with an AWD model since it has room for the driveshaft etc already. Any links to swedish RWD 850s? Because it seems like a near-imposible project to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 dude all you have to do is switch the driver's seat around and keep it in reverse :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb7073 Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 dude all you have to do is switch the driver's seat around and keep it in reverse ←ROFL! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyR Posted December 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Then you could claim rear steering as well :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Then you could claim rear steering as well ← we'll keep that our little secret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 hardest part id think would be building a complete custom subframe to allow the engine to sit longitudinally, then flip the engine around, bolt a rwd trans to it, and use a custom driveshaft(not that difficult to have made) and one of many rwd rear ends depending on what you wanted. obviously a live axle from say a 940 is going to fit much easier than trying to put a indy rear in, however you could use an entire AWD rear end and beef up the axles a bit and it should be nice too. if you were someone who say owned a machine shop it really wouldnt be very difficult. theres been more involved or equally involved things happen. custom subframes are made for other cars or at least brackets for the existing subframe, for example when you see LS1's in Rx-7s etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Start with an S/V90, or a 960 That's what I would do...I know we talked about this though, it's definitely possible on the 850 I think. Just as everyone has said though, verrry much work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 yea an s90 w/ a 5spd would be acool machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 yea an s90 w/ a 5spd would be acool machine←Yep, grab you an M90 from across the pond, have Spec make you up a killer clutch/pp combo, and you may very well have my dream Volvo (If of course you include a VMS rotating assembly in this grand plan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 What about putting a t-5 motor in a V90? That would be pretty damm cool I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legbend Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I know the typhoon/syclone guys remove the front driveshaft to make them RWD... but I think the 850AWD is FWD first... could you just remove the front halfshafts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCviggen Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 What about putting a t-5 motor in a V90? That would be pretty damm cool I think.←Why bother...just use the inline 6, beef up internals and add a turbo. Would be easier than getting a 5-cyl into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Why bother...just use the inline 6, beef up internals and add a turbo. Would be easier than getting a 5-cyl into it.←You think? Fair enough though. Does anyone know why Volvo switched from the RWD bricks that had built the company to the FWD cars in '93? Just going with the changes in the industry or was it something else?EDIT - didn't mean to hijack. it's sorta relevant B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 fwd is easier/cheaper to build, alot of benefits practicality wise. id rather have the inline 6 when its all said and done, and no you cannotsimply remove the shafts on a fwd based awd system and have rwd. number one the rear shafts are way to weak to handle all the power, and they'd prolly grind the diff down at like half throttle. number two its still a transaxle to the front i beleive, it will require a new transmission to bypass the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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