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Will it fit?

28 May 2009, 8:49pm
Take one of these:





And a borrowed bare chassis, and you get:



Bit tight, touching bits of the chassis on both side:



And on the back of the engine:





After a bit of adjusting to get the driveshaft lines correct, gained a bit more clearance:



Doesn't really matter as that mount will be coming off anyway, not needed anymore.
Bit more clearance around the gearbox too now, and the driveshafts are nicely in line:



Just need to get some measurements off one of the built cars, and maybe borrow a de dion so I can check clearance around that.
But its deffo a goer now, superb :D
1 Jun 2009, 6:20am
For the uninitiated, what is that lump and what does it come out of?
1 Jun 2009, 10:31pm
Volvo T5

In all sorts of volvos, 300 bhp without any major work :)