1966 Volvo Wagon with a VW 1.6 diesel & Toyota 5-speed

[blackdogvan]

Which manual transmission was behind the vw diesels in the volvo's?? I'm pretty sure it was a volvo i'm just not sure if there was a adaptor or a custom bellhousing or what.

[arb]

I'm saying it would be easier and cheaper to build an adapter plate than to source a non-local transmission and the parts necessary for it's service life.

The volvo diesels were 6-cylinder engines.  They share the bolt pattern of the 5-cylinder engines, but not the 4's.

Andrew

I have to agree with Andrew. Easy and cheap were the opposite of my diesel conversion. I wanted uniqueness and I am paying for it with MUCH more time invested than if I had gone with the many. The parts for these transmissions on the 4's are likely rather hard & $$$ to get if / when you need them. I'm sure some of them are in common with other Audi / VW trans sold here.

[jackbombay]

Any progress with your motor transplant?
Is the transplant recipient a 122?
Why not use the Volvo M41 transmission?

  I'm not sure how often he checks in here, he has a thread going on TDIclub as well.

[jackbombay]

Any progress with your motor transplant?
Is the transplant recipient a 122?
Why not use the Volvo M41 transmission?

  I'm not sure how often he checks in here, he has a thread going on TDIclub as well. logdog is his SN over there, look in the conversions forum.

[Sierra94]

I used a Volvo M47 with a homemade adaptorplate.

Check it out here. http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=14938

And here you have more pics of the install. (swedish car site) http://www.garaget.org/?car=81419

Do you have any pics of your volvo?

Keep up the work  

[boosted_diesel_84]

Right, that was my impression.  No RWD transmissions in the U.S. that will bolt up to the 4 cyl engines prior to the Quattro with the 1.8T.

Andrew

the 1988-1992 audi 80 and 90, B3 platform with a O1a quattro driveline has a dual bolt pattern that has both 5 and 4 cyl pattern, also, a 1.8t shares this pattern.

[lyeinyoureye]

I'm also curious about what rpm would be best for crusing at 60 mph.  I currently have 26.0" tall tires, 4.56:1 rearend and the fifth gear in the W59 is a .85 ratio.  right now it looks like I will be turning 3185 rpm at 60 mph.  Are there any recommendations?

Depends whether you're shooting for more power at higher speeds or better economy. The current gearing will run outa steam right around 90+mph but it would be fairly driveable compared to current vehicles. Otoh, you would get significantly better mileage if you dropped engine speed down to the ~2000-2500rpm range and cruised at ~55-65mph. It really depends on what you wanna do...