Brichey1

I've admired FC's for a long time, And i got a chance to jump on one for 500.00 So I took the chance and did it,

However under the hood it's a little bit different.










never seen this kind of swap done before and it seems to make no sense since the 13b is faster, But I figured the car was worth the money in the shell alone.
Now all i'm left with is where to go from here.

I want to set my car up for drift, But the Volvo engine must go, I wanted some feedback from some other FC owners to see where i should go from here.

here's some pics of the body.

funkjaw

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Wow WTFUDGE!! Why would they do that haha.

Anyways welcome to the club! Good luck with the car hope you figure out what you are going to do.

cmanns

I had to login to the IB ruined 7 club to post for ya mate.

that swap is great. Sure it may have slightly less hp then the 13b but you'd beable to go 100's of thousands of miles just replacing oil, coolant, and timing belt.

Now go to a junkyard, grab turbo parts from a volvo with same engine. You should beable to pull entire volvo turbo engine + wiring and computers from a 740/940 turbo for under 200 at any jy in the US.

Apparently the bosch volvo computers are simple to setup in another car, just need power and connect to engine I guess.

Then you'll have an extremely reliable car, with over 400rwhp potential without worrying about apex seals.

You sir have bought a lucky car, how did they bolt the engine up?!

Mutaku

I think I've seen a post about this swap somewhere.

Slobalt7

My jaw fell off, I saw the first pic and was like... Volvo slant 4? No, gotta be a Porsche 924... No that is a FC engine bay... Saw the second pic and was like.... WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!





HOLD ON, IT STILL HAS A/C?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? !

Brichey1

Honestly I know nothing of the engine, It seems to have a lag when you hit the gas but i'm thinking its the carb since it's been sleeping for a while.
I did a little research on the engine, and it was a motor sport engine in the 80's It's running an auto trans, but my car was originally manual. Everywhere I go people have been like WTF?! I think I might swap back to 13b I'm still weighing my options.

It seems to have custom mounts made for the swap, everything has been wired correctly too, because my tach works. I'm still at a loss with what to do with it though.

bay2

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that is awesome, i'd buy it just for the quirk factor.

i'd seriously consider doing what cmanns suggested if you feel the itch for some power.

best first posting thread i've read in ages.

-bay

Initials JDM

I seen SR 20 and LS1 swaps on RX7s but this is the most random! LOL

bay2

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i found this car posted on craigs list, that was a steal for such a unique car!

so have you done any more research on this? got some ideas of what you're going to do with it?

probaholic1

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Honestly, that's pretty unique great price. I would do what's been said before and I would pick up the turbo parts for it from a junkyard. Because let's me honest the 13b is not the most reliable engine, and those volvo is petty much bullet proof

nazzy28

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First picture I was like, "Oh someone swapped in a piston engine."

Second picture : "SCHHWWAAAAHH???!!! Volvo?!!"

lol

Anyways, I would keep it like that just for the "WTF" factor lol. But yeah, those actually are not bad engines. Like the other poster said, you could possibly find the turbo stuff for that in another car and throw it all in there. If I were you I'd definetly keep that the way it is.

RX12

OMG...seems to be going backwards in the reliabilty dept...good find for $500.00

Brichey1

I'm considering a swap now, I'm starting school at UTI in a month, Basically whatever engine I can get my hands on and make tons of power, is what will be going in. I've since gutted the car, so theres currently nothing on the inside, I've done some carb adjustments as well. The engine is just so slow, I couldn't see myself keeping it. at best i'd say the engine is 100whp.

bay2

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keep all the volvo parts/mounts/etc and document it so you can sell the swap. heck, if i was closer i'd buy that from you in a heartbeat.

GregSL-SE

WOW. I have never heard of this....
I agree with the quirky factor. The good news is you bought the rx7 with a volvo motor, not the other way around. welcome!

autocross_jake

You weren't kidding when you said strange!

snerRX7

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WOW!!! seen a few swaps but Volvo??? at least its a good engine and a good find either way.. good luck

BenRX

Interesting car, but its borderline sacrelige surely. I can understand LS swaps on FC's etc. Really though, in my opinion i'd only want a rotary lump under the hood.

How about sticking a RX8 renesis engine in there

ZumnRx8

Wtf lol

Rx7_fanofspeed

haha! thats awesome! congrats on your purchase! I have to say that is quite an interesting Swap... good luck on your project/Gem??

wjoy21

wow that is weird!

hitlittle1

People do some weird stuff to these cars, my FC has a 13b but its carberated, I think the intake came off a 12a or something, I'm not entirly sure.

Brichey1

I did a bunch of adjustments on the carb, it's running really smooth now, I just need something with more power, lol.

goeatpaiste

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At first I was like WTF! But now I'm like "thats pretty F-in cool!". Dont swap it out, mod it!

Brichey1

It's too slow.
I'd keep it but in it's current state, IT couldn't pass a Geo Metro.

Dose anyone know anything about this engine?
A buddy was telling me that they use the head on this engine on a 4 cyl Mustang engine, and that people have made 400whp with it.
Is it possible that i could already have the block?
If anyone knows anything about it I'd really like some information on it.

Edit, The head is a DOHC head, I found some info on it, so it's not mine.
But..
Still there must be something i don't know about this engine.

For some reason someone went through the trouble of swapping it, there's something to it right?