Volvo 940 16V GLE 2.3 England

Canoe

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posted this, because of the engine in a 940

ramrod

I have a 940 here with the same engine

rare cars

Major Ledfoot

B234 engines were available as an option from 1988 to 1992 - up to 1990 in the 740, and the 940 in 91/92.

The latter version had an hydraulic timing belt tensioner - the B234 I picked up from Woolongong years ago was from a 940 and it has one.

Only 8 left on the road in the UK now? Wow.

Anthony

Thanks Ledfoot, I learnt from your post.

Major Ledfoot

^ Cheers.

I have an 89 B234 engine with a manual timing belt tensioner which I'm collecting from my mainland shed next week. When I get it home, I'll compare the 2 engines and see if an auto tensioner will fit on a manual tensioner engine - internet rumor says not, but there don't appear to be any extra holes in the later engines. So, we'll see.

Major Ledfoot

Major Ledfoot
^ Cheers.
I have an 89 B234 engine with a manual timing belt tensioner which I'm collecting from my mainland shed next week. When I get it home, I'll compare the 2 engines and see if an auto tensioner will fit on a manual tensioner engine - internet rumor says not, but there don't appear to be any extra holes in the later engines. So, we'll see.

A followup on the B234 Timing Belt Tensioner Question:

I've started to tear down the B234 with manual tensioner, which sat in a shed on the mainland for a long time.

It appears there's two different types of B234 block castings.

The early type of block isn't drilled for the automatic tensioner.

Also, the early-type B234 block doesn't have the 'bumps' on the oil galleries which one associates with the preperation for piston oil squirters on L-block B230 engines. The oil gallery side of the B234 resembles a K-block B230 in this respect.

Seems to me therefore that if there's L-block-style bumps on the exhaust-side oil gallery of a B234, it's a safe bet it will have an automatic (hydraulic) timing belt tensioner.

OldnDecrepit

I have owned Inga, my 1990 740 GLE for 10 years and she has a B234F motor. Built in Belgium in April 1990 and shipped to Australia.

If memory serves me correctly there are two different auto tensioners as well as the manual one. Mine is an auto one.

Here's a good shot of the motor from when she was being painted last year.

Canoe

anyone put a turbo on one of these engines?

Be interesting to see the results.

PaddlerEd

Canoe
anyone put a turbo on one of these engines?
Be interesting to see the results.

B204FT and B234FT exist in LHD European markets, particularly Italy for the B204FT as there were tax breaks for 2.0 engines.

nugget_940

Canoe
anyone put a turbo on one of these engines?
Be interesting to see the results.

Give a two months and ill be able to answer that ;)

(p.s yes it has been done a sh!tload of times, look up 16v+t on the turbobricks fb page)

Major Ledfoot

^ There isn't any factory 2.3 litre 16V turbo, they were all B204 engines. FT engines had a cat; GT engines didn't.

PaddlerEd

Apologies - I thought there was.

Major Ledfoot

PaddlerEd
Apologies - I thought there was.

As you said earlier / somewhere else, it was a tax thing for capacity - 2000+ cc got hit with a bigger tax.

Factory B204FT / GT engines were in Italy's 780 and Euro market 960T.

ToomanyVolvos

nugget_940
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/212408#Comment_212408
Give a two months and ill be able to answer that ;)
(p.s yes it has been done a sh!tload of times, look up 16v+t on the turbobricks fb page)

I'm unsure of whether the question was whether 16V turbo setups exist (obviously they do, and seem to usually be a 16V head strapped what was originally an 8V block) or whether people have just added a turbo to a 16V engine without any other modifications.

I've always thought putting a LPT directly on the a 16V engine as-is would be cool. Obviously run 98 because of high compression ratio, and don't dial up the boost. It would be a fun car, the low end turbo boost and the free revving free breathing head at higher RPM's would be a much better car to drive.

PaddlerEd

And the UK market 960T got the 2.3 turbo.

Anthony

On reflection, Volvo waited till the 850 all alloy engine before offering a 16V plus turbo (same 2.3L capacity as a red block) and they sure got it mechanically right (5 stars) by spending more time developing it with no weak spots.

Plus the equally important part of engine management moving to the next generation of ecu processing.

And far more linear bottom end torque plus an eager to 6k rpm top end performance with an intriguing exhaust note when winding out.

And catering to the enthusiasts by offering the choice of a manual or auto transmission. And on a fresh engine capable of 100km/h in 2nd gear on a manual.

(If only this diamond engine could be retrofitted easily into earlier chassis’s).

Anthony

ToomanyVolvos

And they sent all that power to the wrong wheels ?.

DCW242

I have three B234s here, all from early 940s, I can check what they have/take pics.