Tt850estate ive had commy wagons already i just got a 850 se estate but i was looking if their was an semmi simple option to make it rwd or awd
is it difficult to reposition the the l5 in a 940 or ? Could please explaine alittle more on that
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The main thing is that the 850 has an east-west motor, whereas the practical front-engined RWD set ups are north-south.
This means (at a minimum) that you will have to cut out the firewall, transmission tunnel and replace them with something suitable, along with making new mounts and everything that goes with it.
As Snoopy said, an AWD rear end can be grafted in which is a reasonably sized task in itself.
The Whiteblock conversion into a factory RWD Volvo is well documented. Very short version of that story is that you can use 960/S90 parts - particularly the sump and gearbox.
The sump obviously needs to be cut down for the I4 and I5 motors.
There is only a tiny handful of manual RWD manuals in Australia, so you won’t find one at a wrecking yard. The 960 auto box can be used, or there are other ways to adapt a manual RWD box.
Should be plenty of pointers to help you search there.