Photos should be hosted externally (imgur, postimg, etc) and then linked here by URL.

 

I'd sit tight and just wait for an R that is manual to come up for sale, they do occasionally.
There is a thread here that post good Volvos for sale all over NA ... you've got a lot of eyes looking out for you.

 

well like I said I have no problem w. a good project !
I just think it would be a shame to let the rust free V70R got to the junkyard ... especially since I can get the both 05s , V70R and the S60R for $2200.- !

if motor and trans is the same it would be a cake swap ... but that's the key are they the same / interchangeable ?

heck w. selling some of the good parts form the S60R ..... wheels, headlights, fenders, hood aso I could recover most if not all of my money ?

of the total 674 V70R made in 05 how many are still around ... you guys have like the wolfburg GTI forum a registry ?

 

Motor and transmission are exactly the same, and entirely interchageable.

The P2 series(chassis code) are pretty much identical from the B pillar forward.


I still have my 2005 V70R with a manual. Never going to get rid of it.

 

thanks for the reply and info ! guess I am going on fri to rescue the low mileage S60R out of the salvage yard !

Sorry I am new to swedespeed ... I see my thread got moved. why ? did I post in the wrong section ?

also ... does this forum have a built/ wrench thread section ?
anyone interested in my built / swap ? should I document it ?

thanks
Frank

 

anyone interested in my built / swap ? should I document it ?

Please do, that would be sick!

 

All the best, it sounds like 1/2 the fun is the project. Good luck with it and do post up the swap and pics along the way.

 

brakes are also the same ? the saloon got on all 4 corners cross drilled brembos the wagon I guess stock . Both got the same 5 star OEM R wheels .

guess I have to find a new pic host my old photobucket wont play nice anymore .... any good once ?

 

Welcome to the forums.

Imgur.com is good.. just upload them private for ease.. use the direct link, click the photo box in the editor and put in the url, uncheck the box to host locally you dont want that to avoid problems.

Enjoy the project i say yes and much props to saving the car.. i feel the same way, some cars should be saved, someones got to do it..

 

Yes, brakes are all the same. There is very little difference between the S60R and V70R aside from what is obvious. Powertrains and drivelines are the same. Suspension is the same aside from perhaps spring rates.

 

The main aw shucks problem will probably be the electronics and options between the two cars. Will the ECM and TCM from the S just plug into the V?

 

Hey Jim ...

1. I tried to edit my profile w. location but it didn't let me ... so this morning I PM'd Global Moderator R-Pow3R3d on how to go about it !
( my thinking was that maybe I need a min. post count to do so ..or something )

2, I am in south FL . From Europe but living for a looong time in the us ! When I typed the 1st post I changed Estate to Wagon just prior to posting ...
Sorry posting in the wrong section ..this to me new forum takes a lil to navigate . Bin playing around and reading last night anything & everything I found about the VR / SR, yet maybe bc I am new some stuff is off limits !
was up past 1am reading the entire built from ...http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread.php?175018-New-member-Just-got-an-04-V70-R/page14

GOOD stuff !

 

You will need to transfer the CEM at the very least and probably several other modules that are programmed to work just with that CEM. CEM in manual cars is accounting for clutch switch. If you do that, the VIN associated with the CEM will be different than on the body of the VR. Not really a big deal. Not sure if there is a way to override VIN in CEM.

 

Sounds like a plan for a great project! You might want to contact ben from Rolling Motors in CT, he's done a manual swap on a vR before and knows a thing or two about it, the R he swapped looks like it came from the factory!

 

THANKS everyone for all the great info !

 

Lil change of plans ....

talking to Ben a couple of times and the quote he gave me to swap everything form the SR to the VR i quickly realized its not worth my time to do it my self !

Once the slippery white stuff on rods btw FL and CT disappears I am going to laod up both cars on my trailer and drop it all of at Rolling Motors. ( 7.3 F350/ 43foot trailer and both cars )
Let Ben and some super Volvo guru Steve do what they know and do best !

regarding all leftover parts ( once done, basically one complete car ) get w. Ben ... I told him he can keep it all !

thanks stomish for the recommendation

 

of course man no problem, and keep updating us on how the swap is going/goes! welcome to the R family

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Good call! Can we have some pre pictures? Till the V70R goes in for the transplant, can you still enjoy it with the white stuff on the ground?

 

VR ... auto w. over 200k miles on it runs and drives ... trans was rebuilt 23k miles ago .
SR .. manual w. 72k miles on it ... runs and drives BUT is a Total and scheduled for scrap / salvage. Its got bunch of very nice parts on it that are going to live on in/on the VR !

I am in south Florida ... no clue and don't care for the white cold slippery stuff ! must love rust free cars !

Ps: cant wait to meet Ben and his Volvo R super guru Friend living near him ! I assume he is a member on this site ....

 

just 10 min ago I saved this cherry ...

iaai auction ... out the door w. tax and fees less then $1100.-

its local ... so I can go tomorrow and pick it up !

now I need to find another manual S60R for a gearbox and ( this one got 170k miles on it and pending compression check ) motor swap ... artywave:

https://www.iaai.com/Vehicle?itemID=27399402&RowNumber=0&loadRecent=True

 

congrats!

 

ok ... picked up the rust free South FL VR !

Q ... 07 manual s60 T5 .... is the gearbox in the T5 the same as in a 05-07 SR or V70R ?

 

They're both M66s, but the T5 and P1 (C30, plus non-AWD V50 & S40) variant are FWD.