Why you should LS Swap your Volvo 240! 

I love the history on this car more than anything. Easily one of my favorite 240s! Thanks for going through the deets!

great opening shot, love the car

Awesome story, awesome video. Stoked to see it ripping after all these years. I knew you would put the drivetrain to good use!

Can confirm, LS swapping a 240 makes it a lot more fun. I wish mine sounded as good as yours.

You gave me more credit than I am due as far as purchasing the BMW 2002 and the 244! Your mother purchased the 2002, and your uncle negotiated an even swap with the mechanic, trading the BMW for the Volvo 244. BTW, the 2002 was blue at first. It later got the first class Earl Sheib candy red treatment! I was very pleased. The 244 ran like a sewing machine for several years. If I recall, a 16 year old pressurewashing the engine bay started the slow cranking issues....we kept carb cleaner or startng fluid on hand always!

Looking at all these videos from all over the world of people who love Volvo 240 is amazing. Greetings from Sweden.

Love your story. Love these old cars. Subscribed.

Greetings from coastal NC. Great car with great history! I have a clean 91 240 I`ll keep stock. A few months ago picked up a rusty 82 240, $175 for parts, but decided to LS swap it, and restore the body. A serious chore by myself. Got the LS engine with 4l60 installed. STS parts. Sprang for the Aces jackpot harness/ECU, not installed yet. Plan to go w modified stock 2 piece DS and rear end for now. Same issue as you w the steering shaft, but did a slight mod that helped. Thanks for tip on PS! More chores to check off on this project. All it takes is TIME, patience and money! BTW, I`ll try to remember to put some straps under the DS, which I read is a good idea? 😉

+1 Can confirm LS swapped 240s are the way to go. I've had my turbo 242 20+ years and it's a blaaast now that it has a 408/s488/8.8

Great story and great video. I absolutely love your car. My goal is to own an LS swapped 240.

Amazing! Wish the LS engines was more accseible and cheaper here in sweden and i would have done this swap

I'm 24, i got a 244 84, i have the ls 4.8, Holley carb and the only thing i need is transmission. but because I want stick and ls I'm thinking to put nv3000 just because all are expensive.

I purchased a Volvo 240 with a 350/400Trans swap in it with HEI ignition. Can I be in the Cool Club with the LS Crowd?

Lol ! Love the car ! I built a 240 wagon myself in the early 80s and loved it. I'm going to subscribe and keep an eye on it ! Have fun and be safe ! 😊

Love the “BS” center caps! 😂

Love it! had to watch it in 3 parts 😆

I have been bringing a 1990 240 back to life since oct of 23. I have been trying to keep it with the og b230 but this is a great sale for just LS swaping. Its an auto and I managed to find an AW71 for it. Do you have any advice for +t or just camming it to get more power? I keep getting the "just search the forums" where I find 20 ways to do it, but they seem to conflict on the build. Any help is appreciated!!

just fount this by chanse, really nice story also approve because i´m a Swede and these are solid classics. Cant´t go wrong with the LS swap too ^^

Really cool to see that PeterPalooza sticker on the quarter window! I love this car.

Mr. J -- enjoyed the work/passion/video!

First 10 sec of video was enough to convince me

I'm like you I gotta make things work and run.

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The 240 series Volvos are wonderful machines, I never thought they'd have the space for a V8, but wow. Awesome! Very cool indeed. It's a whole new vehicle. Maybe Volvo should have made some 240 series with a V8 even if they had to buy it from GM. I feel the 140 series should have maxed out with a straight 6. Volvos were always just slightly underpowered.

Intro was badass. What’s the offset on the rear wheels?

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I'd much prefer a T5 or such to keep it within in the Volvo family, am sure LS swaps are great fun for those who drive them but its been so done to death at this point I'll just stray past the sight of one.