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240 V8 Project anyone?

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Old Aug 23rd, 2021, 16:27   #21
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True in a sense. I don't know if/when diesels will become impractical to drive but since we are still a long way from commercial vehicles being electric, I imagine it will be a while. By that time mine will hopefully be off the radar and tax / mot exempt.

These lumps will also run on waste oil /veg which will be easier to come by than any synthetic / homebrew petrol substitute.
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True in a sense. I don't know if/when diesels will become impractical to drive but since we are still a long way from commercial vehicles being electric, I imagine it will be a while. By that time mine will hopefully be off the radar and tax / mot exempt.

These lumps will also run on waste oil /veg which will be easier to come by than any synthetic / homebrew petrol substitute.
That may be a pretty good plan. A friend of mine ran a Landrover diesel on used vegetable oil from the Chinese takeaway some years ago. It worked fine except the exhaust fumes smelled of egg foo young with mushroom sauce.

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Thinking about it, I would probably prefer something like the 5 cylinder 2.5 diesel from the V70 TDI. It would make the 240 a real daily driver car with plenty of oomph and very low running costs.
I forget the age of your car Juular, if it is fairly close to the 40 year point then get it registered as an historic vehicle first, then change the motor to a diesel afterwards. That way you will be able to claim the road tax exemption plus run your motor car on waste cooking oil from the Great Wall restaurant and take-away :-)
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Substantially modified is the bogeyman hiding in the shadows here.
There was a diesel 240, not for this market though mercifully. To be tax exempt historic vehicle it needs to be pretty much as available when new. Though certainly a VW diesel engine is more "authentic" than a Toyota V8 or SBC for sure.
Mind you, its an old Volvo, who is going to worry?
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Half the weight of what?
Two T5/6 engines
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Thanks, i did wonder.
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Wow! The price is down to only £6,999 - there will be a queue forming out of the door soon :-)
Wow! Only £4,999 (but that doesn't include the crappy 740/940 or whatever it was - maybe the seller got £600 for that?).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114927250...kAAOSwoxZhD-EA

I still think the seller has been smoking the wacky baccy :-)
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Wow! Only £4,999 (but that doesn't include the crappy 740/940 or whatever it was - maybe the seller got £600 for that?).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114927250...kAAOSwoxZhD-EA

I still think the seller has been smoking the wacky baccy :-)
Wow! Only £4250 now!

... still wacky baccy time methinks :-)
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Wow! Only £4250 now!

... still wacky baccy time methinks :-)
I'll wait a few more years until it loses the "4" from the front of that price!
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Wow! Only £4250 now!

... still wacky baccy time methinks :-)
Only £3999 now; form an orderly queue...

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