{"id":100646,"date":"2023-05-22T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100646"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:25:25","slug":"paul-newmans-volvo-v90-with-a-ls3-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100646","title":{"rendered":"Paul Newman\u2019s Volvo V90 with a LS2 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paul Newman loved his engine-swapped Volvo wagons. His first was a Volvo 740 with a Grand National Turbo V6<\/a> which recently sold for $80,740. Soon RM Sotheby’s will auction<\/a> his third engine-swapped Volvo. This unique project was built by Paul’s racing team in 2007 as a gift to him. The team started with a 1998 Volvo V90<\/a> wagon with a 3.0 L B6304S2 inline-six. They swapped the inline-six and factory transmission for a LS2 V8 and four-speed automatic transmission. The front suspension features parts from a Porsche 911 while the rear suspension remains stock.<\/p>\n

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Source: RM Sotheby’s<\/a> via Daily Turismo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Newman loved his engine-swapped Volvo wagons. His first was a Volvo 740 with a Grand National Turbo V6 which recently sold for $80,740. Soon RM Sotheby’s will auction his third engine-swapped Volvo. This unique project was built by Paul’s racing team in 2007 as a gift to him. The team started with a 1998… Read More »Paul Newman\u2019s Volvo V90 with a LS2 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":100654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-v90"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104285,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104285","url_meta":{"origin":100646,"position":0},"title":"Henry McDonough’s V8-Powered Volvo 242","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Henry McDonough built the amazing LS2-powered Volvo 242 we showcased earlier this year. 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