{"id":39943,"date":"2019-05-06T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39943"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:31:25","slug":"for-sale-1985-volvo-740-with-a-bmw-m60-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39943","title":{"rendered":"1985 Volvo 740 with a BMW M60 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1985 Volvo 740 is powered by a BMW 4.0 L M60B40 V8 making 286 horsepower connected to a ZF five-speed manual transmission. The body features Volvo 960 front, bumpers, and a respray two years ago while the interior and dash is from a Volvo 940. Other modifications include BC coilovers and JR20 19×9.5-inch wheels with 40 mm front spacer and 50 mm rear spacer.<\/p>\n

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Source: Blocket.se<\/a> and Garaget<\/a> via Calle <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1985 Volvo 740 is powered by a BMW 4.0 L M60B40 V8 making 286 horsepower connected to a ZF five-speed manual transmission. The body features Volvo 960 front, bumpers, and a respray two years ago while the interior and dash is from a Volvo 940. Other modifications include BC coilovers and JR20 19×9.5-inch wheels… Read More »1985 Volvo 740 with a BMW M60 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39946,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[565],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-565"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140082,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140082","url_meta":{"origin":39943,"position":0},"title":"1985 Volvo 740 with a LS6 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1985 Volvo 740 no longer has the Swedish inline-four. 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