{"id":62769,"date":"2020-10-26T14:49:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=62769"},"modified":"2020-10-28T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T22:19:50","slug":"for-sale-widened-golf-mk1-with-a-turbo-volvo-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=62769","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: Widened Golf Mk1 with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This custom Volkswagen Golf Mk1 is for sale on Blocket.se<\/a> in Tidaholm, Sweden for 135000 kr or about $15,436. The seller says the Golf’s body was widened to fit a Volvo 240 RWD drivetrain. Under the hood sits a turbocharged and carbureted Volvo B21 (Redblock) inline-four featuring a Volvo R-Sport turbocharger. It sends power to the rear wheels through a four-speed manual transmission with electronic overdrive. <\/p>\n

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This custom Volkswagen Golf Mk1 is for sale on Blocket.se in Tidaholm, Sweden for 135000 kr or about $15,436. The seller says the Golf’s body was widened to fit a Volvo 240 RWD drivetrain. Under the hood sits a turbocharged and carbureted Volvo B21 (Redblock) inline-four featuring a Volvo R-Sport turbocharger. It sends power to… Read More »For Sale: Widened Golf Mk1 with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62778,"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":0,"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":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130615,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130615","url_meta":{"origin":62769,"position":0},"title":"AWD Golf with a 1000 hp Volvo Inline-Five Goes 8.82 sec","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Bristow built and owns an AWD VW Golf called \"Golvo\" for drag racing. 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