{"id":81251,"date":"2022-01-07T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81251"},"modified":"2022-01-07T00:41:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T06:41:27","slug":"building-a-volvo-460-with-a-turbo-inline-five-and-awd-drivetrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81251","title":{"rendered":"Building a Volvo 460 with a Turbo Inline-Five and AWD Drivetrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=81264\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81264\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"81264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=81264\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Volvo 460 being built with a Volvo 850 turbo inline-five and AWD drivetrain 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Volvo 460 being built with a Volvo 850 turbo inline-five and AWD drivetrain&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volvo 460 being built with a Volvo 850 turbo inline-five and AWD drivetrain\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric Hjelte from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsTuMN51-dwaI3PR42oL1Rw\">Swedes Garage<\/a> is building a unique <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volvo_440\/460\">Volvo 460<\/a>. For the past two years he&#8217;s been replacing the 460&#8217;s factory inline-four and FWD drivetrain with a turbocharged 2.4 L B5254T inline-five, five-speed manual transmission, and AWD drivetrain from a 1997 Volvo 855 wagon. Eric has 50+ videos documenting the build so far on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkEX0a37qRGRreO1vWBdDxzJibcRyxcGa\">Swedes Garage channel<\/a>. We&#8217;ve included the last three below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WgKCZObkJpk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8oOzkoA71M8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/89b7Rj88fUk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Hjelte from Swedes Garage is building a unique Volvo 460. For the past two years he&#8217;s been replacing the 460&#8217;s factory inline-four and FWD drivetrain with a turbocharged 2.4 L B5254T inline-five, five-speed manual transmission, and AWD drivetrain from a 1997 Volvo 855 wagon. Eric has 50+ videos documenting the build so far on&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81251\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building a Volvo 460 with a Turbo Inline-Five and AWD Drivetrain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81264,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1109,943],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1109","category-943"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Volvo-460-being-built-with-a-Volvo-850-turbo-inline-five-and-AWD-drivetrain-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137825,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=137825","url_meta":{"origin":81251,"position":0},"title":"AWD Ford Fiesta with a Turbo Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Stu Hoy and Owen Forrest from Motor Addicts featured a unique sixth-generation Ford Fiesta. 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