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Old 08-16-2009, 02:35 AM
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Hi Im not a vw guy, Ive had more to do with volvos and beemers,so if vw hogged out the five cylinder diesel to 2.5 litres (and direct injection)the big question is did they develop the same step for us -a 3 litre six pot?
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Old 08-16-2009, 03:26 AM
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Not that I have heard of... Boy that would be a whole other level though wouldn't it? Direct injected straight six from VW, it really would be like a mini Cummins then. The power potential would be out of this word for a car as light as ours (compaired to the trucks anyway).

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Old 08-17-2009, 10:23 AM
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hey Jason if you get into a manual conversion why not go straight to an m90? late 900 s with d24 used it. and it takes more power than the 240 based boxes and I thinkyou get syncro on reverse as well.
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If I could find one... That would be nice. Its been hard enough to find a M46 or 47 for my car. There are non at the salvage yards around my house.

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If I could find one... That would be nice. Its been hard enough to find a M46 or 47 for my car. There are non at the salvage yards around my house.

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But.....if you want a Diesel M90 you must import it from Europe, the 940TDi (the M90 and D24TIC equipped 940) only was sold in Europe.
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Well that would be why I cant find one around here! I think I'll be good with a m46 or 47. Anything is better than the power wasting auto.

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But.....if you want a Diesel M90 you must import it from Europe, the 940TDi (the M90 and D24TIC equipped 940) only was sold in Europe.
Was the M90 used in the U.S. at all? I don't think I've ever seen a manual 940 here. Assuming I had access to one, any chance it would bolt up to a 240 diesel M46 bellhousing? What about all the hydraulic clutch parts? Do you think they could be made to work in a 240?

Sorry if these are dumb questions. I'm a transmission and clutch noob.
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Hi I never realised they only sent d24 autos to the US, but then I suppose it is the home of the slush box, but it is volvos biggest sales territory so youd think they would have a manual option maybe thats why they were less popular than the gas version. As for m90 in 240 I think that might be a head scratcher as its a totally different casing I dont think any 240 got m90s so if you found a 940 diesel one the block/bellhousing joint would be the wrong angle and the trans tunnel might need a bit of hammer work!over here all late manual 900s had m90s so you can get them for red blocks and white blocks why not greens?(mines a zf22 too) happy hunting.
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Hi I never realised they only sent d24 autos to the US, but then I suppose it is the home of the slush box, but it is volvos biggest sales territory so youd think they would have a manual option maybe thats why they were less popular than the gas version. As for m90 in 240 I think that might be a head scratcher as its a totally different casing I dont think any 240 got m90s so if you found a 940 diesel one the block/bellhousing joint would be the wrong angle and the trans tunnel might need a bit of hammer work!over here all late manual 900s had m90s so you can get them for red blocks and white blocks why not greens?(mines a zf22 too) happy hunting.
We got D24s with the M46 (like mine). The D24Ts could be had with a manual trans but I think those are pretty rare for some reason. I realized the size difference after seeing this image:

M46 on top and M90 on the bottom

Yeah, it looks pretty much impossible.
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Holy crap that M90 looks like it came from a dump truck! Man would that hold some power though. You would have to do an amazing amount of fab work to get that to fit. A decent upgrade from the M46 would be to the M47, from what I understand it is somewhat stronger, and a true 5 speed.

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