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Originally Posted by Steve940estate
It would be nice to use all Volvo parts, perhaps a 960 diff could be used.
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Then again, it's a Volvo-ised DAF P900.
Start off with a Renault motor up front. Add a one piece prop with bonded rubber inserts either end. Stick a Variomatic assembly in the back.
Later decide to plonk a manual in and it's probably easier to substitute something else into the massive space under the rear, than it is to re-design and re-press a bulkhead and floorpan.
Decide to stick a redblock up front and it's again best to leave the shell mostly alone (but re-press the boot floor for a wheel well) and leave the box at the back. Throw out the bonded prop and fit a torque tube instead.
Whilst the 340 and 360 have the bits in the same place, the drivelines between the engine and box are differently engineered. So I'm wondering if the 340 is the source of the "slightly fragile propshaft gearbox problems" in your mind?
For any box to go behind the engine needs room. So it needs some surgery. Not many other cars I can think of with the box at the rear (two that leap to my mind are a Porker and an Alfa.)