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Old 11-29-2013, 04:52 AM   #13 (permalink)
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They're very different beasts. Aside from the whole rwd v. front wheel drive; yours is a "whiteblock" 5 cylinder dohc all aluminum, the 240 is a 4 clyinder sohc, iron block "redblock". I've owned both, while you can see the a similar design philosophy, they're very, very different.
wow, I assumed that the 2.4 was always a 5 cylinder. And I have an aluminum block? didn't know that either. I knew about the SOHC variety. So I guess now starts my education on the Volvo brand.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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