Yes, the S40 is still available. I’d like to get $750 for the car, clean title in my name, both engine pans with custom mounting kit, the manuals, and the rear calipers, everything you need except a new engine to get this on the road. I’ve sold some of the other loose parts, but this should be an excellent base for any repair or EV conversion work especially with a stout 6 speed manual transmission and the built in electric PS!
The wiring diagram book for this S40 is completely awesome, nice heavy clay coated paper, and every connection, fuse, module, and device linked with wire color, nice indexes and No subscriptions…. This manual would be invaluable to integrate the computers with the motor and battery controller.
EV West in California <- these are the guys to talk to about EV conversions.
13 years ago:
Ranger conversion result -> @3:46
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I bought 90% of the parts for all my Volvos from IPD!
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I also have an EV conversion in mind for my 92 Ranger XLT and I’ve found two YT videos about controlling the Volvo PS pump which i was about to remove before sending this S40 to the crusher in the next week or so.
I found one company that builds a simple knob rheostat manual control ~$60US, and an upgraded version that incorporates GPS to speed up at low speed, slow down at high speed ~$90US. These look like plug an play solutions to easily control PS pump speed and output.
Electro Hydraulic power steering controller box To use with steering pump from: Volvo C30 C70 S40 V50 S60 V60 V70 XC60 XC70 S80 ECU conector included in our controller kit ! This kit allows you to install a Volvo steering pump column into any other vehicle. Our controller kits works correctly…
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New automatic electric power steering controller box With GPS Antenna included to get Vehicle speed To use with steering pump from: Volvo C30 C70 S40 V50, S60 V60 V70 XC60 XC70 S80 With this new GPS based system you will have the perfect electric steering experience. With the GPS antenna /…
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Also, more for your tub CEM box which is very cool, there’s a YT channel for a woman drifter that shows how to use an Arduino and a CANbus controller to control the pump, and makes the configurable code available to use. This sounds incredibly useful as a starting point for any CANbus info/control, perhaps with a more industrial CPU.
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I’d be glad to answer any questions about the chassis and send more pictures if you’re interested.
Good Luck with your projects!
Greg