Volvo S40 with GS engine

[steelroe]

According to info on this link the 1.8 GS engine was also fitted to the early model Volvo S40 in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_4G9_engine

Interesting article here http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2977/article.html

[CJ]

IIRC, the 4G93 block was used in quite a few Mitsi's including the GS and a few EVOs, never heard of it being used in a Volvo though....

CJ

[steelroe]

And here http://autospeed.com/cms/A_0307/article ... larArticle

[colm_mcm]

that's true, they used both Renault and Mitsu 1.8 engines, can be differentiated by 1.8 or 1.8i badges on the back.

[steelroe]

Was the mitsi engine used in europe?
SOHC or DOHC.

[colm_mcm]

the S40 was GDI, so it isn't exactly the same as the FTO engine, the block is the same AFAIK.
it was added to the existing 1.8 model around 2 years into production

The Mitsubishi engined S40 will have 1.8i on the boot as opposed to 1.8, it'll also have GDI written on the rocker cover.

The timing belt on the 1.8i is a pain to do, so incase you're loking at one make sure it's done.

[steelroe]

What years are we looking at colm.

[colm_mcm]

both were available from 98 onwards. Renault engine only option from 96-98,

the GDI is 125bhp and a good bit more lively and economical than the Renault version, as far as I remember, the Renault engine was around 110bhp (probably the one from the 1st gen Laguna)

I presume you know the S40 and the Carisma shared a platform.