Unusual 2.8L application

[RobbieD]

This kind of blows my mind.

Looks like a 2.8, right?

But in this?

From the article where I found it:
" . . . . and then there's this 1988 Hagglund BV206 listed for sale on Hemmings.com, an armored all-terrain vehicle developed for the Swedish army. While tracked, it steers not like a tank but instead via its articulating two-piece body, with power sent to both its front and rear units. Because it was designed with low ground pressure, it's adept at traveling in everything from snow to bogs to sand, and it was even developed to be fully amphibious. As with many military vehicles, the BV206 was built in several versions to suit a variety of purposes. This one in particular is powered by a Ford 2.8L V-6 and appears to be the armored personnel carrier variant, with seating for more than a dozen people. "

I guess that you could go just about anywhere with a lot of your friends, just not very fast. I'd be surprised if top speed even reaches double digits.

The story was here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...cvid=c5e21f7b70054fb4bf4d259452a188e0#image=7

 

[rusty ol ranger]

This kind of blows my mind.

Looks like a 2.8, right?
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But in this?
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From the article where I found it:
" . . . . and then there's this 1988 Hagglund BV206 listed for sale on Hemmings.com, an armored all-terrain vehicle developed for the Swedish army. While tracked, it steers not like a tank but instead via its articulating two-piece body, with power sent to both its front and rear units. Because it was designed with low ground pressure, it's adept at traveling in everything from snow to bogs to sand, and it was even developed to be fully amphibious. As with many military vehicles, the BV206 was built in several versions to suit a variety of purposes. This one in particular is powered by a Ford 2.8L V-6 and appears to be the armored personnel carrier variant, with seating for more than a dozen people. "

I guess that you could go just about anywhere with a lot of your friends, just not very fast. I'd be surprised if top speed even reaches double digits.

The story was here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...cvid=c5e21f7b70054fb4bf4d259452a188e0#image=7

Kinda cool to see the humble colonge powering something like this.

But if thats how they engineer stuff no wonder they never wanna go to war

 

[RobbieD]

It's an auto, too, so I'm curious what the driveline is.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

It's an auto, too, so I'm curious what the driveline is.

A4LD

 

[RobbieD]

I was thinking C5, as the A4LightDuty wouldn't hold up long in low speed, heavy duty use.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I was thinking C5, as the A4LightDuty wouldn't hold up long in low speed, heavy duty use.

I was being sarcastic

 

[Snoranger]

I was thinking C5, as the A4LightDuty wouldn't hold up long in any use.

FIFY

 

[JoshT]

It's an auto, too, so I'm curious what the driveline is.

Most likely hydraulic. I don't remember the details, but Ford used to build a V4 industrial engine. Like many of Ford's industrial engines, it also had an automotive variant which was known as the Taunus V4 and was a 4 cylinder version (predecessor) of the Cologone V6. IIRC some of the applications for this V4 industrial engine were hydrostat skid steer type applications. It had the same bellhousing and the Taunus and Cologone engines were a lot more common in the part of the world this thing is from. If this thing was originally powered by the V4, I can see someone repowering this thing with the V6 when it gave up the ghost.

 

[Bronco648]

Interesting looking water neck. Very different from mine and any other I've seen. Has a different intake manifold, from mine, too. The carb even looks kinda weird. Cool as hell though. Would love to drive that to work......

 

[fastpakr]

Interesting looking water neck. Very different from mine and any other I've seen. Has a different intake manifold, from mine, too. The carb even looks kinda weird. Cool as hell though. Would love to drive that to work......

Carb reminds me of a Weber (or whatever the Holley incarnation of it was). But what the heck happened to the air filter? Looks like it's been crushed/twisted into place.

 

[Bronco648]

Carb reminds me of a Weber (or whatever the Holley incarnation of it was). But what the heck happened to the air filter? Looks like it's been crushed/twisted into place.

Clearly a 2bbl carb but nothing I recognize. You may be right or it may be something Swedish.

As for the air filter, I'm willing to bet that the filter element was just too tall to fit. So, someone put their palm on the top plate and smashed the element so that those three spring clips would snap into place. Either that or the air cleaner is a convenient place to put your hand while working on other things. And, the element has been slightly crushed in the process.

 

[4x4prepper]

I wonder where the thermostat is. Looks like better room to get to the dist. hold down bolt.