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Those cars are quick. I seriously contemplated one prior to buying the Alfa, but the newest ones were way too much, and the affordable ones were way too old. They have an APC-like boost controller which limits and tapers boost - basically, they can only stay at peak boost for like 7 seconds or so. ipd sells a modified computer to eliminate that taper effect, which is good for some ridiculous quantity of horsepower. 300hp is within EASY reach of these beasts.
Back a few years ago they had an article on a tuned 850 T5R in European Car. It was the cover story, and the cover picture was the 850 passing a Diablo on some European highway. I can remember the details, but the gist of it was the 850 could actually keep up with the Diablo, and, IIRC, had a higher top speed. More tuning than any street car was involved, but that's simply unreal for a 5 passenger wagon.
-Justin
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Posts in this Thread:
- ever seen a volvo 850R on the roads?, dave n, Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:22:53
- 1 on this morning... (Cross Island Parkway, LI, NY), TonyC, Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:34:05
- Almost daily, Schu, Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:58:37
- The 850 R wagons are faster and nicer than the sedan!, Dylan, Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:10:33
- Re: ever seen a volvo 850R on the roads?, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:50:55 <-- Viewing This Message
- Yup ... nice cars too :), Trev, Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:05:04
- Re: ever seen a volvo 850R on the roads?, Alanb , Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:21:38
- Re: ever seen a volvo 850R on the roads?, james, Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:26:09
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