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Phil B
Saturday 26th November 2011, 20:45
Just set up a questionable rig (iphone attached to the steering wheel :biggrin: ) to film a quick 0-60 run after i finally got the moody little beast running properly, and based on the book times for the 850, it would seem to be getting to 60 as quick as a T5, so watch out haha ;)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD-eALe4uwA&feature=feedu

T5frankie
Saturday 26th November 2011, 20:51
dont think so mate lol i timed that twice at 8 secs and not including speedo inaccuracies mine does it in around 5.5-6, nippy though

p fandango
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:29
Just set up a questionable rig (iphone attached to the steering wheel :biggrin: ) to film a quick 0-60 run after i finally got the moody little beast running properly, and based on the book times for the 850, it would seem to be getting to 60 as quick as a T5, so watch out haha ;)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD-eALe4uwA&feature=feedu
as Frankie says, it does depend how accurate your speedo is. 8seconds is on par with a stock T-5 so very good going sir, whats the factory 0-60 on your 440?

my 0-60's been timed at 5.7 (@santa pod)

Phil B
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:31
Fair enough, parkers seem to think the standard 850 T5 runs 7.5s which is around about what the first run was in the video. Still, not bad i'd say :)

smithy
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:32
very nippy mate nice job.i will have to time my 137 bhp 940 to see what that is like

T5frankie
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:32
any photos?

Phil B
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:32
as Frankie says, it does depend how accurate your speedo is. 8seconds is on par with a stock T-5 so very good going sir, whats the factory 0-60 on your 440?

my 0-60's been timed at 5.7 (@santa pod)

Originally it was 11.4 with the old engine, but a standard turbo is supposed to be, 8.8s, again taken from parkers.

T5frankie
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:33
very nippy mate nice job.i will have to time my 137 bhp 940 to see what that is like

10.5 secs

t5_monkey
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:33
Timed at 7.6s

Brisk enough but not as quick as a T5 methinks... A T5 would really start to show its power above 60 anyways.

Still looks fairly quick and I bet you give a fair few 'quick' cars quite a surprise in that!

Phil B
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:33
any photos?

I'll start a thread in the projects section tomorow with all the pics as i documented the complete swap from start to finish

T5frankie
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:34
Originally it was 11.4 with the old engine, but a standard turbo is supposed to be, 8.8s, again taken from parkers.

most volvos speedos are about 4-5mph out at 60-70mph so 70 mph on the speedo would be 65-66mph in reality

Phil B
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:38
Timed at 7.6s

Brisk enough but not as quick as a T5 methinks... A T5 would really start to show its power above 60 anyways.

Still looks fairly quick and I bet you give a fair few 'quick' cars quite a surprise in that!

yeah theres no question a T5 would leave me standing on a good run, and it was just a quick test run to see if the camera would fall off or not really

smithy
Saturday 26th November 2011, 21:43
10.5 secs

na i recon 12 secs mate lol

Jim S70R
Sunday 27th November 2011, 01:25
Nice going looks like it moves pretty well, I bet you can shock a few cars with that of a set of lights!! Reminds me of my mates Orion turbo alittle in the way it goes and sounds.

Wobbly Dave
Sunday 27th November 2011, 01:45
I can be reasonably happy that Betsy can do 0 - 62 in about 6 seconds. I know for a fact she does 77.2 mph in 9.68 seconds & a full quarter of a mile in 14.5 doing 104.7 mph (eat that Frankie- boy)

p fandango
Sunday 27th November 2011, 03:37
I know for a fact she does 77.2 mph in 9.68 seconds & a full quarter of a mile in 14.5
i did that 7years ago with a 15g & a MBC, i guess 850's really do rule lol ;)

t5_monkey
Sunday 27th November 2011, 10:28
I can be reasonably happy that Betsy can do 0 - 62 in about 6 seconds. I know for a fact she does 77.2 mph in 9.68 seconds & a full quarter of a mile in 14.5 doing 104.7 mph (eat that Frankie- boy)

Wobbly's Turns into star ship enterprise in 3rd :) Can't see much keeping up with it!

T5frankie
Sunday 27th November 2011, 10:32
I can be reasonably happy that Betsy can do 0 - 62 in about 6 seconds. I know for a fact she does 77.2 mph in 9.68 seconds & a full quarter of a mile in 14.5 doing 104.7 mph (eat that Frankie- boy)

watch this space buddy

Wobbly Dave
Sunday 27th November 2011, 19:14
Nope - you did 14.55 @ 99.1 - there's quite a difference. Plus I will be old and grey before BT puts in an appearance.;)

Frankie don't be too long - we already have 1 pedro/BT combination.

t5_monkey
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:08
99.1...

Mines on the pencil sharpener sized stock turbo and it did 99.5 :D

Terminal speed is a good measure of how 'powerful' a car is... timing can be down to a lot of other factors.

Wobbly Dave
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:10
when is the full RS conversion going in?

smithy
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:24
Wobbly's Turns into star ship enterprise in 3rd :) Can't see much keeping up with it!

i can me lol

p fandango
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:35
Nope - you did 14.55 @ 99.1 - there's quite a difference.
the only difference is the 5mph extra on the speed, considering the spec thats not enough

Wobbly Dave
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:39
I hope you will be able to put me in my place next year.

p fandango
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:42
I hope you will be able to put me in my place next year.
if BT's still in the 14's then she's got some serious issues lol

AndysR
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:55
if BT's still in the 14's then she's got some serious issues lol

Well we all know about the owner/driver.. can there really be a more serious issue than that?

p fandango
Sunday 27th November 2011, 20:57
Well we all know about the owner/driver.. can there really be a more serious issue than that?
care in the (Volvo) community has worked wonders on me thanks, you should of seen me before lol

AndysR
Sunday 27th November 2011, 21:00
care in the (Volvo) community has worked wonders on me thanks, you should of seen me before lol

So there is always hope then? well in the Volvo community anyway..

AndysR
Sunday 27th November 2011, 21:03
Actually I have come across one other issue which could be "on par" with you and termed serious...

By the time BT is ready to go petrol will be a fuel retired to the history books, you may have to think this through and go hybrid/electric power if your not careful Pedro.

p fandango
Sunday 27th November 2011, 21:06
Actually I have come across one other issue which could be "on par" with you and termed serious...

By the time BT is ready to go petrol will be a fuel retired to the history books, you may have to think this through and go hybrid/electric power if your not careful Pedro.
all looking good for a come back the start of the year, rear brake line & radiator to do :)

AndysR
Sunday 27th November 2011, 21:07
all looking good for a come back the start of the year, rear brake line & radiator to do :)

Excellent news, really looking forward to seeing her go...

Which year should I prepare for this?

T5frankie
Sunday 27th November 2011, 21:56
Excellent news, really looking forward to seeing her go...

Which year should I prepare for this?

lol 2015?

p fandango
Sunday 27th November 2011, 22:18
lol 2015?
lol by then she'd of been back, set a time for you to dream of getting & be back in the garden for the next phase