T5 power

Post by **Carl** » 28 Oct 2007 07:48 pm

Mine was up for £750 without any of the extra work done. But luckily I knew the guy and when he said I could have it for £400 I wasn't gonna say no!!

Post by **foggyjames** » 28 Oct 2007 08:18 pm

The early ones were indeed just a 'T5', as far as I know. Later on you could get a T5 with 'S' spec (manual rear windows, etc) through to CD trim with a power driver's seat, etc.

cheers

James

Post by **Carl** » 28 Oct 2007 11:26 pm

Ah, well it's above S spec as it's got leccy rear windows

Post by **Ricatron** » 29 Oct 2007 10:23 am

26.9mpg is good!

i like those figures!

and £500!!!!!!! i would take that!!!

well now i have my eyes open for one

wish they were rear drive though

if they were rear drive i would - as the rest of the world - snap them up!

be a monster car with massive tuning potential

Post by **redline** » 30 Oct 2007 07:57 am

[quote="Ricatron"]if they were rear drive i would - as the rest of the world - snap them up!/quote]

get a 960 then 2.5 or 3.0 of 24 valve rwd loveliness
the last proper volvo

and in my opinion better looks ( sorry Carl )

Post by **Ricatron** » 30 Oct 2007 09:57 am

yeah the 960 is the one to have

the tuning swedes love them fot good reason.

right now i need to get my 335i on the road but who know for the future as i do love a sleeper

Post by **Carl** » 30 Oct 2007 06:42 pm

Yeah they are nice I have to admit. But I don't reckon they'd have quite the same 'punch' behind them - feel free to correct me though as I've never tried one!! Although if it had been a 960 for £400 I'd have definitely taken that anyway

Post by **SteveP** » 30 Oct 2007 07:24 pm

Yeah, even a 3.0 manual isn't going to be that brisk.... certainly not T5 pace! T6 a 960 however....

Post by **foggyjames** » 30 Oct 2007 07:40 pm

A 3.0 manual S90 (as 960 saloons were badged after...97?) is just a shade slower than my S70 2.5 20v....so a fair bit slower than a T5.

cheers

James

Post by **redline** » 31 Oct 2007 01:22 am

its not just about the speed though is it

Post by **foggyjames** » 31 Oct 2007 02:16 am

We were talking about speed!

The 960/x90 series cars are more refined in terms of engine and driveline noise & vibration....other than that, the S/V70s have them licked on almost every count.

cheers

James

Post by **Carl** » 31 Oct 2007 08:13 am

redline wrote:its not just about the speed though is it

Yes it is

Post by **Ricatron** » 31 Oct 2007 11:26 am

yeah it is about speed but how many of the cars there are rear wheel drive?

960 only and is it not true there is a turbo 960

thats the one with MASSIVE tuning potential and thats what im thinking about

Post by **SteveP** » 31 Oct 2007 11:40 am

Ricatron wrote:960 only and is it not true there is a turbo 960 thats the one with MASSIVE tuning potential and thats what im thinking about

Yeah well the 960 turbo is just a 2.3 redblock turbo again... same tuning potential as any 700/900 tbh

Post by **classicswede** » 31 Oct 2007 02:00 pm

The 960 (auto) is a quick car in fainess. Strap on a turbo or blower and you can have a mental car.

If I had teh coice between the 960 and T5 I would go for the 960 - if the T5 had the engien fitted correctly that desision could be different