Re: got beat this morning

["Brandon Wilson" <brandoneic@hotmail.com>]

My friends parents just bought a S70 T5.  Which is a little faster than a 
S80 T6 (because of the weight and gearing) and I know that the T5 does 0-60 
in 6.3 seconds.  They are very fast cars!!


>From: Bill Hussey <vfrboy@home.net>
>Reply-To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: got beat this morning
>Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 10:39:09 -0500
>
>All I remember was reading about an early 90s Volvo T5 wagon.  A 17" wheel 
>shod
>wagon that would bounce readily off it's speed-limiter set at 155mph.  That
>engine was Volvo's oh-so-sweet 5-cylinder Turbo pumping out around 260HP if 
>I
>remember correctly.  I don't know for sure what the T6 is, but a Turbo-6 is
>likely.  The standard 6 cylinder pumps out 200HP so a T-version could be 
>scary.
>
>Ahh .. forget the above paragraph, I just had a brain swell .. I checked
>Volvo's web site.  According to this .. the S80 (second car I checked specs 
>on)
>is available with:
>-----
>Transversely-mounted, 2.8 liter, six-cylinder, double overhead cam twin
>exhaust-driven turbochargers with intercooler
>-----
>
>The nubers are:
>268HP @ 5400 RPM and
>280ft/lbs @ 2100 RPM
>
>The official model designation is the S80 T6 so I guess that that is what 
>you
>went up against.
>
>Wow ... must really suck getting beaten by a Volvo.  :-)
>
>Bill
>'98 GLX
>
>
>"Chadwick, John/COR/INV" wrote:
>
> > I was at those lights waiting to get onto the highway here in Denver and
> > there was one of those ugly new Volvos next to me. I noticed it earlier 
>and
> > it had the T6 engine. Anyway the light turns green and I take off, all 
>of a
> > sudden this guy flies passed me! I just start laughing because I was so
> > supprised! What does this thing have? I'm guessing that the T stands for
> > turbo and the 6 is the amount of cylinders? Can anyone help me? 
>Horsepower
> > would be nice too. Thanks
> >
> > Chadwick
> > 95 Jetta GLX "I eat Hondas but not T6's" edition
>

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