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brandonrr · 04-17-2013, 01:41 PM

as someone who sells volvos, i can attest to how quick some of them are STOCK.

if that volvo was new-ish or new, and had volvo's T6 (turbo inline 6cyl 3.0L) engine, on paper it has 300hp and 325lb/ft of torque, but those are conservative numbers. if it had the polestar tune, it had 325hp and 354lb/ft of torque, also a conservative number. they also have very little turbo lag, even from a dig.
don't underestimate those Swedish engines

i have driven the polestar tuned S60 r-design and i gotta say, it isn't much slower than my 5.0 and it handles better and has better traction. sticker price on one of those is almost $50k new. too bad they are only available with an automatic transmission.

edit: Volvo's turbo engines are built quite stout and with a larger turbo and larger fuel injectors, they can hit 550hp without any other mods being done. with a bigger intercooler, about 600hp.

04-17-2013, 01:41 PM	#6
brandonrr LFX is not the average V6 Drives: 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 314	as someone who sells volvos, i can attest to how quick some of them are STOCK. if that volvo was new-ish or new, and had volvo's T6 (turbo inline 6cyl 3.0L) engine, on paper it has 300hp and 325lb/ft of torque, but those are conservative numbers. if it had the polestar tune, it had 325hp and 354lb/ft of torque, also a conservative number. they also have very little turbo lag, even from a dig. don't underestimate those Swedish engines i have driven the polestar tuned S60 r-design and i gotta say, it isn't much slower than my 5.0 and it handles better and has better traction. sticker price on one of those is almost $50k new. too bad they are only available with an automatic transmission. edit: Volvo's turbo engines are built quite stout and with a larger turbo and larger fuel injectors, they can hit 550hp without any other mods being done. with a bigger intercooler, about 600hp. __________________ White 2011 Mustang 5.0 - 4/13/13--current Silver Ice Metallic 2012 Camaro 1LT - 7/27/12--4/13/13 - traded in for mustang Victory Red 2012 Camaro 1LS - 3/27/12 - 7/10/12--totaled POS 2011 Mazda 3 - traded in for camaro 2001 Ford F-150 - traded in for mazda