[s-cars] Off topic - New Volvo S60 ?

[Cody Forbes]

A couple bits of input.

The 2.0t can be reliably chipped without a new turbo, gains are in the 40hp 
range. In an effort to further foil tuners the 2.0t turbo is built into the 
exhaust manifold. APR just released a K04 kit that uses euro S3 parts for a 
nice 116hp and 113lb/ft output boost (brings it to 313hp, 367lb/ft on 93 
octane) for a reasonable $3200 including software.

HPA sells a few different levels of Haldex controller, and also it's fairly 
easy to do a manual controller where you can adjust torque split with a 
knob. With a stepper motor controller and some electronics knowledge you can 
do it yourself, or buy one from SQS (among others).

-Cody

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From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:56 AM
To: "JC" <jc at j2c3.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Off topic - New Volvo S60 ?

> John-
> I'm with you, if they offered the 2.0T with a higher hp output, like the
> TT-S, with 265hp or thereabouts, I don't see the need for the V6 at all. I
> think the 3.2 filled a nice sweet spot in the lineup though, especially in
> the B7 chassis- the 4 is a little too weak and the 255hp 6 was just about
> right without getting the big thirsty V8.
>
> Now in the B8 with the 3.0 supercharged, I think the S4 is definitely the
> way to go, but I'd be plenty happy with a chipped 2.0T, as long as the
> current turbo can handle the output- or do they need a larger turbo and 
> have
> a kit to the cost of $5k or so?
>
> The V70R in a manual is a much better car than my slushbox example, but
> unless you can find someone to program the Haldex controller, it won't be
> very good. Now if you can get a Haldex reprogram to run the car at a 
> nominal
> 50/50 or somewhere around there, then it would be nice. I wonder if the
> system could withstand constant use, though. I'd also stay away from Volvo
> AWD because of the angle gear issue- that's a $2k+ repair when it goes 
> (and
> it's not an "if" but rather a "when").
>
> I'd like to drive the BMW and Benz systems in the snow but no one around
> here will let you test drive cars in the snow.
>
> My recommendation would be to NOT buy an S4 4.2 with the rear mounted 
> timing
> chain- the chain guides fail and it's a very, very expensive repair- I've
> seen it several times, all on cars with significantly less than 100k- an
> allroad 4.2 with around 80k and an S4 with around 70k. $8k repair bill
> later, you're back on the road- you have to remove the drivetrain to 
> remove
> the V8 and then split the trans from the engine to fix the car.
>
> I'm leaning toward replacing the Volvo with either a diesel 
> ML/X5/Touraeg/Q7
> or a Cayenne S. If you know anyone who is interested in buying a high mile
> (94k) but clean, accident-free '01 M Coupe with the S54 engine, let me 
> know-
> I think I'll be selling the car in the spring (extremely high insurance
> costs between the Volvo, BMW and the Corvette, with the Corvette being the
> cheapest by far).
>
> Taka
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