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Old Jun 14th, 2012, 09:45   #1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRsIMx_59Hg

Standard suspension, mbc 19psi and a stainless exhaust
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Old Jun 14th, 2012, 12:41   #2
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All I saw there was a lazy lap, some poor choice of gears, a handfull of duff lines and alot of being overtaken! Oh and apparently a Peugeot 306 handles better? Oh and the contents of his missus handback were not all over the floor of the car..
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T4 is the same chassis as an Evo 7 - quite possibly the greatest handling drivers car ever.

T4's handle great but they're missing a cylinder
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T4 is the same chassis as an Evo 7 - quite possibly the greatest handling drivers car ever.

T4's handle great but they're missing a cylinder
Sound amazing when fitted with a proper Volvo 5 cylinder 850 engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvcv3gtYFp4
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T4 is the same chassis as an Evo 7 - quite possibly the greatest handling drivers car ever.
Good point, I remember seing scores of them hooning around rally stages giving Sebastian Leob a hard time
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I never said it was a good lap! hence "scruffy lap" in the comment field lol, and the stuff ovetaking me was BMW's, Caterhams, Porsches and Evo's :P

It actually did a better lap than my old 306 anyway
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Nothing wrong with that lap at all. 9.54 is a very respectable time.
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Sound amazing when fitted with a proper Volvo 5 cylinder 850 engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvcv3gtYFp4
Has anyone here done this conversion?? I'm intrigued!! Need MOOOAAAARRRR information!!!!!!!
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Has anyone here done this conversion?? I'm intrigued!! Need MOOOAAAARRRR information!!!!!!!
you'd need to gut the engine bay since the T5 motor is longer, and the S40 engine bay is already a tight squeeze with the 4 pot

remember the BTCC cars had basically a spaceframe chassis going on, so they had plenty space to fit the engine

****load of work...
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T4 is the same chassis as an Evo 7 - quite possibly the greatest handling drivers car ever.

T4's handle great but they're missing a cylinder
Heh I seem to remember someones (pacman67) V40 T4 keeping up with your T5 ;-)
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