2009 2.0 petrol manual v70
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It's not NASP is it??? The old 2.0 S60 was a 5 pot turbo. Christ a V70 would be really very slow with a nasp 2 litre petrol engine, and that's before you load it up with stuff. I think the reason Volvo have always been so big on turbos is that it's a great way to make a heavy car tolerable.
If it is NASP and a 4 pot I assume it's that ford Duratec engine they put in everything. If so it's totally unremarkable and uninteresting in every single way - great at nothing and terrible at nothing.
ETA - The guy above is right though, the current V70 is a brilliant car and a real leap forward from the P2 cars like mine. The interior is beautiful.
If it is NASP and a 4 pot I assume it's that ford Duratec engine they put in everything. If so it's totally unremarkable and uninteresting in every single way - great at nothing and terrible at nothing.
ETA - The guy above is right though, the current V70 is a brilliant car and a real leap forward from the P2 cars like mine. The interior is beautiful.
Gotta agree - My P2 V70 plod spec falls short of the P3 in every aspect apart from driveability...
But that's because I've spent the last 4 years modifying it
I was eying-up a P3 2.5T (focus ST engine) in black yesterday and it's really a stunning car. I wouldn't want anything less than the 2.5T tho, preferably the T6 twinturbo
But that's because I've spent the last 4 years modifying it
I was eying-up a P3 2.5T (focus ST engine) in black yesterday and it's really a stunning car. I wouldn't want anything less than the 2.5T tho, preferably the T6 twinturbo
martinrpeachey said:
Gotta agree - My P2 V70 plod spec falls short of the P3 in every aspect apart from driveability...
But that's because I've spent the last 4 years modifying it
I was eying-up a P3 2.5T (focus ST engine) in black yesterday and it's really a stunning car. I wouldn't want anything less than the 2.5T tho, preferably the T6 twinturbo
I've looked at those but I'm a bit wary. The 2.5 5 pot turbo that Ford used and that they put in the small Volvos badged as T5 that came with 225 or 230bhp feels much weaker than the 2.3 or 2.4 T5 in the P2 V70. I believe it's a low pressure turbo, so it feels rather tame in comparison. Also I don't know what they did to it but they seemed to fBut that's because I've spent the last 4 years modifying it
I was eying-up a P3 2.5T (focus ST engine) in black yesterday and it's really a stunning car. I wouldn't want anything less than the 2.5T tho, preferably the T6 twinturbo
k fuel consumption up at the same time as they seem to be totally unable to get close to the figures that my P2 2.3 T5 manages. The road tax is also mental for the modest power on offer, so as you say you might as well just get a T6. Shame they never fitted the V8 from the S80 into it, that would be a lovely discrete family barge.The 2.5T ford lump is in fact a reworked 2.5LPT engine found in the first 850 20 years ago lol. It uses loads of fuel and splits it's liners when you tune it.
The 2.3 in mine, although not as tuneable as the 2.4 T5 lump in the '05 onward cars, is pretty good on fuel when you're nice to it and near enough bomb - proof, even at nearly 214k miles with some moderate tuning.
The 2.3 in mine, although not as tuneable as the 2.4 T5 lump in the '05 onward cars, is pretty good on fuel when you're nice to it and near enough bomb - proof, even at nearly 214k miles with some moderate tuning.
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