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foggyjames · Nov 26th, 2004, 00:45

I've seen underbonnet pictures of the Evolve S40, and one of the main reasons it could never really be made a commercial release is that the exhaust manifold has to run over the cam cover (and spark plug cover) to the only place they could put a decent sized turbo! In other words you have to remove the exhaust manifold to change the spark plugs.

On a 240 there is enough space to fit a truck turbo without compromising access to the engine. They never released the 240 Turbo here either...grumble grumble.

Conservatism with their model releases - be it 'Lame R' syndrome, or total non-release (hot 360, 240 Turbo, 780) is not a new problem in the UK...

cheers

James

Nov 26th, 2004, 00:45	#4
foggyjames 300 Register Keeper Last Online: Apr 24th, 2024 09:13 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nottingham	RE: V50 SV and Evolve S40 I've seen underbonnet pictures of the Evolve S40, and one of the main reasons it could never really be made a commercial release is that the exhaust manifold has to run over the cam cover (and spark plug cover) to the only place they could put a decent sized turbo! In other words you have to remove the exhaust manifold to change the spark plugs. On a 240 there is enough space to fit a truck turbo without compromising access to the engine. They never released the 240 Turbo here either...grumble grumble. Conservatism with their model releases - be it 'Lame R' syndrome, or total non-release (hot 360, 240 Turbo, 780) is not a new problem in the UK... cheers James __________________ VOC 300-series Register Keeper '13 V70 D4 SE Lux '89 740 Turbo Intercooler '88 360 Turbo Intercooler '84 360 GLT '81 343 GLS R-Sport '79 343 DL '70 164