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Volvo Quarter Mile Figures

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Old Feb 4th, 2009, 18:49   #11
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am suprised that fastest car is 13.0.has nobody in uk gone faster than that?

i did 13.795 at york in an almost standard fiat coupe so would expect a 300bhp+ t5 to atleast do low 13's.
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i was thinking the same there some poor figures really. i dont know why people are so happy with those figures. most people on here dont know how much power there running . as long as it feels faster after the remap thats ok.
ive done 7.42 secs @ 101 mph over an 1/8th of a mile....

....at the 06 IOM TT Ramsey Sprint on my Suzuki GSXR 600 K2 running only a K&N filter and a Scorpion end can


i cant understand this though, surely a big heavy volvo which has 3 times the power should be quicker than my small light bike??????????
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