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[SonyVaio]

Originally Posted by Daim

As he wrote: T5 AWD

Should I buy a pair of glasses?

I said that as I thought Shark had written it wrong. I know they have a lovely D5 but was unaware that they had a T5.

I hope your not slacking on the job Daim and playing on the internet when your supposed to be doing work?? Next you'll be telling me they give you a Lunch break?? LoL...

[iainmd]

Originally Posted by slingading

LOL, no mate it definitely does exist http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/review...te-2004/38737/

I think subaqua was referring to the Audi 80 his father owned. Not a Volvo. I had an 80 and I'd agree subaqua, I'm sure you got either Sport or SE.

Volvo, on the other hand, certainly did do SE Sports.

[SonyVaio]

Yes on the V50 you could indeed get various options around a certain year and they all exist:

• Sport
  SE Sport
  R-Design
  R-Design SE
  R-Design Sport
  R-Design SE Sport

I on the other hand have no idea with regards to teh Audi.

[shark90]

Originally Posted by SonyVaio

I said that as I thought Shark had written it wrong. I know they have a lovely D5 but was unaware that they had a T5.

Yep we have a very recently acquired T5 AWD also. Watch this space for a new project

[scoobysn7x]

Originally Posted by shark90

Yep we have a very recently acquired T5 AWD also. Watch this space for a new project

Does that mean there might be some new T5 goodies ??? was it the one on ebay last week, have to admit I was tempted with the 4wd but there don't seem to be many about so not sure how reliable the AWD system is

[Volvo6]

Originally Posted by dera

Err, allow me to disagree? Perhaps your wording was oversimplified? bhp is simply amount of torque over specific time. So when talking about peak figures, car with alot of bhp but low torque will hit 180mph sooner than car with low bhp but alot of torque.

Can one of the Shark guys answer me a question...

As you say bhp is torque over a specific time, or to be more precise torque x RPM divided by 5250. So in theory the torque/bhp curves should meet at that point (5250 RPM). Why is it then on some power/torque graphs like RICA's for example they don't?

Is it a quirk of the measuring point that sometimes bhp lags torque by a bit or is it the result of comparing bhp with NM of torque rather than lbs/ft?

[subaqua]

Originally Posted by iainmd

I think subaqua was referring to the Audi 80 his father owned. Not a Volvo. I had an 80 and I'd agree subaqua, I'm sure you got either Sport or SE.

Volvo, on the other hand, certainly did do SE Sports.

correct about the Audi comments.

I have seen R Design SE with extras on that would be on a SE Lux so would that make a R design SE Lux ?

it used to be easy once upon a time to work out what level of trim and performance cars were.

[850Chris]

Originally Posted by simonsen

time to do some overtime and get money for remap .

Yes, I believe the guys at Shark can do some pretty impressive stuff -even to diesels!

All this is meant in good jest I hope you realise. If you want a car with low down grunt for some relaxed sauntering around in then turbo diesels are great. I've been out in some pretty rapid ones including a beemer 530d and Audi A4 3.0TDI. Both felt pretty quick and had a nice engine note into the bargain. I'm lucky enough to have had a go in a Mitsubishi Evo FQ360 and, annoyingly, everything else has felt pretty slow since (my T5 included!).

Good luck with the re-map.

[shark90]

Originally Posted by scoobysn7x

Does that mean there might be some new T5 goodies ??? was it the one on ebay last week, have to admit I was tempted with the 4wd but there don't seem to be many about so not sure how reliable the AWD system is

Well our intercooler is now available, as is the Milltek exhaust, big brake kit will be available soon, cold air intake and hose kit are in development and should be available soon!

With over 300bhp available from the stock turbo we're unsure whether to work on the hybrid turbo or not, due to potential issues on 2.5 engines.