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Considering crossing over- 850 1995

posted by  davidm on  Thu Mar 21 04:32 CST 2002
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The 5spd rocks - unless your daily commute is on the Bay Bridge or Route 128.

FYI, I did a side-by-side run with my friend in his 98 S70 T5M (at the local airport, you'd probably call this a drag race) and in three runs to 75mph, he could only stay even with my automatic - he couldn't beat it. He couldn't shift fast enough. He'd be ahead of me until the first shift point. I think those 6.1 zero-to-60 times must be put up by pros who know how to keep the power on. I manually 'clicked' through my gears. (Too bad this tranny's not as responsive as the automatic in my old 745T, which shifted the instant you asked it to.) Both stock engines with no mods. Yet.
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(98 S70 T5SE misc mods, mostly lighting) (92 940GLE)






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