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[T5shortblock]

Installed this puppy last week, boy am I amased. Corner Exit speeds are freaking amazing, but more on that when I get it on the track.

Just the straight line traction is freakin' amazing, this used to be a third gear car, and it was a slow poking third gear, i could never use second without fethering it. Took my buddies 300 whp turbo tsx for a quick go and from a 3rd gear roll it's pretty even, he maybe puts a half car on me, but from a second gear, I now jump 2 cars on him and he dosent catch up at all by the time I'm a the end of 4th...

best 1300$ I ever spent.

[RZT5]

T5shortblock, on 02 August 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

Installed this puppy last week, boy am I amased. Corner Exit speeds are freaking amazing, but more on that when I get it on the track.

Just the straight line traction is freakin' amazing, this used to be a third gear car, and it was a slow poking third gear, i could never use second without fethering it. Took my buddies 300 whp turbo tsx for a quick go and from a 3rd gear roll it's pretty even, he maybe puts a half car on me, but from a second gear, I now jump 2 cars on him and he dosent catch up at all by the time I'm a the end of 4th...

best 1300$ I ever spent.

I want one of those so bad! I hate never being able to exit corners properly

[MFlowT5]

i could care less about the pictures, I LOVE the sig, hahahaha.

[VTT5]

Mine went in Friday with a SPEC II+ clutch (installed at the dealer by local Volvo mechanic and fellow VS'er T5Gruppy). Still learning the new setup -- clutch pedal has much less resistance, and engages very low with the new clutch, and steering requires more effort (not a bad thing - I always thought it felt overboosted) -- but I'm with you on traction coming out of corners, and in general -- despite the pouring rain, the traction light has been unusually dark today!

[magicaljake]

VTT5, on 02 August 2009 - 09:25 PM, said:

Mine went in Friday with a SPEC II+ clutch (installed at the dealer by local Volvo mechanic and fellow VS'er T5Gruppy). Still learning the new setup -- clutch pedal has much less resistance, and engages very low with the new clutch, and steering requires more effort (not a bad thing - I always thought it felt overboosted) -- but I'm with you on traction coming out of corners, and in general -- despite the pouring rain, the traction light has been unusually dark today!

nice!!!

you like it big time?

[VTT5]

magicaljake, on 02 August 2009 - 09:29 PM, said:

nice!!!

you like it big time?

Definitely. Just have to make sure I rack up some miles so everything's well broken in before the next autocross on August 16 (which you and Dan should enter, BTW).

[cmurphy2266]

Very nice! You need some videos of your car, I don't think i've seen any.