Don't mess with this Volvo
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Don't mess with this Volvo
355 rear tires
cute ("sequential") turbo setup
14-piston calipers <---scary looking brakes
Other:
19x13 rear wheels
"507hp T5 motor
The factory C30 T5 gets a 218hp 2.5 liter five cylinder motor. Not a bad start, but "we wanted to be creative in every aspect," Don told us. So the team added sequential twin-turbos - a small one for instant spooling that runs up to 2800rpm, then a machined-barrel valve with its own Turbosmart wastegate operated by Turbosmart's e-boost controller switches over to the big turbo. There's a check valve on the "push" side of the turbos, and a Turbosmart BOV to prevent the turbos stalling each other.
In addition to the turbos, Mano decided a regular intercooler wouldn't cut it. So he developed an idea from Don who studied top fuel dragsters as a boy. The result was the Charge Air Cooler; an air-conditioned plenum chamber that super-cools the pressurized air as it passes through. It does this with a second AC evaporator coil that should provide consistent coiling and is a neat packaging solution that definitely deserves closer investigation.
The motor also received bigger injectors, a 3" exhaust and Powerchip software. With the turbos spinning at 25psi, the motor is claimed to produce 507hp and 468 lb/ft."
The S40's when done up nice look great too.
