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Gian
You must be posting from Europe. Italy, perhaps?
Seems you have what’s known in some markets as the T4 engine designation (different from S/V40T4 model desig). A friend in Singapore, South-east Asia, has the same engine type – his car’s a S70T5 2.0 with standard 225hp. He has just chipped it thru a Swedish tuner and now has sumthing like 260hp, 380Nm torque. (“Gavin, care to confirm?”)
Between your 850R (2.0, 210hp) and that V70R (2.0. 225hp) which you are considering, my personal view is keep your car, and use the money to buy a chipped or reprogrammed ECU from Sweden. SAM, BSR, TME, SCT are some of the better known names. After all, once chipped (boost increased to 1.0bar), you would have more power than a stock 2.3 liter “850R” with 250hp (240hp in US).
Note also, the standard 2.0 engined “T4” like yours has heavier turbo lag than our 2.3 liter T5s, probably more due to engine design than anything else. I’m told by my friend with the S70T5A (2.0) after he chipped it, the turbo kicks in earlier at 2500rpm instead of 3000rpm previously. The existing turbo lag is more or less maintained.
Err… what’s that missing optional item “RTI” in your post?
Jeff
95 855T5A (2.3), SAM chip, IPD swaybars, full Supersprint exos (no cat), Bilsteins
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