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New S70 T5A In the Family! S70 1998

posted by  someone claiming to be Ray Niblett on  Mon Feb 11 05:43 CST 2002 [RELATED]

I have a 98 S70 T5M and the brakes are the same as my wifes 95 855GLT
(except the 95 has better brake "feel"). I think only the police
package (available in Canada) came with the larger brakes in 98 and
the AWD models. I don't know how to tell other then measuring, though.

As far as upgrading, I'm not sure of the overall benefits. A recent
European Car magazine had an article about a large brake kit
replacement on a BMW 3 series. They had temperature numbers and
stopping distances. I recall it did not seem to be all that much
of an improvement for the $2500 investment (maybe if you were racing
the cost would be worth it where you look for every bit of performance).
We are talking 2 feet shorter from 70 mph difference, here. If I could
fix anything it would be the "feel" of the brakes (maybe stainless
brake lines is something I should look at).

I have not seen any actual measurments of various brake parts and
performance for Volvos (they just don't make the car mag tuner
articles very often). It would be nice to see real numbers under
controlled testing if anyone knows of them.





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