Now that I’ve been driving the 940t for 10 days a few observations. This thing needs bigger swaybars. My 240 has very little body roll and my S40 is very lowered with a coil over suspension and a few other suspension tweaks so that thing has no body roll. The 940 is like driving a Buick. With damn good brakes.

The 940 is like evil fast. Not necessarily quick but more like bump the cruise up to 95 and let it go. 22.2mpg on my first tank and 22.8 on the second and I have a pretty heavy lead foot. Think I’ll throw in a boost gauge and start playing a little bit. The exhaust from the cat back is in tough shape so when I replace I’ll open up the diameter a little bit and eliminate the resonator. More boost, more power and I can test the brakes more often.

The headlights ain’t cutting it. I’m in deer country to the tune of seeing a couple hundred deer in the fields around me isn’t anything unusual. Have I mentioned how good the brakes are? I’ve been looking at converting to euro headlights. I see I have another plug coming out of both headlight harnesses and is bundled up and tied off. I haven’t really looked closely but what is this other plug? For foglights? I don’t have a front foglight switch and so am wondering. Or are all 940s wired for euro headlights and the DOT headlights combine hi/low into 1 unit leaving another headlight circuit unused?

Until my next set of questions concerning tire/wheel sizes....
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Brian L., '90 244 198K, '01 S40 15K

I had the same first impression of the cornering of the 945T -- but once I learned how it behaves, my opinion has changed. Head into a long sweeping corner -- like an on/off ramp. The initial body roll does not instill confidence in the driver, so your first reaction is to back off. But if you go against your gut instinct (to back off) and instead start accellerating, you'll find that you're at the point where the sway bars have started doing their job -- it actually doesn't lean anymore. And as you rocket out of the turn, your confidence is restored. (give it a try... you'll be pleasantly surprized) My guess is that this would be minimized somewhat with new (maybe poly) swaybar body mount bushings. I already have FCP's poly endlink bushings. But the reality is that this is a pretty heavy, pretty big car, with a semi-soft suspension -- and it's gonna roll some when you push it.

New springs, shocks and struts would make a world of difference in the way the car handles and rides.

The extra connector on the headlight harness is for foglights.

Jeff Pierce
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'93 945 Turbo (201K miles), '93 945 (140K miles/I maintain for a family member), '93 945 Turbo (sold w 145K miles), '92 Mercedes 190E (174K miles), '85 Jeep CJ-7 w/ Fisher plow (225K miles), '53 Willys Overland w/ Fisher plow (sold to a loving home)