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endoxr4x4 #982332 7th Jan 2011 12:22am
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Will it have performance parts fitted?

Seems to me they are just well serviced cars with softer pads and "maybe" just more boost.


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police spec is bigger front brakes and pads specific to the police, uprated bottom arms but tuning is normally not touched so they say but who knows and not sure if they have the lsd box and better spec clutch as the clutch is heavy and really grippy in mine and seems to spin both wheels not just one but haven't drove it for 4 months so could have an open diff as i thought that it had as did think it was a standard T5 but then it's been abused but well serviced etc by the police, just a shame they took all the lights etc of it.

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You can soon do an easy LSD test, park one wheel on wet grass, the other on some tarmac, and see how long it takes to pull away. That or lift the whole front of the car and turn one wheel. If you have an LSD the other wheel will turn at the same speed and in the same direction.

Clutches in the 850 are pretty heavy duty stock, I've been involved with tuning two Geffen Motorsports 850R's a few years back and I seem to recall we all commented on how heavy the clutch was for a production car.

I'd be in the market for an 850R if the insurance weren't so ridiculous.

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Look for signs of sticker removal, hand cuff colars on the floor and donought wrappers in the glove box!


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yer going to check the diff if it's lsd or not as had a few cars with lsd.

no donought wrappers in the glovebox as it's had a few owners since being an unmarked manchester traffic car as checked and was registered in manchester just got to check now with them if it was indeed used as unmarked traffic car.

the clutch upgrade is to put the one from the R in as they are upgraded.

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I know a policman that used a set of front pads in 121 miles in a t5 as the auto in the marked traffic car at the time took some slowing down

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121 miles eek

They must be crap pads!


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stu try stopping a car that weighs 1500 kgs before adding 2 fat policemen and all the stuff that they carry so probably 1800-1900 kgs and with auto box you can't slow down through the gears, 121 miles was after high speed motorway chase.

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The 5 series BMWs weight that, and they dont munch the std pads think

There used to be a 4x4 Cavalier on the Wirral, going back 15 years or so, and that had been played with by Turbo Technics - the engine even had the chrome plug cover with their logo on omg


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i remember the black one i chased it one day across the 4 bridges it went very well and it used to park on seabank road

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This one was a fully marked traffic car smile


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oh not remember that one or i would of been in trouble if it was the same one.lol


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just sent a letter to manchester police asking if they would confirm that the volvo was an ex-police car and exactly what it used for and see if i can have it returned to police spec for show use and for them to use for publicity displays as there are a fair few old police cars that are used for shows and have been used by the police for demo's and at schools, I've even found a specialist ex-police car club to join once i know more about the Volvo.

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