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@Dammit
Hah- that's Russel Thomson of RT motors, he's a bit of a joke in Volvo circles.
He built that T5-R to be a demo vehicle for his garage, and has been at the speed trials for a few years running- and getting slower each time.
He's running a garrett GT35 I think it is, at ~28PSI, so has heroic lag, then 534 horsepower for maybe 500 revs, then he's got no power again.
Try putting that through the front wheels and getting a good time.
He's been thoroughly beaten in terms of 1/4 mile times by a chap who built his 850R in his shed in Sevenoaks, and has a much smaller turbo- 30/76 I think he had on his car.
Russ is also renowned for forgetting to make cars oil tight after working on them, resulting in engine destruction, and charging a Rapha-esque amount of money for it.