1/8 mill dragstrip results for V10 S6

A6 All/ S6 All
#1

Well temps were decent yesterday and I was in the neighborhood so i decided to run down the drag strip a couple times. Had been driving about 1.5 hours before pulled straight into the staging lanes to run. Girlfriend was in the car so kept the car on. Car was for sure heat soaked an most likely pulling timing and just hot as well. Learned a couple things from the runs. I believe I’ll re-install my CAI flaps as I think they help with the power/torque down low. Also going to have it scoped to see if possibly Carbon is a big issue. Car now has about 60k miles on it so not sure if plugs would help as well.

Mods are

K&Ns
xpipe and 1 set of resonators deleted
APR 93 Tune (Not happy with and even wondering if the installer actually loaded the tune)

Attached Video of one of the runs. Let me know your thoughts!

http://youtu.be/Rz85OEeeqgc


http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p730/syncmaster347/Timeslip_zps858bad7b.jpg

#2

Well, I dont think your results are that disappointing, pre-carbon clean. They are quite a bit better than my car stock.

My best was 1/8 et 9.52 @ 75.4 mph which worked out to 14.6 in the 1/4. So, I would guess you would be right around 14 even, which is pretty good. It is actually right where I would have guessed you would be, with the mods you have compared to my stock car.

Don’t underestimate the difference a carbon clean can make. This guy dynoed 55hp and 25tq higher at the wheels, after one…

http://www.audiworld.com/forums/a6-s6-c6-platform-discussion-58/2007-audi-s6-�-carbon-buildup-�-dyno-2796154/

So, if carbon is an issue, then you could probably get down to mid-13s with a clean and maybe some minor weight reduction (LW wheels (stock are boat anchors), remove spare)

#3

Also, I think I heard a passenger in the car? Lose her and youll get a bit faster

#4

Hate to break it to you but from what I’ve seen. Your 9.1 is the range for your car. The best your going to see is just a few steps faster then that. I remember reading threads about 4 years ago where a few S6 guys and an S8 guy went to the track. None of the times were better then 13.8 and that’s with the same mods you have. The APR tune probably was installed definitely when you compare to the stock 9.5 time. Your issue really is going to be the full exhaust system and more help on the tune to go with it.

Even when you watch videos of the v10 S6 and S8 cars do standing runs from 0 to 130kph the heavily modified ones are not too much faster then yours.

#5

I have lighter wheels, already removed the spare tire lol. She weighs about 100lbs. Going to check the carbon and hit the quarter in couple weeks. I’ll be able to actually let the car cool down and that should help a bit too.

#6

this 1/8 is the equivalent of 14.1 @ 100 in the 1/4 if anyone’s wondering

#7

Nice. Right inline with my stock car 14.6, when you consider SSicks mods.

SSicks, you are going through exactly what I went through when I got my results:

The 5 Stages of Audi S6 v10 ownership follwing a trip to the dragstrip

1. Denial and Isolation

This can’t be right. They must have lied to me about the APR tune.

2. Anger

How can those Audi Marketing bastards deceive me like this. My car has a friggin Lambo engine, God damnit! I should be in the 12s!

3. Bargaining

I promise to always use 93 octane from here on in, and Ill do a carbon clean at least once a year, if I can just get my car to the low 13s.

4. Depression

How am I supposed to go on with life, when a stock 3L v6 is faster than my v10? Isn’t the ‘S’ in ‘S6’ supposed to mean something?

5. Acceptance

My v10 is slow and the current aftermarket products don’t help much either. It sure has comfy seats though :wink:

Hopefully 2015 will be the year when we see some real performance products for the S6 v10 that finally unleash the beast!

#8

haha great post. karma bump

#9

LOL! Love it.

Another fan of the Kubler-Ross model for the 5 stages of grief. :slight_smile:

(I did a similar play on it with RS4 carbon buildup… http://audirevolution.net/forum/index.php?topic=2845.0)

#10

Hahaha… so funny.

This model could actually be applied to all kinds of situations in Audi ownership…

The 5 stages of grief when your A6 4.2 loses reverse

The 5 stages of grief when your chain driven 4.2 breaks a guide

The 5 stages of grief when you pretty much do anything with a 2.7t

#11

ssicks, where did you run this, and what was the date/time so we can see DA?

#12

happy to see the RS4 escape that list

You could probably add carbon buildup to that…but most notably for a vacuum leak being mistaken for carbon buildup.

#13

Good Idea was yesterday around 5-6pm at Texas Raceway in Kennedale TX.

Let me know!

#14

Density Altitude: 847 feet
Relative Density: 97.55 %

No help There~

My Steps are shorter than 5! I knew it wasnt a fast car when I bought it. I’ll do the carbon cleaning, change plugs then put the Nitrous on and see if I can get a 12.XX run. If not oh well!

Custom intake for V10
#15

I was keeping these private until the video was posted, but it seems that the cat is more or less, out of the bag now anyway.

This is from my stock 07 S6.

http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb11847770/p4pb11847770.jpg

Saki, let me know if you need anything else to add it to the database. (Nevermind, I added it in the correct section)

So, as you can see from mine, your time was actually pretty good, and you currently hold the record for the fastest C6 S6 to the 1/8th on AudiRevolution!

NOS would be awesome. I hope you can make it happen. My guess is that gutting the cats with a catback, combined with a proper ECU/TCU tune, will get you some solid gains.

The path to performance success on the S6 is going to look very similar to the path that was established by the B6/B7 S4 guys. No need to reinvent the wheel for the S6.

#16

Awesome Ill add that to my Signature lol!

The DA on your runs was 1732 quite a bit higher! That corrects to a 14.394 @ 99.229 MPH

#17

Fantastic! I just got faster and I didnt even have to do anything. LOL

#18

Actual data is great. I wouldn’t get too excited about the da difference the bigger the na motor the less effected it is by da. Not to say it’s not effected but I think you guys are fighting many other things outside of the da.

The good part about all this is that these times do reflect each other properly. SSckis the only thing I would suggest is maybe put the stock tires and rims back on it for some more solid data. Obviously it’s your car but getting an idea on what your mods did before you drop the weight would really help start putting the data in place.

#19

I scoped the car and It needs the intake cleaned pretty bad so that is good. Anyone have a good DIY intake cleaning thread for these cars? Also are the plugs a PITA? Any threads on those two would be great! Our 1/4 mile track doesn’t open till FEB 28th. I think 1/4 mile would be a better test.

#20

I heard of some places cleaning it out with peanut shells. I’d wait to see what the other guys on here say.

I would be more concerned about carbon buildup on the back of the valves and in the intake track to the heads. Is that what you were talking about or the intake manifold?