Lol, the worst part is how laughable 3-5seconds is. That is a fucking eternity, even for a RWD with slicks, maybe he was watching top fuel dragsters for tips.
I appreciate the thesis Chris but once again it has nothing to do with anything that matters. This isn’t a popularity contest. The bottom line is figuring out what each company has to offer for the platform. We now see what a customer has been able to do with an APR S/C. What are the JHM stage 2 S/C owners running with their cars? I actually don’t know, so appears to be a reasonable question to me. Mistro, I am no expert at drag racing. It’s simply not what I personally do often. Now if you wish to talk about a road course I highly doubt there is anyone on this forum with similar power/weight who would be anywhere near me on the track. But once again, has nothing to do with this thread. It’s pretty sad how often you guys choose to go on tangents instead of being able to focus on the topic at hand. I can promise you that flyingtomatoes spends absolutely no time being concerned about ur personal feelings toward him so it may be a good idea for you to move on and not spend so much time focused on him as an individual and just looking at results for what they r, just results.
Just poking some fun. When you aren’t familiar with a topic, you shouldn’t go around giving advice as things you apparently did based on things you may have actually only read or saw somewhere.
I don’t talk about how I precisely adjust my camber, dampening, rebound etc before I hit the road course… Because I don’t.
I can say with complete certainty that I haven’t given any advice to anyone about drag racing in 2013. So lets stick the the present. Clearly since there’s a thread we may as well get that 1/4 list updated to show the fastest customer driven 1/4 time.
Ill take you up on that road course challenge lol
Jeebus, What a joke.
PM me
I asked FT on Instagram if he wants to meet at the track next week and he said he can’t go because of the holidays… If he has changed his mind I am down to meet him there and see the car run and get some runs in. Let me know.
Don’t bother. This little flea was kicking around here a year ago and ran his modified RS4 at the strip slower than my STOCK RS4. Then he started challenging everyone to race at the dragstrip for $1000
When like 5 guys accepted, he backed the fuck down and said he would only race me, in Canada…for $10,000…and only if I paid to ship his car up here.
We later saw him telling people that when he goes to the strip, he does 5 second burnouts. Clearly he was a lying retard who has no concept of actually running an AWD Audi because that’s literally IMPOSSIBLE. I have driven 550 whp Audis and a huge burnout would be 1 second. His RS4 might make 330 whp if he’s lucky.
Nobody is clowning anyone. I started a thread to discuss a great time for an RS4, however it should address people’s claims that the APR kit is easily good for 10s in ‘better DA with full exhaust’. Frankly I don’t think the conditions could have been any better for Flying Potatoes.
The JHM record was set with a customer’s car for what it’s worth, not the Blue shop car .
What did that customer run with his car? … And I told everyone over a year ago what weekend I would be at NJMP. I showed and no one else did. So spare me the dramatics. If he would like to PM me and setup a date I’m all for it. But just like last time, I expect no one to show. Every event I attend every year is always posted on a forum somewhere so there’s always an opportunity for takers. But as I said, PM me. Save this thread for relevant data for te discussion at hand.
…so would I, and I think we’d both be below your power/weight ratio and you’d have no chance. FWIW there are no “experts” on the drag strip here, just enthusiasts, save possibly the count (he was doing pro 5.0?). There’s even less road course experts here…just people who enjoy it…don’t overstate your expertise. A few of us would welcome people who are more track focused. Relax and stop coming here swinging.
I realise you’re a drag racing neophyte, but let me help you out.
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he cut a 1.74 60’ time, so traction was excellent. He was only 5 hundredths off what JHM did when they went 11.12, the pump gas record. 5 hundredths of 60’ = 5 hundredths of 1/4 mile ET. If you think JHM had great traction, and flying potatoes had terrible traction, you’re not reading properly. If Flying potato gun would maybe have had a 1.69 60’ time it would have translated to a time around 11.20 @ 125. Not a huge change.
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JHM ran in +300 to +600 feet of density altitude. Flying Potato Gun ran in -2800 or thereabouts. That’s a massive difference. Any AWD drag racer on earth would trade 5-10 hundredths of traction for a 3000 foot advantage in density.
We don’t have NLS software on this platform. The limiter at idle is a 2 step limiter.
PM me. I’m always up for getting some entertaining video.
Steve texted me after he went to the track and I have to say, the results are great for an independent test. He told me with a little more practice he believes he could get better results. This was his first time to island raceway, his first time drag racing an RS4 and his first time drag racing an AWD vehicle so kudos to him!
When I take my S4 out, I’m sure I’ll have to have a drive mod for better results. : )
No the fucking challenge was at the strip…you turned it into a fucking road course challenge. You were going to come race everyone…then everything changed. You were the cocky one, why should anyone else travel hundreds of miles to hear excuses. I would have ran you at the strip in a heart beat.
…and how he fuck do you even race at an HPDE? Or do you just compare times? I would like another man sitting shot gun and stroking my ego with his hand on my thigh though.
Yeah, nobody is questioning anything Steve ran. It’s a great time. The kit and tune are working well to produce acceleration. With launch control that’s even better to set the customer up for success. Two years ago, this time would have been revolutionary. Today it’s the third fastest pump gas RS4. Awesome, but I don’t get why people are defending the APR kit and driver as if it is under attack.
The thread was simply to address the claims that once an APR kitted car gets a real catback or better DA, it will be lights out. Well, one did, and it got the best possible conditions for making power, and he cut a great 60’ (the biggest obstacle)…and the car went 11.2 @ 125. To get into the 10s, he is going to need to powershift and cut a 1.55 60’. I don’t see it happening, but hey let’s see. Will be fun to watch.
Third fastest RS4 ET on pump gas
Third fastest RS4 MPH on pump gas
Second fastest customer RS4
Fastest owner driven RS4
Great!
Bottom line? Results like this show us that the APR blower is getting pretty much maxed out here. It’s pushing 15-16ish PSI of boost (we think…nobody will tell us) and the cars are running low 11s @ 125 on pump gas. To get more out of it, they need race gas. So it’s hitting a ceiling for a typical ‘street’ setup. The race gas stuff is nice for bragging to the B5 guys who also enjoy race gas ,but for a street time in full interior, street tire trim, low 11s @ 125 seems to be it.
Expand ur horizons, come to an event, and maybe you’ll learn a thing or two.
Exactly.
Primetime, Richib86, me, Euroswagr and a few others stepped up…then Lawrence Gibson bitched out and ould only race me if I was stock while he was modified (for $10,000+ lol)…and then he turned it into road race superstar day in New Fucking Jersey and claimed victory lol.
LOL! That’s right I forgot about this guy challenging everyone to a drag race… He dismissed my lowly S4 pretty quickly as a waste of time…
Daytona, I don’t think you were alluding to my post earlier, but you don’t need to worry about me taking my car to the strip as a customer and reporting results… But again I’m just a lowly S4 owner patiently waiting for this blower so I can install and make some passes… I gave props to the driver for some pretty good times especially now that I know it was his first time… My guess is he left a lot on the table with his staging, keeping the car straight, playing with tire air pressure, etc. but hey what would an S4 owner know… Again, props to him for taking the car out and testing… Did he post results somewhere? Any vids?