I always wonder how many of the people whining “why isn’t it here” will actually throw down the money when the time comes :
lol great point. APR said they sell the grand majority of their big ticket items like supercharger kits to people who don’t even know what a forum is
Just mentioning the word “supercharger” starts a fight at home over financials and home projects that I don’t want to prioritize. I’ll have to find a way to do it secretly. What’s a forum?
-Skid
There’s a huge world beyond the forums. Just follow JHM’s facebook page - lots of cars on there that I can’t link to the forums. Unless they are being ninja. Also, APR’s reach is worldwide. Am I right in thinking that 1740 development is going on in South Africa and Australia to develop tunes for hot and high?
But great point about how many of those guys in the AZ thread are going to throw their money down.
yeah, the 1320 kit was far ahead of us in Aus I believe. We were like…last.
Wasn’t the manufacturer of their 1320 kit based in Australia as well? Assuming they dropped them, which of the remaining aftermarket SC companies is making the 1740 and where are they located?
-Skid
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Yeah. We were all set for some good RS5 marketing material in Australia but the Motor Magazine Tuner Challenge got canceled/moved to another date.
Any updates? Like time frame release?
Thx Arin
Adrian aka ex Revo Imola
Announcing exciting new products on a car forum, without a release date is like waving a red flag at a bullfight. Somebody’s going to get gored.
Pretty funny. For the rs4 it’s troublesome because there are already a bunch of incredible options out there. Talking about something that is still six months away in the rs4 market won’t work. They will lose. Already have lost actually in people like kryptonik who went elsewhere. That’s why they didn’t say much about it till very recently, not long before release date.
However for the b8 there’s zero competition. So they can announce it six months ago and drag their heels and push the v8 stuff out first.
Ya the only other company I can imagine having the resources to go Stage III would be GIAC. But I haven’t seen any indication that they are going that route.
Who knows, though, EPL is already at Stage II (without a pulley, right?) - maybe they’ll continue breaking barriers on the B8 platform :
if they do go stage 3, it won’t be for a LONG time according to what Austin told me at WF. said they want to maximize everything the stock blower will allow for before they head that route. they claim there’s still a lot left on the table
I guess you mean AWE?
GIAC is software only.
Someone should send him a compressor map.
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Why let facts get in the way?
its quite possible that’s what I mean but it was out of Austin’s mouth and not anyone from AWE that said it to me. he claims that more can be done for power without swapping the blower
So basically, sounds like APR will be the only game in town for a LONG time. Can’t imagine squeezing any marginal gains out of the 1320 would be comparable to the 1740. Doesn’t seem like a plausible competitive strategy to me (whether AWE v APR or AWE/GIAC v APR).
Imho, there’s only more there with power adders, I.e. meth, n02, etc… Its what I think, which means absolutely, shit.
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seeing as I quoted clochner not you, it’s actually impossible