Bench racing... spring race lined up... should be interesting...

primetime that code is an electrical problem with the fuel pump’s communications

I googled it and saw a few guys with that code, all revolving around an electrical issue.

Thanks… Should have thought about googling it… I’ll look tonight at home… Car drove fine so not sure… Probably tell him to take it to the dealer and have them scan it… That is what the warranty is for I suppose… later Ron

hopefully he still has one…!

LOL! Saw that post… he is still stock so he is fine… Also, he goes to the same dealership as me… They have no issues with my car and will warranty anything that breaks during the warranty period… Honesty, and buying quite a few cars goes a long way… lol In fact my battery died recently, which I posted, they sent a tech out in a Q7 service vehcile and changed the battery in my garage… If I am wrong and something goes boom… then I’ll pay for it…

On another note I see Auditude whining over on that other site… Blabbing about how stage I Revo is faster than APR stage II… that is funny as I ran 11.79 with APR and I am not on stage II… ECU goes in Tuesday for a revised tune ;D

There are a bunch of great results from REVO now. Of course there are a bunch of great results from APR as well.

Tune only times are a great comparison, but so few people go tune only so it’s hard to tell.

They’re all fucking fast…how about everyone agreeing on that? That’s what I’ve said since a year ago. I knew the results would all be similar based on the reputations of the three tuning companies. APR may leave a little on the table to keep their ‘Reputation and Legal Risk’ guys happy, but we’re talking a couple of percent. REVO and APR and GIAC…it’s a coin toss results wise.

Prime- His car is pretty quick when it’s rolling though, on pump ( implied). We have done a head to head run, and from the data I have seen from both cars on the vbox… it might have a slight edge. I’m on V1 though.

I won’t get into the whole quarter mile thing and Pete’s runs vs other cars that I haven’t seen ( gallardo, F430).

However, it’s gotta be recognized that yes you are up top as the fastest time. But that’s on race gas. That 12.2 that the other revo 93 guy ran (forgot name), as well as pete’s 12.4 are pretty f’in fast for a stage 1 on pump. You gotta admit those are pretty impressive times.

The thing I do have issue with on AZ is a certain person (marty) calling out the times I gathered for Pete and calling them BS. He had nothing to do with testing/reporting the times. Just ran the car. If he is gonna question the times there, he might as well question Apexit’s 10.87 while we are at it which is a whole second faster with a 2.99% decline.

Yeah people have issues with Pete. I understand. But I am staying out of that stuff and he knows it. He is a big boy and can handle himself. But that was a legit run and the results I posted were also. I made sure of it.

I was there the entire time. In fact, I placed the vbox, followed the car, and removed the vbox and uploaded to my laptop. He doesn’t even have the .dbn file that recorded his runs. Never has. The run was 100% legit. Don’t know why Marty would have an issue with it. Was he on race gas? I have no f’in clue. Probably not since there are probably 3 pumps on Long Island with 100 octane and none are close to where he lives and had to fill up on way to meet me.

The run I sent saki was for the revo car. The road was very level and the car was flying. His quarter matched what he ran at track (ET wise). Traps were high but the vbox does error on high side for those.

marty is just confused. He doesn’t understand that it’s actually not that hard for a very limited car like the B8 S4 to make massive gains like that.
Look at the delta out towards redline of a tuned car vs. stock…it’s insanely large.

11.9 I believe was auditard’s 60-130 and I myself am saying that, having reviewed the PBOX file. If I say it happened, and it relates to auditurd, IT HAPPENED! lol. I don’t really understand…Marty just got it wrong…then kept fighting it…then dug a hole for himself. I reckon he’ll let it drop now that he has been shown the facts. Happened a few times back in the early days of B8. He’d get real mad for stuff I posted, but after being hammered with facts, he’d just go quiet. When we saw the APR tuned car. vs stock and it was like 6 car lengths, I said ‘stock B8 S4 = 12.9-13.0, so APR tune only will be about 12.6’ and he and everyone went off saying it was an eleven second car. Umm…nope. It’s a 12.6 car lol.

Tsivas I don’t think REVO will have as much of a RACE vs. PUMP gap as APR did. Didn’t REVO apply a bunch more timing on their PUMP tune? There’s only so much you can add…so they’re already closer to the limit.

yep agreed saki. i doubt the difference is as big with the revo setup going to race gas. we shall see. they are running very aggressive timing already.

We are trying to get the Revo car flashed Thursday with 100 file and retesting with 100 gas. I will try and be there for all the steps lol. Gonna rerun quarter etc times with new file right after on same strip we use.

how on earth did he only get a 93 tune???

He was the east coast tester for them I believe. Think it was stock-93 files.

I remember having to vag com the car several times after changes were made.

Hey Tsivas the guy that did 12.2 that you forgot name is ME!!! LOL I’m so fucking happy… I wanna try 100 octane quick before my engine pops lol

I also thought Auditude was using 100 to make his runs and no. Revo S1 is fast as it is. You guys are probably right that there won’t be that much difference with 100. I’ll see if I can run racing file next weekend

tsivas, no doubt his car is fast… not bitching about that… the extra timing they are throwing at it helps quite a bit… both he and Pablo have performed very well… keep their DA’s in mind as well, that is huge on these cars… the other Revo cars I have seen have been slow at the strip fwiw… Personally, I have nothing against him but don’t like some of his comments and more so how he acted when kevkev ran 11.8 and then 11.5 I won’t even comment on him and marty…

As for the 60-130 thing, I’ll give it a try… How does it work? Do I go 0-130 and measure the 60-130 component or got WOT at 60 and measure from there? The second one I’ll need to pratice a little if that is the case… Need to find the sweet spot gear/rpm wise…

Just yanked the ecu… going to get a new tune ;D it’s 6th or 7th trip to AL… lol I still owe you an email…

what makes you say DA is huge on these cars? You’ve mentioned a few times your good times were in bad-mediocre DA.

it’s one or the other…can’t have your cake and eat it too!

Here is my post from over at AZ…

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/475240-Vbox-60-130-times-for-APR-REVO

So we finally got a few guys together to do a followup to the initial thread Auditude started a few days ago when we logged his car. A lot of commotion was made by some in questioning the validity of Pete’s runs and the magnitude of what it meant vs a stock S4… and I wanted to clear some of the stuff I was reading about and at the same time get a good comparison between tunes and different setups.

First a thank you to Auditude, Richi, Dave (Dave329), and Vadim (doesn’t post on here but lurks) for coming out to do this and helping with my obsession in data logging, whether it be with the vag com or vbox. I think after seeing the strip we are using… they are hooked and everyone wants to come back for some pulls/videos and more testing.

The one strip we decided on, in Mexico was really straight and seemed to go for a while and I believe Richi hit 157 on it and then slowing down instantly for our meetup exit. LOL. [hail]

A couple of things before I get into the comparison.

*We all ran on pump.

*We were all manual cars tonight and I think after tonight’s showing, for the most part… this shows how good the DSG really is. The shifts definitely slowed down our times, especially the fourth to fifth gear shift we needed to make to get to 130. It seems the APR v2 software can now rev out 4th gear to ~130 with the increased rev limiter which is a big plus in the 60-130 times. 60-120 times showed a better relation/comparison for most of us as it was just one shift, down, and can be done really fast without any major decrease in speed as seen on the graphs.

*The two APR v2 guys both experienced cutoffs in power and I will let Richi explain it better but it might be something that needs to be addressed by APR. Was it the clutch slipping? From what I gathered from both drivers, they felt like it was a complete loss of engine power and was software related. I don’t know and I can’t say for sure what was happening there.

It was a great night all in all and I hope more people can come out to gather data, especially some APR v2 DSG and GIAC cars (6MT and DSG).

Again the strip we use has very little elevation change, is fairly level, and goes for a long while. Everyone seemed to start at different sections of this strip and still managed to hit 130+.


First up was Dave in his Revo Stage 1 6MT.

Here is his graph…

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn477/tsivas27/Daverevorun.jpg

As far as his times I extrapolated from the software…

60-90 … 3.52 seconds
60-100 … 5.55 seconds
60-120 … 9.21 seconds
60-130 … 12.98 seconds

Looking at Dave’s graph… he really took his time [:p] on that 4th to 5th shift (clutch slip?) and it showed with his final time being the slowest. Because from 60-120 he was doing very well. In fact, he was doing better than all the APR cars which were stage 2, v1 and v2. He was also only off by .06 seconds from 60-120 to Pete’s time. Nice job Dave. All I know was his car always came back smelling like gourmet burnt clutch.


Next up as far as total time goes was me. My car is 6MT, with APR Stage 2 v1 software and Awe tuning intake and exhaust.

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn477/tsivas27/tsivasrun.jpg

60-90 … 3.65 seconds
60-100 … 5.73 seconds
60-120 … 9.53 seconds
60-130 … 12.73 seconds

I could also improve my 4th to 5th shift… it’s awkward and it sux… but with the solid 3rd to 4th shift… I am still ~.3 seconds behind the Revo Stage 1 car, which is really impressive.


Next up time wise was my man Richi in his 6MT, APR Stage 2 v2, with APR intake, APR CPS, Miltek exhaust and Eurocode headers.

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn477/tsivas27/richirun.jpg

60-90 … 3.63 seconds
60-100 … 5.61 seconds
60-120 … 9.49 seconds
60-130 … 12.66 seconds
60-140 … 15.64 seconds

Richi and I agreed, I would have thought we would have seen some better times from him. He will explain the power loss/cut that he experienced. He did do some pulls on the highway in between our vbox logging… I don’t know with what cars. I’m sure he will chime in.


I’ll add Auditude’s time in this slot… you guys have seen his stats already. 2011 DSG, Revo Stage 1 software

Can you see shifts in his graph cuz I can’t!! That’s DSG for you.

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn477/tsivas27/peterevo.jpg

60-90 … 3.63 seconds
60-100 … 5.25 seconds
60-120 … 9.15 seconds
60-130 … 11.87 seconds
60-140 … 14.77 seconds
versus Richi’s 15.64 seconds.

I added his runs from a stop, for a comparison to the one APR car that did do some launches.
0-60 mph… 4.09 seconds
0-90 mph… 7.76 seconds
60 foot time… 2.18 seconds
330 ft time… 5.46 @ 72.09
Quarter mile… 12.45@116.54


The last car belongs to Vadim. 2011 6MT, APR Stage 2, v2 with Stratmosphere intake. One thing of worthy note… Vadim did his runs [SIZE=3]with a passenger for some reason. I tried to have him go solo but it wasn’t happening for some reason.

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn477/tsivas27/vadimrun.jpg

60-90 … 3.74 seconds
60-100 … 5.51 seconds
60-120 … 9.31 seconds
60-130 … 11.60 seconds!!!

So what we see is that the APR v2 Stage 2 60-130 time is about .27 seconds faster than Auditude’s 11.87 time. This is with a passenger and with no 10-15 mph taliwind tonight, and 10 degree warmer temps.

Looking at his graph, it seems he started in second where we started in third. I believe if he started in third gear for the run he would have had a much better 60-130 time also. You can also see from his graph the increased speeds where the shifts are happening.

Vadim did do some runs from a dig also and experienced the power loss that Richi did on his quarter mile run and another 0-60 run he tried.

0-60 mph… 3.93 seconds!!!
0-90mph… 7.61 seconds
60 ft… 2.04 seconds
330 ft time… 5.31 @72.4 mph

On his quarter mile run… I will show u in the graph… when he was shifting from 3rd to 4th… there was that power cut/speed loss for a brief moment. There is no reason for that shift to be missed. It’s a straight shift and he was nailing all his shifts all night.

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn477/tsivas27/vadimquarter.jpg

He ran a 12.5@109.6 even with that issue I mentioned. I believe, just by looking at the graph and following a more realistic shift curve for the 3rd gear to 4th gear shift, versus than the one he had (power loss or clutch slip, I don’t know but it looks like a giant V on the graph), that was a low 12 second run for sure. (~12.2-12.3 is my guess). This again with a 180 lb passenger in the car.

The car definitely is fast. It’s a tad bit faster than the Revo Stage 1 car and a full quarter mile run will show that also. What definitely helps in the runs is that increased rev limiter.

However, not to be overlooked is that fact that the Revo stage 1 cars are putting up some very good and sometimes better numbers than some of the APR Stage 2 cars. Vadim’s car managed to get a better overall 60-130 time only by gaining in the last 10 mph (120-130). Before that… the Pete’s Revo DSG had the edge.

I have learned a few things from this comparison… Revo is making some really good power for Stage 1. The APR V2 car that Vadim was driving also hauled some serious ass. his 0-90 times with a good launch were very impressive as well as the 60-130 time which beat the Revo car by .27 seconds. DSG really helps in all areas not just off the line as evidenced in this data. I want to get a APR Stage 2 v2 DSG car to really compare to the Revo DSG car. We are dealing with different gear ratios on starts and the 6MT do lose time in between shifts.

Well-I hope this helps you guys out. I will be doing some interesting vag logs next week to hopefully debunk some stuff we have been hearing. Stay tuned… or in Hokie S4’s case… maybe not. [;)]
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Thats a solid bit of data collection, well done.

Saki, They ran in -1700 and -1300 DA respectively… I never ran in a DA that low especially stage I… When I ran 12.06 with 100 tune, exhaust and intake it was 450DA… This year I ran the same mods for a good part of the summer and then fall… In the summer I was going 12.0-12.1 even with CPS… then I get two good days in the fall and go 11’s 6-7 times… Summer DA’s were 2000+ vs fall being 500’s so yeah it helps… I wasn’t trying to have my cake and eat it to or whatever, just pointing out that the DA’s those times were run in were mineshaft DA’s…

tsivas, nice work man… interesting how the car with a passenger ran the best… He must shift very well… looking forward to more results… Oh, let me guess Marty didn’t come out?

Thanks guys.

Yeah the run between Marty and Pete didn’t happen mostly b/c a) Pete wasn’t available (work) and b) didn’t want to have him ruin a nice turnout.

Those two can run on a different night. I know what the results are gonna be already. One car will get mopped up in every scenario (dig, roll)… Hint it rhymes with BMW.

Luis/Apexit has brother with same setup as him, if not more and the car gets walked. The dude’s in LaLa land if he thinks he can beat the Revo car.

I get that…but if its ‘huge’ why is your car fastere than every other car? I mean is your car really capable of 11.50 in killer da? If so that puts you a good 4 tenths ahead of 81bear…who ran 11.9 with a 30 mph tailwind in great da. Are you really half a second ‘smarter’ since his car is just about the same mods (he just doesn’t have cps but had no soak problems that cold day, and got faster the more he ran…and has WAY lighter wheels)

Either da doesn’t matter a ton, or your car is WAY faster than any other b8 s4 by such a large degree its almost unfathomable.

I get the feeling marty’s car isn’t so hot.

This is the guy who talks mad shit about how awesome the 335 is…then went to the b8 dragday…and didn’t fucking run his car??? Just parked it???

Now he dodged this thing? Once he saw the b8 60-130 times, he changed from ‘what time are we meeting’ to ‘I’ll only go if auditude goes’ knowing full well auditude had to work.

Maybe I’m wrong but it sure seems he has a little fear.

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I honestly can’t say for sure… Keep in mind I am running a one off tune and I haven’t seen any logs that show as high of timing as my car made the day I went 11.79, 11.84, 11.87, and 11.89… We have seen what timing increase does on Revo… I also have a custom intake, not claiming that is helping too much but it is a difference… I am fairly confident Bear knows what he is doing so there is no way driver is worth that much… As I have said before Thompson isn’t known as a fast track either… Bear’s DA was the same +550, as the day I ran but he did have the wind factor… Our times are only .173 different so it’s not a huge delta… If we both ran in -1000+ DA’s I bet we would each cut a tenth assuming we could get traction… As for will I go 11.5x? Probably not this spring unless we get a killer DA do to a really high BP and low humidity… Low DA’s as a result of low temperatures aren’t as favorable because then I am fighting to get good traction w/o going to low in tire pressure which then hurts me on the big end… I’ll have 12lbs off each front wheel and hopefully some off the rears along with a new tune when I run in April so will have to wait and see…