haha, i’m not talking about Uni. It’s another DSG tune by a company with three letters that isn’t APR.
^^ hpa is finally coming out with one? they’ve been saying that for years now.
well then there are 2 coming haha
See, I can come back whenever I like and people still haven’t stopped talking about HPA coming out with a tune “very soon”. IIRC that’s where the joke “2 weeks” started prior to anyone else…
The thrust in every gear we are throwing away from 6950-7200 rpm is staggering…that will be a bigger difference than trying to wind out fourth gear, the ratio to 5th is pretty close.
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That’s true, no matter what some people on these forums would like you to believe “eurogear” in particular, these cars HP keeps increasing to redline and they pull all the way to the top.
i was told I could drive to their facility last week if I so wished so go figure?! :
Not just Euro, someone else here has said we should always shift at the power peak…:-).
Yeah I heard that they could only do the tune locally. Hey, if its true, you should go for it…you’re still fucked for warranty, right? One less thing to worry about, in reality.
Who is eurogear?
who? I haven’t seen anyone say to shift right at the power peak.
He’s always on my ass for redlining my car, but we need every RPM up to 7200 to make maximum power on these cars.
Are you sure that’s what he’s talking about? I. E. You think he is saying to shift earlier to be faster?
Paper couldn’t follow the points I was trying to make…he kept bringing up his car was tuned (which I fucking knew) but I wasn’t talking about his car specifically. I was talking about every car having a different point where their power drops off significantly. B6/7 S4s don’t have optimum power to redline, which is why we shift at 65-6600 RPMs. I was looking at a stock B8 S4 and discussing how it would be pointless to run it to redline because of the power dropping off.
This was a quote after the arguing…in regards to the power dropping off on a B8 S4 MT6 stock dyno from APR that I posted.
[quote]I said 6300RPM…and shifting at redline isn’t always ben…e…ficial, if you don’t understand that then I guess what we are discussing is pointless and you know less than I thought. Answer this, If your power is dropping off dramatically past 6500, but your redline is 7000…are you still going to wind your car out to 7k? or will you shift at 6500 and stay in the “bread and butter” of your power band?
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I guess you still don’t understand, but it’s old news.
Paper I completely get it that your tuned, pulled, modded B8 S4 pulls all the way to redline.
Do you have it back yet? When are you gonna get some damn runs in?
I guess you still don’t understand, but it’s old news.
Paper I completely get it that your tuned, pulled, modded B8 S4 pulls all the way to redline.
Do you have it back yet? When are you gonna get some damn runs in?
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This is wrong. Because gear ratios…
What matters is peak power at the wheels, not peak power at the crank. Thanks to torque multiplication, revving out a lower gear, even if after power peak, will still put more power to the ground than the higher gear would.
This is the same for a tuned or stock car.
I guess you still don’t understand, but it’s old news.
Paper I completely get it that your tuned, pulled, modded B8 S4 pulls all the way to redline.
Do you have it back yet? When are you gonna get some damn runs in?
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Hey man I don’t hold grudges. I remember that thread but you mention it every time anyone talks about redlining a car.
Ya I got the car back I’m breaking in the clutch. This thing is wicked. I’m going to a huge Audi show out in Vegas called wustefest at the end of this month. I’ll probably hit the strip on the way there as I don’t think I will be in any condition to race on the way back.
This is wrong. Because gear ratios…
What matters is peak power at the wheels, not peak power at the crank. Thanks to torque multiplication, revving out a lower gear, even if after power peak, will still put more power to the ground than the higher gear would.
This is the same for a tuned or stock car.
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well said, sir.
Paper, hope that clutch holds up!
Life isn’t all about the strip and some stupid spreadsheet on a web forum, don’t sweat it Paper. I’d much rather see some awesome kills…was awesome seeing Bear slay the domestic iron when he was out…and especially when they saw the Audi/Ferrari races, people were floored at the Audi winning, the ones I talked to anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztNDsjVnQq4
Agreed. But it’s the only relevant measure of acceleration data. You’d agree with that, right?
No, I wouldn’t say it’s the most relevant measure of acceleration. Ask Bear how he felt being run down at the strip last weekend every run against me…same way I’ve felt being run down by CTS-Vs and C63s in the past…it’s much more fun being the hunter than the hunted. Everyone knows what would happen on the open road…or on the road courses where 140+mph is easily achievable on many tracks main straights nowadays.
But it’s not worth getting into on this board…sure the 1/4 mile is important, but very specific.
All I know is I’ve had more fun racing the guys I have at the strip, win or lose, than I’ve ever had waving a piece of paper around.
Sorry. I don’t see how the 1/4 mile run is not specific. Are you talking about road courses?
Edit: I agree about waiving pieces of paper around - as long as those pieces of paper are dyno numbers 
well all I know is it was very fucking relevant to these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNVwabR6LKE
Fast and Furious FTW!! Can’t wait til the next one premieres May 24.