Getting ready for track season 2015

B8 S4
#41

Technically I’ve already tracked once this year (in January) but I’ve been modding a bunch since then:

Stoptech Trophy STR-60 BBK up front - will swap in Pagid RS-29’s at the track (haven’t tried them before)
Stoptech Performance Sport Rotors and Performance Street pads in the rear
Track wheel/tire setup with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2’s
034 Transmission Mount Insert
Spulen Rear Diff Mount

My next track weekend is April 11-12th at my home track and I couldn’t be more excited!! A few of my friends whom I recruited to the track for the first time in January will be there again and many friends I’ve met at the track the last few years, going to be a blast. Really pumped to get back out there and try out my new setup!!

This may also be my last year tracking the S4 … on the fence about continuing to mod it (suspension and tune) or switching platforms. We’ll see, I absolutely enjoy the S4 at the track and darnit I want to keep modding it, just not sure what I’ll end up doing yet. My thinking is to move to a lighter and rwd platform next.

#42

Start of the season tomorrow!

I’ve been fighting off a cold for the past week… :frowning: Hopefully I get through the whole day tomorrow (though if I’m really not feeling well, I’ll cut my day short - there will be other days).

I got Harry’s Laptimer for the fruit phone and have a Ram mount. So interested to see what’s what.

It is the Pacific North WET here and it was dumping buckets on the track today so should be fun day tomorrow!

#43

careful , the entire b8 s4 community is outside your door waiting to lynch you

This is huge. I’ve only been to a couple of track days but early session to late the difference was bug. One day to the next it was big. After a couple years in one car (RS5) I imagine psyk is getting really comfortable

#44

Let us know how it goes!

I doubt that, racing is all about keeping the engine on boil. Revving to 8.5k or whatever would be incredible. Isn’t that why the GT3 is NA with a 9k redline vs going turbo? I thought most of the argument was between the B7 S4 4.2 and 3.0T. But the high revving 4.2 is another story, same with the S65 e90 m3.

Daily driving is different debate, since the 3.0T has such a nice low end, and doesn’t really had a dead spot in the torque band. I would probably prefer the engine characteristic of the 3.0T, if not factoring sound into the equation.

#45

Lol so yesterday I woke up feeling a little off. In addition to the cold I apparently got pink eye lol. Just saw the doc.

Anyways, it was dumping buckets yesterday.

The first session was moist and I was very much getting acquainted with both the car’s new handling and the slight updates to one of the corners (made tighter and slower). Even then, I beat my best old time by 4 seconds (done when bone dry) with plenty left (since I was not feeling well and driving a bit conservatively).

After that, the heavens opened up. Big time lol.

Will post videos later.

#46

LOL!

S4 to RS4. Kills lap times by 10 seconds.
RS4 dry vs RS4 in the wet. Obliterates lap times by 4 secs in the pouring rain…while half blind and sick.

IS THIS REAL LIFE?!

#47

I can’t claim to know about RS4s unfortunately.

But I know what I did.

Stage II+ B8 S4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUUtcFENkg

RS5 stock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jdDIVssAhg

Best lap from yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtXApe7Ks3w

Make of it what you will. :slight_smile:

But I’m rather happy I’m progressing…

#48

I was joking . They’ll never listen to reason. But I like how you try to bring facts into the equation when talking about a fan boy lynch mob.

I find lynch mobs love it when you show them how smart you are and reason with them. They always see the light and throw down their torches :smiley:

As for the torque thing 3.0t and 2.7t owners are the only people in the world who say that a V8 doesn’t make enough torque. You should hear how funny it sounds.

Speaking stock, the 4.2 high revving version makes 90% of the torque a 3.0t makes, and 115% of the torque a stock 2.7t makes.

A tune/exhaust 4.2 fsi high revving makes again, 90 % of the torque a tune exhaust b8 s4 makes and a stage 2 b5 s4 makes. Are you really this ill informed? 3.0t tuning gives you some much needed top end not torque. Add a pulley and you add some torque…but again you’re talking 340-350 wtq vs 305-315 wtq. This is marginal. This is a 10 percent t difference. So if the Rs4/RS5 makes ‘no torque’ I guess the B8 S4 makes ‘1.11 x no torque’

The rs4 makes 90% of its peak torque from 1500 to 7500 rpms. It’s one of the reasons it was so universally celebrated and praised. What is this dead spot you speak of?

I think 3.0t owners think they make more torque than they do, likely because they don’t have high end. Its a grunty e give with a short redline. B5 s4 owners think boost onset = torque but it’s a useless spike (and that’s why the gt3 cars are na).

I don’t know why both parties talk about the 4.2 fsi high revving engine like they know it though…because they clearly don’t. Do some research!

#49

I haven’t driven a B7, but have driven a e92 m3. Definitely prefer my engine characteristic. Anyways, not too interested in engaging in this debate, but I respect where you’re coming from ;D

#50

so you’ve never even driven an RS4 or an RS5? Odd because above you sounded like you’d actually experienced some of what you were talking about. Good to know you have not.

I think what you meant to say was:

‘wow…I’m just repeating forum rhetoric. But now that you put the numbers out there, it’s clear I shouldn’t listen to forum rhetoric and should instead do my homework.’

#51

Quite the backyard track. Looks pretty fun though. A circuit like this might be more fun in a Boxster or its $5,000 cousin the Miata.

#52

Yeah, the track is 3 years old I think and they’re recently making further improvements (like their “corkscrew-esque” section).

I think it’s great for boxsters or the more recent Lotus cars. But it’s pretty good for higher horsepower heavier cars as well. It has a nice long straight, and a great uphill high speed section as well.

Definitely my favorite track up here.

#53

The track looks mad fun with all the elevation changes.
It also looks real tight and hard on tires in some sections.
I suspect it’s one of those circuits where a miata with suspension + tires will give the RS5 a good run for its money :smiley:

We have a couple similar circuits like that in Ontario too (where small cars tend to do better). But nothing as roller coaster-y as that! That track looks fun. You totally changed your game since the B8 S4. Back then, you were on the brakes quite a bit earlier and dragged them out (at least, that’s what it looks like according to the vid). I’d love to try an RS5 on the track. What a crazy car

#54

It was great to see that. You are getting better. Very fast but still very smart. Fun to watch.

#55

Got my wheels in yesterday, they are better looking then I thought ;D

Weighed them on my bathroom scale (not exactly a scientific device lol) and got around 22.5 lbs. So not heavy, but nowhere near the enkei 18 lb RPF1. Anyways, the good news is they clear the caliper with plenty of room! Will probably stop at the tirerack HQ in south bend next week to get the ZII’s mounted and balanced. I hate having discount tire do my mounting, but then paying the dealership $150 also sucks.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7641/16939955991_d461efd450_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7588/16325147814_255e2d7b09_b.jpg

#56

Nice wheels drob, congrats!

#57

what wheels are those? There are so many that look like that now.

Anyone buy the Enkeis that look like this?

#58

VMR V810’s, details are in the op.

#59

Swapped the xp8’s in rear and xp20’s in front. Went with one new pad on each side and one old one (one of my four old ones was pretty shot…right around 5mm of pad left). Was surprised how few issues I had given the winter driving…lots of surface rust on the ST rotors, but no cracks or anything of concern.

Then flushed out the old rbf660 from October with SRF, was pretty tricky to see when it switched from piss yellow to light piss yellow lol. Took about 1.4 L, but I had some extra in the power bleeder to ensure no air was picked up. Only issue is I’m not sure how much fluid to put in there (can’t read any of the lines with the fluid being clear, if someone could take a pic of where to look, that would be great!)…

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8736/17192719646_113afd1e5e_b.jpg

Threw the new wheels on, probably drive them to work one day just to make sure no issues

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8766/17192718376_51b9a10030_b.jpg

And as I posted earlier, I got the car aligned and a complementary track inspection from Auto Europe in Birmingham, MI. Tech there works mostly on Lotus cars…was pricey but worth it to get things as dialed in

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8732/17137686855_91ba28394d_b.jpg

Lastly, ordered this aluminum floor jack http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VREENY/ref=pe_385040_128020140_TE_3p_dp_1 for the track and a mic for my go pro. Kind of bummed about my shit tablet, which I was planning to log with, but I’ll wait to grab a surface 3.

Pretty fired up for this weekend 8)

#60

At the end of this season, I’m going to do the differential oil service. I’ll have about 50k miles on the clock. Probably the most useful thing ever posted on Audizine. Thanks, @Jake. Redline 75w90 should do it.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/646469-JHM-B8-Rear-Standard-amp-Sport-Differential-(EDL)-Gear-Oil-Service

[quote]
As for servicing the diff you have to be aware of the following. It basically has two separate fluid types and two basic systems. The first is the standard 75w90 gear oil portion that houses the ring and pinion and differential like any other previous generation diff or the standard diff in the B8. The second is the ATF fluid portion that the electronic components use to help power and run the electronic engagement to make it behave like an LSD in certain conditions for the Electronic Differential Lock.

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Re-install the drain plug(torque to 15nm or 11ftlb) and remove the fill plug shown. (5mm Allen) Then with the use of a gear oil pump fill it through this hole until fluid starts to drain out. Fill specification = 0.9 Liter (1 US quart) Synthetic 75w90. We prefer Redline 75w90 or Motul Gear 300 75w90 and stock both due to our experience using both fluids. It is a matter of customer preference on what we use. NOTE: You should expect to use 0.8 Liter to 1 Liter to fill it depending on how much your pump uses up, you spill or how fully you drained the diff. You just need to make sure that on a level surface (so just don’t put the car on jack stands in the rear) you fill it until gear oil is dribbling out and stops. Then re-install the fill plug.