Awesome shot! And agreed on your points! Yes now I understand your comments. I just want to make sure people understand how great our car is. Most people make comments either never having actual track experience or from their view of what the car’s potential is. I’m glad you brought up the Miata and the fact that it is used as a “momentum” car. Until, I got out to a track, I totally misjudged those cars. I had to do WORK to pass a few of the miatas. Like I said, there are advantages and disadvantages to every car. So, in the end, one has to choose the car that fits them best. My instructor took me out in his modded B5 S4, and really showed me what our cars can do and the lines we can take from a handling perspective. Whenever we rode in my car, he always commented at how much more power my RS4 had and gawked at me being able to over power so many cars out there. It’s really a great sport and tons of fun to perfect learning your lines and pushing the car to its limits. Cheers to you for tracking your car! Hopefully I get to meet you out there some day! Not sure where you are located. But many of us are planning on hitting up VIR for Audi 2 day in November.
Jupiter… Bad ASSSSS picture. we dont quite get lineups like that at VIR. They are impressive…but not that.
i think you referenced the south, but Watkins 20/21 of august!! and then like badblue mentioned VIR in november.
While not an RS4 (the car being discussed specifically in this thread tangent) I have a tuned, light bolt on B6 S4 with coils and have tracked it just twice – the only two times I’ve been to a track. Each time there were lots of Boss 302s, SVTs, Vettes etc and I can tell you that being behind those cars in the turns mainly meant me going a lot slower than when they were behind me. And at least a couple of the stang drivers were trying pretty hard too (as evidenced by one of them over cooking and spinning off into the cabbage). Bastards wouldn’t let be by on the passing zones on the straights either. Bottom line is that a) it isn’t terribly slow overall b) the AWD means a lot of the time you can get on the gas early and hard out of a turn.
So as a pure, soul-man track car? I’m not sure as I’m not a pure, soul-man track guy. As a fast capable car in the hands of a wide variety of drivers of varying degrees of skill? Indeed and I had a blast wringing mine. Run what you brung.
I personally feel that many (luckily not all) of those high powered American cars you mentioned (and others like them) are fueled by pride, ego and high expectations of themselves 
LOL Agreed Axel and JPO! Those guys typically embarrass themselves out there.
To our earlier discussion about nose heavy cars, For comparison sake, we all know how well the GTR performs on a track, and it has nearly the same weight as the RS4 and a 53:47 weight distribution. So clearly that formula seems to work well. Also the M3 is pretty heavy as well. Weight as tested – 3,850 lbs (E92), 3,765 lbs (E90) according to R&T.
Glad we’re on the same page bad blue, I’m down in Jupiter, Fl or a tad north of West Palm Beach. I’ve made it up to Roebling Road in Ga but nothing further North. I’m trying to hit Road Atlanta this year so we’ll see.
My main tracks consist of Homestead (where the pic is taken) PBIR, Sebring and Daytona. There aren’t very many Audi guys that track their car in this manner so I give everyone credit doing so. Lots to learn and also very humbling at times based on those in attendance!
What are the dates of the VIR event? I’m not afraid to take a road trip, an Audi track event is a very good reason to attend.
Wasn’t thread about wheels? lol, I run a set of Neuspeed RS-10’s that are 19x8.5 et 35 and weigh in just under 20lbs. The tires I went with are Conti Extreme Contact DW 245/35/19 and those weight about 20.5lbs. In total it should be about 41lbs per corner. The RS-10’s can be hard to find though because I believe they’re discountinuted. I got mine from Supreme Power and they were about $1500 for the set.
Here’s a crappy cell pic of them on my car. Stock suspension.
http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/medium/2011-05-27_14-33-27_490_crop.jpg
Jupiter: Nov 10, 11 @ VIR http://www.pcc-acna.org/index.php?option=com_registrationpro&view=event&Itemid=0&did=43
Also, anytime you want to hit Road Atlanta, hit me up! I wanna hit one this fall if I can squeeze it in. Also, I’ll be driving up to VIR…if you wanna caravan…Let me know! Love the wheels!
You guys are lucky. For us up north, at those dates, our tracks are closed and covered with snow. 
^^^ very true but this time of year the heat is torture on the car.
Badblue, where are you located?
Thanks for the pic and addt’l option, I’ll look into those puppies as well. The weight on the conti’s seems low for 19’s.
ATL…yeah track right now is brutal with the heat and humidity! No thanks!!! My oil temp would get up to 280 when I hit summit point 2 weeks ago…LOL
Yeah Jupiter…I may drive down to West Palm in the next few months…My in-laws live down there…I’ll hit u up if I do.
Let me know, could always catch a day at PBIR!
Yeah I heard about that place! Plus I wanna see this guy to do my headlights down there.
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You’ve never been to a track, eh? Quattro, especially the variant aboard the B6/B7 S4 and B7 RS4, is garbage. Utter garbage. It’s fair in the rain, but it’s not even all that good at that compared to a real sporting AWD system (unless you leave ESP on, but then you’re probably not racing, are you?). Audi/Quattro cars have a very tough time in racing series against RWD cars; the weight imbalance and overall curb weight do pretty much kill the car against the rest of the field. I will say that a good suspension setup can help counteract the weight imbalance, though, along with proper weight reduction and proper placement of ballast.
As for comments about oversteering off the track and not being able to drive in the rain . . . those are generally junior, amateur problems.
he’s talking about junior, amateur drivers though squiddy. That’s what everyone in this thread is, including you.
Although his generalizations are pretty silly. Comparing the GTR at 53:47 and saying it is nose heavy thus nose heavy is pretty good is comical. The B6/7 S4 is 62:38, and the RS4 is around 59:41 or 58:42. Nothing like the GTR, and a light year from a proper 50:50 weight distribution. A little nose-heavy induced understeer might help the car stop the trunk passing the hood in a turn, but certainly doesn’t make you any faster.
4:1 center diff coupled with proper suspension helps a ton with the diff being the major factor allowing the car to rotate and exit turns more efficiently. I’m referring to the B5 here not the B7 as I don’t have the center diff in the B7.
So you have a 2005.5?
Nope, I have an 01 and an 08. Why? Is the t3 on the 08’s 4:1?
Lol