Yes, 60$ for 5 gallons. I need to learn how to empty my gas tank from the fuel pump. Have you done that?
I was considering the C63 as well, but there are better options now. The B9 S4 with twin turbo sounds way better. Or the new M3.
I’ve had pretty good luck running the tank down 10-15 miles past 0, filling up with race gas, and then it seems pretty good once I put another 10 miles or so on it. Kind of a pain, but it really is key to getting fully switched over for me.
I don’t know, the new C63 is pretty impressive. It terms of power, it blows the doors off the B9 S4 and even the new M3/4. I personally like the exterior styling, and the interior is damn nice minus the screen they tacked on to the dash.
The B9 S4 is probably going to be turbo lag city like the C400. I thoroughly dislike the new M3, BMW product marketing, and the street punks who lease those cars and mod them to hell (or crash because 1.5 PSI). Heavily reworked 335i is not something I want to get involved with. Stockholm syndrome with BMW “free” maintenance which wastes your time as if it were infinite. They ship broken cars and let the dealers fix them. Omit tons of features and add them into an LCI. It’s such a broken model.
I thought the C400 would be a little faster than it is. I saw OE tuning was only able to get around a 12.6@111 with their flashed tune in good conditions. I was expecting a little more.
E63 AMG-S is on my radar big time. Haven’t driven yet out of fear I might like it too much- well that and the monster price tag.
This gentlemen just continues to enlighten everyone on the forum… lol
[QUOTE=neverfastenough;11244289]Sorry missed the unsprung part. It will 100% have an affect on how the car feels in regards to handling and cornering. However cutting 60’s and dropping ET’s is going to be minimal IMO with that small of a weight reduction, unsprung or not. Obviously the more weight that can be shaved off of these heavy cars the better though.
You’d appreciate a lighter wheel, brake setup in a road course setting a lot more than 1/4 mile.
Again, every bit of weight helps no matter where it’s coming from, but don’t expect much.
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That dude is a fucking idiot… That’s funny, I responded to that stupid post right before I came back over here.
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wow, brilliant group over there- notice many of those congratulating EC’s time aren’t listing an ECU mod in their sig- just and observation.
wow, brilliant group over there- notice many of those congratulating EC’s time aren’t listing an ECU mod in their sig- just and observation.
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Most of them have been on there for less than 6 months, and while that by itself I have no problem with, they are definitely illustrating their lack of knowledge on both the platform and the historical aspects of the stage 3 kit and 1/4 mile times.
the unsprung weight dolt is priceless though- he specifically says it will make no diff “unsprung or not”, then after he’s called out says " oh I missed the unsprung part", now he edited his post so most of the original doesn’t show up at all.
apologies, he didn’t edit, his ignorance is still in full display.
Sorry, veering off topic back to this… The S-04’s are actually 5 lbs. heavier per corner than the PSS. Good tire, but yeah, definitely not what you want if you’re trying to set records. The DW’s Ron runs are also 24 lbs. The RE-71 is 26 lbs.
I was reading in the Porsche magazine that the 991.2 is now using flow formed wheels, like the BBS CX-R that I’m running. Cup2 are about 2 pounds lighter than PSS. I’ve run the 235 and the 255; the 245 are probably perfect for this car at my weight.
I’m not going to even try to keep going with that.
I like that he also said the Eurocode setup was “comparable” to all the other cars at the top of the list. How? The one thing that the cars on the list have done is run with a full interior, exhaust, and street tires (the one exception is Pete’s 11.46 pass without the front seat, but at least we know he also ran an 11.49 on the same day with it in).
If you don’t at least do those three things, there is no way you can say it compares. That’s the whole point… Change the mods, but give us the same basic car to compare to. It can stand on it’s own or whatever, but please don’t try and convince us it somehow is comparable to the rest of the 1/4 times we have. Who are you kidding?
Yeah, the Cup 2’s are really light (and an awesome tire too). In the 255/35/19 size, they are one pound lighter than the PSS. If you got the cash, that is definitely a choice I’d add to my list above the RE-71. And, actually, looking at it, they are only about $70 more than the PSS and $40 more than the RE-71 which isn’t too bad really.
I’d been out of the game for a long time before the S4 so things may have changed but back in the day a real drawback to the RE71’s was they were really tough to get to wear evenly.
The cost per mile isn’t great. You’re changing these tires every 12 months tops.
Ron, it makes sense why they didn’t let you get your hands on one of these kits now. Looks like the only way to run a decent time is to strip out your slick equipped audi and run on a lawn chair lol… stage 3 might get interesting once built motors and small pulleys are being used… I’m much more interested in seeing Ron’s car with the shifting ironed out than talking about these Hail Mary attempts
Thanks for sharing danavon, a few thoughts on your pass:
I like pss on my car as well. I will give sport cups a shot after these though since they are a bit lighter/stickier. Jran summed it up pretty well about pss. It is one of the lightest options in its class short of going with a competition tire. Hooks pretty well at the strip and is great on the street in my experience with them… I’ve seen 11s run on stock wheels so you don’t need new ones unless you want a Light weight set
With tire pressures it really depends on the conditions at your track. Primetime has recommended I start at 36F 32R and adjust from there… I typically start there or if it’s cold at the track I’ll start lower… Playing around with that def helped improve my 60 slightly so just experiment with that
You should be easily cutting 1.7x 60s in good da with a dsg stage 2… You mentioned short shifting happening to you, myself and others have found excessive wheel spin from a dig causes the trans to short shift (for protection it seems). I’m guessing you were spinning hard if that’s the case. Time slips will be helpful so get those up when you can
Also for gas I find that you should go about 25-29 miles past zero to really get all the old gas out then run 20-30 miles on the race gas before going to the track. This really rules out the possibility of a poor mix from my experience. I wait about 15 or so miles before switching to the race map too. I’ll also switch to the race map once more at the track before making my first pass…
do they have a history of producing results?
also, 12.6 @ 111 isn’t horrendous. Basically B8 S4 tune only on pump type levels (the B8 would be better on ET being DSG/AWD but MPH is in line)
I missed this…did they also take out the driver seat? What’d they put in? I need to see this lol
oh and +KARMA to danavon7 for running his car, and for blowing the lid off the EuroCode/APR/Magnuson scam. Great to see them have to come clean today after he exposed them last night on AR.
edit"here’s a LW kirkey aluminium seat. weighs 15 lbs with cover lol