hahahaha!! actually, i believe the thread i’m thinking of was back on audiworld. same difference, though.
there would have been some collateral damage with a few good members getting vaporized…but it would have been justified to kill off the disease before it spread any further
I would agree with you completely. GIAC and AWE seemed to be content to not do anything about it either until people started complaining. Whether they knew about it or not beforehand who knows but they way the handled the 2014 drama is just laughable.
Austin is so worried about people stealing GIAC’s work that they refuse to share any information or logs collected on GIAC’s behalf that they will never admit to anything other than high IATs.
http://i57.tinypic.com/du2j6.jpg
I drove the REVO tuned A3 today. That thing is pretty quick off the line. Virtually no turbo lag or resistance from the transmission in 1st and 2nd. The DSG feels much more seamless in the shifts than previous DSG I’ve driven. This is one quick car if you only drive on streets. I’m sure it doesn’t impress over 100 MPH.
so it has ecu and dsg tune? That’s cool. And yea, at stage 2 the 2.0t can keep up or pull on most cars up to around 80/90mph, then it runs out of breath.
looks great too
I think was just a piggyback. I was noting that Audi has improved the DSG quite a bit over the B8 S4. It’s a generation ahead, much closer to the PDK in my Boxster in terms of being smooth/seamless.
Interesting.
How does the car feel West? Is it a good size, or a bit small?
Does it look nice or does it look like “the cheap one” from a few angles?
I really want to see an rs3 (i5t) in that sedan or hatch. Col car.
The visibility felt a little bit better than an S4. Larger greenhouse or wind screen. It felt upmarket because the electronics and dash layout were so nice. It’s the little 4 banger that could, reminding you it’s an economy car underneath.
I’d say it felt a lot more expensive and nice than an M3/M4 for at least double the price.
Being the antichrist is a tough job, but someone has to do it.
Just wait for the srm twincharged s4. Someone was telling me it made 700hp on a dyno. Surely with 700hp they should be able to run low 12’s. Assuming race fuel, 60 * temps, gutted interior, and nawssssss
If you liked the a3, you should test drive the s3, I’m not sure how it stacks up with a tuned a3, but it’s just a torquey little engine, really has quite a lot of push for what it is, Audi finally stepped up their game on this fourth generation 2.0t
how’s that? isn’t it pretty much the exact same formula as before?
a3 = X
s3 = K04 and X+40hp or so
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The RS3 is to me interesting . A diesel tractor sounding 4 cylinder is not remotely close to what I envision myself driving as an enthusiast (I have had a B8 A4 2.0T for 5 years, before you 2.0T guys call me a hater etc! )
sakimano = hater.
Total hater!!!
Well they came out with the 2.0t that’s fsi, the b7 one, that is a horrible engine, i know because I own one. You can tell it was the first of many revisions to a better fueling system. The hpfp design was self destructive. The revised variable cam timing was delicate, the list goes on and on. It was an engine that needed tons of work to get where it should be. It was also very underpowered. Back then and especially by today’s standards.
Then the b8 came out, fueling system was all figured out, proper injectors, a hpfp with a roller follower to extend lifetime significantly. Timing chain to avoid timing belt related failures, overall a much better engine.
Then the b8.5 came out, I haven’t taken a look at the engine but from what I hear it’s the same engine as in the mk2 allroad, and so now Audi finally made fully variable cam timing which is great, since they seem to be lining up in .5 liter increments. 2,2.5,3,4,5. Probably because they found a good rod ratio that worked for them, anyway since displacement in the 4 cyl wasn’t going to increase, the head is where all the power is gonna come from and they pulled through on that.
And on this fourth revision, which the a4 hasn’t received yet, they did some really great things. B6 to b7, the turbo grew very nicely, b7 to b8 the turbo grew again. I’m not sure about b8 to b8.5, but the newest gen runs a massive turbo, well massive for what you compare my turbo to, and they get away with it because of the design. There is no manifold anymore, like the ford ecoboost i4’s Audi is now making their 4 bangers the the manifold cast into the head, so you just bolt the turbo right onto the head, which reduces volume substantially and you can get away with a bigger turbo, twin scroll also doesn’t hurt. They revamped the cooling system so the car comes up to temp minutes faster, the bottom end was overhauled tremendously, the main journals were narrowed down to reduce the surface area the crank makes contact on,decreasing friction, they shaved several pounds from the crank, they use much better rods than in theb7. In the b7, you want to make 300 wheel hp you better have rods for that slight chance you predetonate. 5 or 6 guys have had bent rods from having an upgraded turbo and no rods.,this new revision 2.0t looks like it could do well over 400hp on stock rods
I could go on forever about it. It’s a superior engine in every way. And it should be it’s 10 years more modern than the original 2.0t, it’s just hilarious the amount of money you have to sink into a first gen 2.0t, you need a full engine build and turbo to compete with a stage 1 or 2 fourth gen
You missed the part where the stock turbos keep on failing with the stock tune.
what’s a mk2 allroad?
On the fourth gen?
Second generation allroad.
B8 a4 based all road? I’m guessing the “mk1 allroad” would be the c5 allroad. Mec, don’t forget the allroad is still available in A6 size in Europe through the c6 and c7 body styles. So mk2 allroad is a bit of a misnomer. At least that is what I think saki is getting at.
AFAIK only the tune changed from B8 to B8. 5
^ there are a few more diff between the B8 and B8.5 Ea888 2.0T. One obvious one…the manuals didn’t seem to get it but all the tips including AR now have metal intake manifolds and have the “bits” to support E85.
Huh I did not know that. It always seemed strange that they killed the allroad in just one generation. I guess it lived on in Europe