I’m 100% sure it kicks off. When I was trying to figure out what is wrong with my a/c last summer, it would kick off every time the pedal hit somewhere around 80%? I didn’t check what RPM it kicks off at if you aren’t at the throttle threshold for that to turn it off. I bet it’s somewhere around 4500
Can’t say for sure as I didn’t really look at the gauges, i was too busy admiring the exhaust tone lol
Yea it sounds about right I get that.
M3 was auto
Was at tach motorsports also yesterday…
Temps were 63F, elevation was 5 ft, pressure was 29.5 inches hg, humidity was 73.1%.
Came a little later and here are some other cars that ran.
B8 S5 6 speed with awe tuning track exhaust and apr intake… 280 whp in fourth gear.
Stock B8 S4 DSG…312 whp (fourth gear)
GIAC stage 1 B8 S4 DSG… 370 whp (also fourth)
They all had trouble with the torque reading.
M3 was DCT with an axle back and some hack tune. Put down stock numbers - about what other stock m3s get on Dynojet.
Some pulls with an RS4 vs same M3 (plus passenger) later that night had RS4 ahead by about ~2 cars.
Rs4 had intake spacers, k&n, ecs h pipe, Jhm lw fw and stage 4 clutch, and Jhm lw rotors.
lol - Tony ran the M3 (+ passenger) and put two car lengths on him?
Ya so he says. I was up front spotting for them. When we got together after- m3 guy was impressed.
They did a few runs.
Interesting, what speed did they go to? Typically it is the other way round, especially with a DCT car.
Nice.
Tony can drive. Get to the strip with him and ny07rs4 tsivas. All first timers in these respective cars, so you guys will have fun, and learn from each other etc.
I[quote=BenSTi]interesting, what speed did they go to? Typically it is the other way round, especially with a DCT car.
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Maybe that’s how it goes (rs4 always losing/running 13s) on qw lol. If someone can drive reasonably well, the rs4 is very capable.
Go watch the videos of my rs4 walking the e93 m3 dct and the c63. You don’t always have to lose Ben.
Yeah he can for sure. He placed second in his group on his first autocross ever. Got him hooked.
Did tony dyno there with these cars? Or was he just hanging out?
Interestingly an RS4 with a very similar modlist to his just ran 12.26 @ 112.98 mph. No tune, no catback, just lw rotors (all 4), lw flywheel, clutch, and lw front seats. He used 98 octane. Guy is getting lw wheels and a tune soon. Should be interesting. 11s with bolt ons?
That car went 12.84 @ 107.9 stock on 93. Same track s-quattro-4 went 12.69 stock…then 12.47 with Revo93/awe catback/strat intake.
Seems that perceived inability of the rs4 to respond to mods will need to be shoved in the toilet. Now that some guys who like the strip are getting the cars, they’re no longer ‘underachieving’.
Add in the tts sc RS4 going 11.41@125 on 93 (fastest pump gas time…for any Audi) and its looking a lot different than it did even 12 months ago when I used to get into so many arguments with b8 guys who said the 4.2 rs4 was ‘fail’ lol.
Saki- no he didn’t dyno.
I’ll say my prediction now - an RS4 with the TTS or JHM or possibly AMD S/C’r + the right supporting mods and the right driver in an ideal environment. High tens. If I’m wrong so be it but it is starting to look like that is a very real possibility.
not out on a limb there NY. That last half a second is extremely tough (from 11.4 to 10.9) but I think lots of people are expecting to see something amazing from these cars. If they do it on pump gas, that will be hilarious.
I should put race gas in my car when I go to the track =P
I may need to go buy an RS4 soon…
I wonder if the information on this site is raising the price of RS4’s lol.
something is…the latest round of auction and red book data shows my car is up in value since september. Such a thin market though so it’s highly unreliable.
I think the last 1/2 a sec is definitely a tough feat from a general performance stand point. But, afaik, none of us are professional 1/4 mile drivers with uber consistent times etc. I know I fuck up 50% of the time, whether it’s a sloppy 3-4 shift or a slightly late clutch release etc. Thats why I think each of the variables I gave are equally important…especially the driver mod. My point, I’m guessing there is room for improvement and that’s the main reason i’m confident someone will break into the 10’s on pump gas. Totally agree it will be hilarious and also awesome.
I also think someone will go N/A into the 11’s. I don’t care if I’m the last n/a rs4 to get into the 11 sec club, that would be my goal before I ever consider a S/C.
You have to buy a ticket to win the lottery though…when you hititng the strip?
I think you’re right though…the tts car has an 11.25-11.30 in it in all likelihood. It wasn’t powershifted and the launch was modest…they were driving a customer’s car after all! Who knows how much strip experience the driver had?
I’ve got probably 150 passes in my s4 and I’ve left esp on twice, missed 2nd twice and missed 4th once. I’ve bogged bad searching for proper launch rpms another few times. But that’s it…out of 150 passes. 140 good ones and 10 bad ones. I’m not a great driver by any means but I eventually get good times because:
- I go when da is excellent
- I go when its quiet so I can get 10 passes in
- I go a couple of different times in each configuration so I can ensure I catch a good prep day and get my best time
- I make sure the car is perfectly ready, weight wise…I show up with 1/8th tank gas, get everything out of it beforehand (trunk junk, tools etc)
- I stage as shallow as possible and always stage last so I’m not waiting on the clutch for the other guy
- I shift where I’m supposed to shift based on logs and dyno plots…not based on the redline
- I cool the car down after 3 passes
- Most important - I listen to the fast guys for what they do…they’ve done their homework.
Notice none of that is about slamming gears or epic launches. Its just about being super consistent in your approach of eliminating as many variables that could sabotage your time as possible. If everyone dd those things all of these cars would look a lot better on the list. I could point to 4-5 of those things that are NOT done by all of the guys who go, run shit times, then blame carbon/clutch/tune/“these cars weren’t made for the dragstrip”.