How does Underground racing do it? I know 3-4 local guys making 1500-1750whp and drive the shit out of their cars with no issues whatsoever.
That car most likely had a V-12 TT Diesel
Hey paper, where are your drag strip times on the new clutch?
The speed the gears go by is crazy
WTF. I’m just reading this now. 10.66 on just a tune? That’s insane! Anything else done to the car to get this time? Do you have vids and timeslips?
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Dear mother of god I can’t figure out for the life of me why there isn’t more excitement about this. Arin can you please give us an update on this? Post a time slip and mod list and get it on the 1/4 mile list
because it is $150,000
$112k.
Who cares. Amazing with just a tune.
Yes, amazing that a car goes 10.66 with an ECU tune. Of course it’s born with 500 whp…so there’s that. And of course, the money you paid for your Audi+ECU tune = new GTR. Sure it’s a 4 door sedan vs an ugly sports car, but the M5, E63 etc will all do these same incredible things. This is how it goes for that money.
If it was an S3 sedan that went 10.66 with a tune, that would be groundbreaking. But for well over $100,000 you’re looking at different expectations.
How about 10.6 with no tune? Is that amazing?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuXwkbT6WUw
Or is it the tune that makes it amazing?
I think it’s pretty impressive, I haven’t seen a tune-only sedan do that yet…for what it’s worth, have we seen any tune-only Audi anywhere close? even in the 10s?
yeah I keep thinking about that McLaren run too. 10.6 was with the p-Zeros. 10.3 on R888s, which are totally fine to drive on the street. Amazing considering it’s untuned RWD on street tires.
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The biturbo benz sedans are doing it
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S8 and RS6/7
Haven’t seen a tuned R8 plus run yet.
lol exactly, the S8 and RS7 is impressive, any other tune-only Audis in the 10s? You seem unimpressed.
I didnt realize the AMGs do 10s tune-only?
He’s making the same argument the b5 guys make against the rs4 supercharger. Why spend $50k+ when I can spent $25k or less on a b5 and run the same times.
His argument was quite specifically that for a performance car over $100k it’s not a groundbreaking number.
I think it’s impressive though. Until this year we didn’t see many 10 second time slips. Based on the RS4’s progress and with the 4.0TT programs being pushed I think we will see a lot more in 2014.
we could fill skydome with what you don’t realise
I’m not at all making a B5 like argument. I’m saying that’s awesome indeed, but the reason it isn’t lighting up the forums is because
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when you pay $125,000-150,000 you expect crazy results like this. It’s not 1997. Today the frigging base S car in Audi’s north american lineup comes with 360 hp/360tq (B8 S4). That’s what the halo M/AMG/RS cars used to make 10-15 years ago. Same for the Ferraris and Porsche Turbo. The RS6/7 is making about 600 hp and is pushing up on 700 hp with a tune. If it ran 12s it would be more interesting to talk about. THe fact it’s running 10.xx just makes sense.
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not many people on the forums are in the market for $125,000-150,000 cars
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it’s not like it’s a 400 hp car that with ‘just a tune’ is making 700 hp. It’s a fucking 600 hp car to start! So it’s not ‘just a tune’…it’s 600hp+a tune
If by you saying 600 hp and 150K stock you mean 520 hp and 112K stock, then yes, I agree.
10.66 is crazy. Esp from a car that has only a slightly bigger compressor wheel for power adder only when compared with the 400hp version.