Anyone else disappointed with the 2.0T lack of top end grunt?
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Anyone else disappointed with the 2.0T lack of top end grunt?
I came from Honda and would have to wring the engine like crazy to get power and knew exactly where the most of the power was - the upper revs.
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
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I came from Honda and would have to wring the engine like crazy to get power and knew exactly where the most of the power was - the upper revs.
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
I've been driving this car in auto drive select since I got it, and just recently tried dynamic drive select, and that mode gives my car new life.
#3
I think what you're actually feeling is not so much that it lacks on top, but rather that the Honda lacks everywhere BUT on top. The turbo engines make such nice fat torque that they FEEL softer on top, but in reality, it's just that the curve begins so early, that the difference between MAX power and low end power just isn't as dramatic.
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I came from Honda and would have to wring the engine like crazy to get power and knew exactly where the most of the power was - the upper revs. Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc......Thoughts, suggestions?
I wonder if maybe you are being fooled by the lack of commotion and visceral sounds in the Audi's engine/transmission (you have the DSG) compared to your previous cars. I can whip right by my friend in his hotted-up Honda Fit, but when I ride with him it feels so much more like a fast car than my "limo-like" A6. Just a thought to consider.
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I came from Honda and would have to wring the engine like crazy to get power and knew exactly where the most of the power was - the upper revs.
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
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I came from Honda and would have to wring the engine like crazy to get power and knew exactly where the most of the power was - the upper revs.
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
#7
I have the same 2.0 in a much heavier 2013 A6 with Quattro with the 8-speed Tiptronic. In what is a slower car than the A3, I feel the 2.0 engine is adequate for my needs. I seldom exceed 75 and up to that point the car is pretty good in accelerating say from 45 to 75. It is very smooth and the Tiptronic's downshifts to me are barely perceptible; I think the 8 speeds help and to me Tiptronic gets a bad rap as a “slush box” – but that’s another topic completely - lol. The smoothness of the 2.0 A6 as it steps out almost numbs the mind.
I wonder if maybe you are being fooled by the lack of commotion and visceral sounds in the Audi's engine/transmission (you have the DSG) compared to your previous cars. I can whip right by my friend in his hotted-up Honda Fit, but when I ride with him it feels so much more like a fast car than my "limo-like" A6. Just a thought to consider.
I wonder if maybe you are being fooled by the lack of commotion and visceral sounds in the Audi's engine/transmission (you have the DSG) compared to your previous cars. I can whip right by my friend in his hotted-up Honda Fit, but when I ride with him it feels so much more like a fast car than my "limo-like" A6. Just a thought to consider.
I do want to hear the blow off and I think an intake would help too.
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I came from Honda and would have to wring the engine like crazy to get power and knew exactly where the most of the power was - the upper revs.
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Now in the Audi, when on the highway I step on the gas and it feels fairly gutless to me when trying to pass, etc.
I've been waiting to get the Burger Motorsport plug in adapter to increase the HP, but does it help with top end power? The engine is really gutsy down low (second gear especially) but then it complete loses its fire after that to me.
Does any bolt-on's make a difference, air intakes? I really don't want to put a new exhaust as I like it being fairly quiet, just would like the power to be delivered better I guess.
Thoughts, suggestions?
#9
That might be exactly it. The car is so quiet when revving the car that I just am mentally missing the engine roar. My last Acura, you heard EVERYTHING. I wonder if I could somehow get the Ross-tech VAg thing to pipe in some noise. Going to rent one this weekend so maybe I can find some setting and hopefully don't mess anything up. I guess I will want to get some type of exhaust so I mentally can feel like there is enough power.
I do want to hear the blow off and I think an intake would help too.
I do want to hear the blow off and I think an intake would help too.
#10
^^LOL Noted!
I think I'll get the ECU plugin tune when available and the intake and call it a day. I think that will help me hear the car more. The torque just dies off a lot to me after 70MPH and in bay area CA traffic, you are usually driving faster than this to keep up.
I think I'll get the ECU plugin tune when available and the intake and call it a day. I think that will help me hear the car more. The torque just dies off a lot to me after 70MPH and in bay area CA traffic, you are usually driving faster than this to keep up.