So Sweet!
03-05-2003, 05:58 PM
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So Sweet!
So I am outside staring at my new to me 99.5 A4 1.8T Quatt. This thing is so sweet it nearly brought me to tears. Silver on black,winter package, sport package, sun roof the works (manual). I have been thinking about various mods for a little while now and I think it finally hit me. There is not much I need to do. This car is so sweet. Sure, I will throw in a new exhaust, but I think that is about it. I was looking all over the place for new 17"rims yet, I am sitting staring at my car and saying this thing is so sweet. New rims are not necessary. I am stoked with my 16" factory sport package rims. They are so sweet. Sure, I will put some fatty tires on it, but that is about it. In two years time, when my warranty runs out, I will throw a chip into it. But that is about it. Any thing I do to this car is to keep it looking and running as sweet as it is today.
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03-05-2003, 06:18 PM
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get a chip now...
the mod bug will bite you. i always start becoming satisfied with my car until I go to a meet and see other people's cars and realize just how boring mine is :-) THe chip is the single most important mod you can do to the 1.8T. It changes the car COMPLETELY.
03-05-2003, 06:23 PM
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getting an aftermarket exhaust without getting a chip may actually hurt the car's performance...
at least in the lower range of the rpms as there will be less backpressure due to wider piping.
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03-05-2003, 06:36 PM
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You sound like me when I first got my car.
After a little while you'll have the mod bug biting the heck out of ya. I figured I didn't need to do anything to it. Then came a chip, exhaust, euro headlights... You think your car is great now - and it is - but it can be much more! 
Good luck with it.
Good luck with it.
03-05-2003, 06:43 PM
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Is that true?
Hey is that possible? I am buying a sport muffler directly from audi. They specifically state that it will add torque due to decreased back pressure. What do you think?
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03-05-2003, 06:53 PM
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just the muffler or a whole cat-back exhaust? ...
the muffler itself won't really affect performance much, one way or the other.
Reducing backpressure helps add torque in the higher rpm range, but has a negative effect in the low rpm range. The turbo will spool up faster at low rpms if there is more backpressure in the exhaust. Search the archives for more info on this and more technical explanation.
Reducing backpressure helps add torque in the higher rpm range, but has a negative effect in the low rpm range. The turbo will spool up faster at low rpms if there is more backpressure in the exhaust. Search the archives for more info on this and more technical explanation.
