AndrewM (azdaspeed3)

good lord, i had forgotten how slow this car was without the chip. it was very interesting to see the mild differences that i had totally forgotten since i chipped about 8000 miles ago. first of all, the boost does come on a TINY bit quicker through the lower part of the rev band (idle-2500rpm). also, that weird boost fluctuation thing that the car had when stock was brought to my attention again. if you floor the car at low revs in second gear, you get a kick, a tiny little "lift-off", and then back to the kick.

also, this car is S-L-O-W!!! man, with only 150 hp this car is kinda boring. makes you appreciate the handling alot more.

and for anybody wondering about the smoothness or integration of the APR chip, i must say it is pretty much seamless. the ONLY thing that i can say is different from stock would be the EXTREMELY MILD stutter the car will sometimes have when lifting off or something.

once you chip your car, you will laugh at yourself for not doing it sooner.

Sean T

And my opinion is exactly the opposite. I find that it's really not that slow in stock condition. Certainly there is no big punch from 3500, but after you get it past 4k it pulls nicely. I wouldn't want to drive it stock all the time, but I can see why some people are satisfied.

Sean
99A4 1.8TQM
apr'd, koni'd, uuc'd, borla'd