Soon to be RS4 owner (probably)
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Thanks guys, happy to be part of the family. I know i'm a little late to the playing field and there are hundreds of pages to read here. Any quick links to tricks/hacks/mods? I'm not quite (read:not at all) ready to spend what a cheap, brand new car costs on a supercharger, but what else have you guys done to fulfill the need to change things?
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The guys at the Audi shop here thought I'd be good until about 80,000 miles before I needed a carbon clean. And with the cost of it, I'd rather put the money into winter wheels and tires. I bought it with 44K miles on it with the 45K service already done. Another interesting thing they told me: the RS4s in the european market don't have the carbon problem. Is this true?
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Wow now that Euro carbon thing is a can of worms... Euro cars have carbon too, but reportedly to a lesser extent. The official Audi response is that U.S. fuel sux big time, but I think it has more to do with USEPA nixing the lean burn feature of FSI. I'm currently attempting to do a similar thing over here in the states by running my car every few weeks in 4th gear at 80mph for 20 minutes or so. Next tear down will tell if it's doing any good...It really is a rather cheap experiment so what the hay we'll see soon enough.
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Wow now that Euro carbon thing is a can of worms... Euro cars have carbon too, but reportedly to a lesser extent. The official Audi response is that U.S. fuel sux big time, but I think it has more to do with USEPA nixing the lean burn feature of FSI. I'm currently attempting to do a similar thing over here in the states by running my car every few weeks in 4th gear at 80mph for 20 minutes or so. Next tear down will tell if it's doing any good...It really is a rather cheap experiment so what the hay we'll see soon enough.
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that GMG sounds awesome on videos online (never heard it in person)...and apparently sounds just as good in person.
Make us a video if you get bored. Launch and take off away from the camera, do a couple of flybys (and stay 100% on it as you go by the camera) coming and going. Always good to get some exhaust sound videos out there.
Make us a video if you get bored. Launch and take off away from the camera, do a couple of flybys (and stay 100% on it as you go by the camera) coming and going. Always good to get some exhaust sound videos out there.
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Don't hold your breath! The method to my madness is to get the valves sufficiently hot to burn off newly-formed carbon. I don't expect it to help with old, layered, caked-on carbon, but maybe the new stuff would be thin, soft, and volatile enough to burn off. Running at 75 in 5th gear for 20-30 minutes typically raises oil temp about 20-30 degrees - up to about 225 - which I never see with this car in this climate. Next tear down won't be until spring of 2014 though... if I still own the car.
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that GMG sounds awesome on videos online (never heard it in person)...and apparently sounds just as good in person.
Make us a video if you get bored. Launch and take off away from the camera, do a couple of flybys (and stay 100% on it as you go by the camera) coming and going. Always good to get some exhaust sound videos out there.
Make us a video if you get bored. Launch and take off away from the camera, do a couple of flybys (and stay 100% on it as you go by the camera) coming and going. Always good to get some exhaust sound videos out there.
It does sound good, and has a nice little 'gurgle' while engine braking. Only downside so far is the rednecks here with their big trucks hear it and think they need to 1up me. :\