IanH's 955hp V10 Audi RS6 - Another Car Diary!
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Just been told I made the front page of PH as "readers car of the week", which is nice. There's a few things wrong in the story but if you read through this thread you'll get a good idea of what I've done.
big_rob_sydney - It's not really a 1/4 mile car as its too heavy (2.2tons), a slush box automatic (no L/C) and a lot of torque to cope with when the wheels won't spin on a grippy drag strip so I've not bothered. However when it was still 735hp I did a concrete drag strip and recorded 11.14sec at 127mph which is a bit quicker than a real strip would show. My guess would be around 11.5sec at 120mph of a proper strip.
Striple - Yeah the insurance went up around 50% but it was already cheap on the stock car (<£350) so it's not that much considering I was paying £1K+ on an R34 I had, the benefits of age and great postcode!
Smilo996 - The two stages were absolute opposite ends of the scale. The 580 to 735hp stage 2 cost £2k where as the 735 to 920hp stage 2 cost nearly £18k so "valve vs performance" means stage 2 is a winner every single day for 99.9% of owners.
big_rob_sydney - It's not really a 1/4 mile car as its too heavy (2.2tons), a slush box automatic (no L/C) and a lot of torque to cope with when the wheels won't spin on a grippy drag strip so I've not bothered. However when it was still 735hp I did a concrete drag strip and recorded 11.14sec at 127mph which is a bit quicker than a real strip would show. My guess would be around 11.5sec at 120mph of a proper strip.
Striple - Yeah the insurance went up around 50% but it was already cheap on the stock car (<£350) so it's not that much considering I was paying £1K+ on an R34 I had, the benefits of age and great postcode!
Smilo996 - The two stages were absolute opposite ends of the scale. The 580 to 735hp stage 2 cost £2k where as the 735 to 920hp stage 2 cost nearly £18k so "valve vs performance" means stage 2 is a winner every single day for 99.9% of owners.
Edited by IanH755 on Friday 13th May 19:40
Nokia N95 - It's connected via bluetooth to an external 10hz GPS Sensor. The newer Android version of the RaceChrono software doesn't have any performance tests so I had to buy the N95 from eBay a few years ago just to run the Symbian version. I was using it with a military/ex-miltary rally team I was in (in-car camera, GPS & datalogging etc).
IanH755 said:
Just been told I made the front page of PH as "readers car of the week", which is nice. There's a few things wrong in the story but if you read through this thread you'll get a good idea of what I've done.
big_rob_sydney - It's not really a 1/4 mile car as its too heavy (2.2tons), a slush box automatic (no L/C) and a lot of torque to cope with when the wheels won't spin on a grippy drag strip so I've not bothered. However when it was still 735hp I did a concrete drag strip and recorded 11.14sec at 127mph which is a bit quicker than a real strip would show. My guess would be around 11.5sec at 120mph of a proper strip.
Striple - Yeah the insurance went up around 50% but it was already cheap on the stock car (<£350) so it's not that much considering I was paying £1K+ on an R34 I had, the benefits of age and great postcode!
Smilo996 - The two stages were absolute opposite ends of the scale. The 580 to 735hp stage 2 cost £2k where as the 735 to 920hp stage 2 cost nearly £18k so "valve vs performance" means stage 2 is a winner every single day for 99.9% of owners.
Thanks for coming back to me Ian. If you don't mind me asking about the total cost of mods, what would it cost someone starting from scratch to get to this point (assuming they buy the car separately)? I'm trying to figure out what it costs to get to 11.5 with this platform.big_rob_sydney - It's not really a 1/4 mile car as its too heavy (2.2tons), a slush box automatic (no L/C) and a lot of torque to cope with when the wheels won't spin on a grippy drag strip so I've not bothered. However when it was still 735hp I did a concrete drag strip and recorded 11.14sec at 127mph which is a bit quicker than a real strip would show. My guess would be around 11.5sec at 120mph of a proper strip.
Striple - Yeah the insurance went up around 50% but it was already cheap on the stock car (<£350) so it's not that much considering I was paying £1K+ on an R34 I had, the benefits of age and great postcode!
Smilo996 - The two stages were absolute opposite ends of the scale. The 580 to 735hp stage 2 cost £2k where as the 735 to 920hp stage 2 cost nearly £18k so "valve vs performance" means stage 2 is a winner every single day for 99.9% of owners.
Edited by IanH755 on Friday 13th May 19:40
Rob - To get to 11.5-ish needed 735hp-740lbs/ft which is £2k for 2 remaps (ECU & Gearbox ECU), air filters and a bypass of the "main" cats (also called the secondary cats) just leaving the post-turbo pre-cats fitted.
My C5 RS6 (V8 Twin Turbo) had 500hp and did a Santa Pod measured 13.02sec @ 107mph and the software on the N75, measured over 6-7 runs, came back with around 12.75sec @ 110mph so the software/10hz GPS combo is pretty accurate (slower launch on the grippy drag strip and ET cal'c over last 60ft so slower too).
My C5 RS6 (V8 Twin Turbo) had 500hp and did a Santa Pod measured 13.02sec @ 107mph and the software on the N75, measured over 6-7 runs, came back with around 12.75sec @ 110mph so the software/10hz GPS combo is pretty accurate (slower launch on the grippy drag strip and ET cal'c over last 60ft so slower too).
Edited by IanH755 on Saturday 14th May 22:34
IanH755 said:
It's on 97k so near as damnit 100k. They are fantastically strong engines, I've yet to see one break from excessive power, it's usually failed ancillaries like oil pumps which cause them to fail (although still rare to actually wreck the block).
Strong indeed. You mentioned on page 2/3 that you had a warranty which paid for some work. What company underwrite that, and I assume it's a specialist insurerer. Aq
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