IanH's 955hp V10 Audi RS6 - Another Car Diary!
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Had an awesome day doing passenger rides at Bruntingthorpe as part of the "On Your Marks" charity event!
The car suspension is now falling apart, I got ran off the track by a Porsche Cayenne and collected a cone to the rear passenger door and I've now got a thumbnail sized stone chip in my windscreen but I had an absolute blast!
I think I may have buggered the car quite badly though.
1. I think the rear diff is shot as you get a very low frequency rapid thumping from the rear when you boot it.
2. The steering rack or suspension is making a mechanical knocking sound which can be felt through the wheel and gets louder with a left turn and quieter on a right but past 30' of turn in either direction it's silent.
3. The rear left brake stone guard came loose and is resting on the disc making a lovely grinding noise.
4. The brakes all round got so hot 3 tyres have lost all or some of the balance weights as the glue failed so the wheels are vibrating.
5. The stone Chip!
6. The cone mark on the left rear passenger door (which has already been polished out) has left a very small scratch.
7. The stupid intake manifold pipe popped off twice and requires a proper solution.
However, the positives were
1. The AP Racing Discs/DS2500/ATE SuperBlue combo was amazing, 50+ 170mph to 50mph stops without a single fade. the DS2500's smoke a bit for the first 3-4 stops but settled down afterwards.
2. The engine is perfect and surprised soooo many people.
3. I'm now watching back all the passenger reactions and seeing shocked faces and things that I miss during the drive.
After a bit of MRC TLC I may consider another one next year
The car suspension is now falling apart, I got ran off the track by a Porsche Cayenne and collected a cone to the rear passenger door and I've now got a thumbnail sized stone chip in my windscreen but I had an absolute blast!
I think I may have buggered the car quite badly though.
1. I think the rear diff is shot as you get a very low frequency rapid thumping from the rear when you boot it.
2. The steering rack or suspension is making a mechanical knocking sound which can be felt through the wheel and gets louder with a left turn and quieter on a right but past 30' of turn in either direction it's silent.
3. The rear left brake stone guard came loose and is resting on the disc making a lovely grinding noise.
4. The brakes all round got so hot 3 tyres have lost all or some of the balance weights as the glue failed so the wheels are vibrating.
5. The stone Chip!
6. The cone mark on the left rear passenger door (which has already been polished out) has left a very small scratch.
7. The stupid intake manifold pipe popped off twice and requires a proper solution.
However, the positives were
1. The AP Racing Discs/DS2500/ATE SuperBlue combo was amazing, 50+ 170mph to 50mph stops without a single fade. the DS2500's smoke a bit for the first 3-4 stops but settled down afterwards.
2. The engine is perfect and surprised soooo many people.
3. I'm now watching back all the passenger reactions and seeing shocked faces and things that I miss during the drive.
After a bit of MRC TLC I may consider another one next year
Fixed most of the issues today -
1. Centre Propshaft bearing has died, £1400 to replace the whole propshaft as the bearing is part of it and can't be replaced on it's own
2. The left front wheel nuts had started to come loose
and they'd been checked at lunch too!
3. Removed the rubbing stone guard.
4. Wheels rebalanced and alignment checked.
5. Needs to be worse before insurance will replace the windscreen.
6. Polished out.
7. New clamp on order!
1. Centre Propshaft bearing has died, £1400 to replace the whole propshaft as the bearing is part of it and can't be replaced on it's own
2. The left front wheel nuts had started to come loose
and they'd been checked at lunch too!3. Removed the rubbing stone guard.
4. Wheels rebalanced and alignment checked.
5. Needs to be worse before insurance will replace the windscreen.
6. Polished out.
7. New clamp on order!
Weapon of a car. Are you 100% sure on the prop shaft? My friend had the bearing fail on his Touareg. He was quoted many times for a full prop shaft and was told the same about it being one unit. We ended up finding the bearing being sold separately and split it ourselves. I'm sure the part was under £100. I know it's a different car but this could be a VAG thing?
Great write up, I followed your C5 thread too.
I am commenting to hopefully help with your propshaft woes (if it hasn't already been sorted), my mates 530d's propshaft bearing went and he was being quoted £900+ everywhwere before he found a place that only do propshafts. they stripped it and replaced bearing at a cost of c.£95
i can ask for the details may be worth a punt if you not had it done yet.
I am commenting to hopefully help with your propshaft woes (if it hasn't already been sorted), my mates 530d's propshaft bearing went and he was being quoted £900+ everywhwere before he found a place that only do propshafts. they stripped it and replaced bearing at a cost of c.£95
i can ask for the details may be worth a punt if you not had it done yet.
Here's my Passenger Reaction Video from the On Your Marks charity day I did last weekend at Bruntingthorpe. Be warned, with 740hp to play, with it contains a lot of surprised swearing so NSFW -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oYwZvHA9c
JamesGT/MrAverage - Thanks for the advice, if the warranty company decide not to cover it it's something I'll definitely be looking at and have a company lined up - JW Engineering in Kent - for the job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oYwZvHA9c
JamesGT/MrAverage - Thanks for the advice, if the warranty company decide not to cover it it's something I'll definitely be looking at and have a company lined up - JW Engineering in Kent - for the job.
IanH755 said:
Here's my Passenger Reaction Video from the On Your Marks charity day I did last weekend at Bruntingthorpe. Be warned, with 740hp to play, with it contains a lot of surprised swearing so NSFW -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oYwZvHA9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oYwZvHA9c
Brilliant!
Made it very "very" quiet
After chopping the back-boxes off, my car was a bit too loud (TBH) so I got a whole bunch of noise complaints to my missus from a neighbour who rents from the same landlord (which is why I had to do something) so I ended up refitting the stock back-boxes. You can barely hear it now
I used a dB meter to get some readings from her house to the car which is parked 20m away and I'm reading 30dB with the engine off, 51dB with it running, 65dB walking on the gravel to get to my car and 75dB when a car drives past on the road next to her house. If she complains now she'll be told "No".
The car "feels" smoother but that's just a placebo after having it quite loud/vibratey before and in no way makes up for the loss of theatre caused by the new quietness
Ah well, at least tomorrow is MRC day so she'll be back up and running at 100% after my trackday woes and, depending on a conversation I plan to have with Doug, there maybe some semi-cheeky plans around xmas
After chopping the back-boxes off, my car was a bit too loud (TBH) so I got a whole bunch of noise complaints to my missus from a neighbour who rents from the same landlord (which is why I had to do something) so I ended up refitting the stock back-boxes. You can barely hear it now
I used a dB meter to get some readings from her house to the car which is parked 20m away and I'm reading 30dB with the engine off, 51dB with it running, 65dB walking on the gravel to get to my car and 75dB when a car drives past on the road next to her house. If she complains now she'll be told "No".
The car "feels" smoother but that's just a placebo after having it quite loud/vibratey before and in no way makes up for the loss of theatre caused by the new quietness
Ah well, at least tomorrow is MRC day so she'll be back up and running at 100% after my trackday woes and, depending on a conversation I plan to have with Doug, there maybe some semi-cheeky plans around xmas
I genuinely prefer doing passenger trips to just driving fast myself as I know what the car can do but it's always fun surprising people!
Back from a good/bad/ugly day at MRC -
Good - Got the Propshaft replaced under warranty, had a gearbox service, replaced the rear pads with Ferodo DS2500's and got some lovely H&R anti-roll bars fitted.
Bad - My plans for 800+hp took a bit of a twist when I found out that the 30p oil-pump seal is leaking, although not that badly. The warranty assessor had a look while he checked out the propshaft but we're not sure if the warranty company will pay for an engine drop to fix it (£3k+), and the cost of doing it myself stops my Race-Cat downpipes & exhaust plan.
However, if they do pay for the engine drop then there's the possibility of replacement turbos and 850hp
Ugly - the 4hr trip home doing less than 20mph from the M40 to the M20. At one point even the stereo in the RS couldn't resist taking the mick!
Back from a good/bad/ugly day at MRC -
Good - Got the Propshaft replaced under warranty, had a gearbox service, replaced the rear pads with Ferodo DS2500's and got some lovely H&R anti-roll bars fitted.
Bad - My plans for 800+hp took a bit of a twist when I found out that the 30p oil-pump seal is leaking, although not that badly. The warranty assessor had a look while he checked out the propshaft but we're not sure if the warranty company will pay for an engine drop to fix it (£3k+), and the cost of doing it myself stops my Race-Cat downpipes & exhaust plan.
However, if they do pay for the engine drop then there's the possibility of replacement turbos and 850hp
Ugly - the 4hr trip home doing less than 20mph from the M40 to the M20. At one point even the stereo in the RS couldn't resist taking the mick!
Edited by IanH755 on Friday 21st August 19:27
TheAngryDog - Yeah, thats the next plan, a full 3in system with a bypass valve but I'm trying to find a valve that is reliable (not a Chinese eBay special). The pain is that the car "only" needs to be quiet for 1-2 minutes in a morning, the rest of the time it can be as loud as it wants.
Chris - I could either go 2/3rd the full price and have it done with the engine still fitted or pay more but be able to get more work done once the engine is out like you did. It's all going to come down to the decision from the warranty company.
Chris - I could either go 2/3rd the full price and have it done with the engine still fitted or pay more but be able to get more work done once the engine is out like you did. It's all going to come down to the decision from the warranty company.
Ved - Pretty good really, it's almost like an A6 really. There's the 30p oil pump seal and "clicking" front bearings but thats it for known issues. It's much better for reliability than my older C5 was thats for sure
Egor110 - The old fellas quite a chatterbox after the short clip I used ends, he mentions how nice it was to see the scenery fly by so quickly
Egor110 - The old fellas quite a chatterbox after the short clip I used ends, he mentions how nice it was to see the scenery fly by so quickly
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