IanH's 955hp V10 Audi RS6 - Another Car Diary!
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After a bit of a false start my Turbos have now arrived from Germany so I've got the car booked in to MRC for a few weeks to get all those bits above fitted. Hopefully I should get it back just in time for a big RS forum meet too which should be nice.
I've chatted to Doug at MRC and we're aiming for 820-840hp but a low enough torque figure (sub 800ft/lbs) that the gearbox doesn't poop itself whilst I save up for an uprated one in the summer which'll allow me to run 920hp+ and 850ft/lbs. (EDIT - Got an uprated gearbox in the end).
As a small annoyance though my left exhaust pipe is blowing at some of the clamped joins (needs better clamps or welding ideally) and, after a "period" of full throttle, is expanding enough to contact the spare wheel-well until it cools down again so that's something I'll have to look into yet again. Depending on the volume after the de-cat is fitted I may end up replacing the cat-back exhaust with custom anyway just to remove the drone which has slowly got worse as the exhaust has bedded in.
I've chatted to Doug at MRC and we're aiming for 820-840hp but a low enough torque figure (sub 800ft/lbs) that the gearbox doesn't poop itself whilst I save up for an uprated one in the summer which'll allow me to run 920hp+ and 850ft/lbs. (EDIT - Got an uprated gearbox in the end).
As a small annoyance though my left exhaust pipe is blowing at some of the clamped joins (needs better clamps or welding ideally) and, after a "period" of full throttle, is expanding enough to contact the spare wheel-well until it cools down again so that's something I'll have to look into yet again. Depending on the volume after the de-cat is fitted I may end up replacing the cat-back exhaust with custom anyway just to remove the drone which has slowly got worse as the exhaust has bedded in.
Edited by IanH755 on Thursday 8th July 16:58
Hi all, some rain has got into the tailgate and caused the powered tailgate to stop opening/closing. It'll open under the pressure of the two gas rams to about 3/4 but as the motor has stopped working it doesn't open fully and it doesn't close at all using the button.
The first time I opened it and realised there was an issue I heard a lot of running water inside the tailgate itself so my first guess was that the water has shorted something out in the switch and blown a fuse but upon checking all the fuses they were OK so I took the Tailgate Close Switch out and there's four pins with corrosion across the middle two (water ingress) so I'm hoping it's the switch which has shorted out. I'll stick a new one in and check..
Now I've put a new switch in and confirmed that the old one was water damaged I'm taking the tailgate trim apart to dry everything and check for any obvious signs of water ingress.
I've just give it a quick take apart (opened warning triangle panel, removed two bits of carpeted trim, v.easy) and found the following -
1. The left tailgate light housing for the LED tail/reverse lights (not the interior white bulb) is wet with a rusty bolt so thats been leaking a while.
2. The left carpet trim is wet where it meets the plastic "shelf" (the piece that holds the boot switch and the two interior lights) with about a teaspoon of water and the inner plastic had some water in it too.
3. The plastic "shelf" had about an egg-cup of water stored along it.
4. The right tailgate light housing has no rust but has 2 water runs which look like a single drop each.
5. The right carpet trim is dry but had 2-3 water drops caught on the inner plastic face in a few plastic grids.
I think if I reseal the lights I'll be fine after this but I really need to get the plastic "shelf" trim removed and dried out too as I'm fairly sure there's more water still in there considering the amount I can hear sloshing around (est 2-3 egg cups?)
Tomorrow I'll take apart the plastic trim (the "shelf" area) & refit the tailgate lights etc but it all depends on the weather really as I've not got anywhere in cover incase it rains.
The first time I opened it and realised there was an issue I heard a lot of running water inside the tailgate itself so my first guess was that the water has shorted something out in the switch and blown a fuse but upon checking all the fuses they were OK so I took the Tailgate Close Switch out and there's four pins with corrosion across the middle two (water ingress) so I'm hoping it's the switch which has shorted out. I'll stick a new one in and check..
Now I've put a new switch in and confirmed that the old one was water damaged I'm taking the tailgate trim apart to dry everything and check for any obvious signs of water ingress.
I've just give it a quick take apart (opened warning triangle panel, removed two bits of carpeted trim, v.easy) and found the following -
1. The left tailgate light housing for the LED tail/reverse lights (not the interior white bulb) is wet with a rusty bolt so thats been leaking a while.
2. The left carpet trim is wet where it meets the plastic "shelf" (the piece that holds the boot switch and the two interior lights) with about a teaspoon of water and the inner plastic had some water in it too.
3. The plastic "shelf" had about an egg-cup of water stored along it.
4. The right tailgate light housing has no rust but has 2 water runs which look like a single drop each.
5. The right carpet trim is dry but had 2-3 water drops caught on the inner plastic face in a few plastic grids.
I think if I reseal the lights I'll be fine after this but I really need to get the plastic "shelf" trim removed and dried out too as I'm fairly sure there's more water still in there considering the amount I can hear sloshing around (est 2-3 egg cups?)
Tomorrow I'll take apart the plastic trim (the "shelf" area) & refit the tailgate lights etc but it all depends on the weather really as I've not got anywhere in cover incase it rains.
Trim all cleaned out, quite a bit of water (maybe 1/4 of a pint) and it looks like I'll have to replace both light unit seals (pence) as thats where the leaks are.
Also sorted out my blowing aftermarket exhaust by replacing the crappy clamps which came with it with some proper Mikalor clamps. Much better now!
Also sorted out a set of silicone intercooler pipes from KWE which have been newly introduced to match their intercoolers which I bought previously.
Finally, I got drunk and abused my wallet on German eBay with these two utterly ridiculous OEM carbon fibre engine trim pieces which are purely decorative, will very rarely be seen, look almost identical to the plastic ones already fitted and were a daft price!
Before
After (spot the difference)
Also sorted out my blowing aftermarket exhaust by replacing the crappy clamps which came with it with some proper Mikalor clamps. Much better now!
Also sorted out a set of silicone intercooler pipes from KWE which have been newly introduced to match their intercoolers which I bought previously.
Finally, I got drunk and abused my wallet on German eBay with these two utterly ridiculous OEM carbon fibre engine trim pieces which are purely decorative, will very rarely be seen, look almost identical to the plastic ones already fitted and were a daft price!
Before
After (spot the difference)
Edited by IanH755 on Sunday 17th January 14:35
Hi all, about a week ago I realised that I'd never done a proper "top Speed" challenge before so, before my car went away to MRC for a 900+hp conversion, I decided that a midnight run over to the unrestricted German Autobahn was in order.
I chose the A40 from Venlo to Moers and got there for around 2am but only managed one unimpeded run due to the occasional bit of traffic where my UK-based "70mph speed limit" reactions kicked in and I slowed down, even though technically that autobahn is unrestricted so I could have kept going.
It was a 12hr round trip and absolutely draining so I'm not 100% sure whether I'll do another once the 900+hp conversion is finished in mid-March but if I do then I'll post it up for comparison.
Points to note - At 206mph (speedo) I just changed into top gear (5th to 6th), the traction light said I was still wheel-spinning at 70mph (very doubtful!), it used 10 miles worth of fuel according to the trip computer and I did it in normal "D" mode, not Sport or Manual with the ASR Off but the ESP On!
I used http://www.autobahn-speedhunter.com/ to find the stretch of Autobahn I used and https://www.eurotunnel.com/ to book the £23 each way tickets
I chose the A40 from Venlo to Moers and got there for around 2am but only managed one unimpeded run due to the occasional bit of traffic where my UK-based "70mph speed limit" reactions kicked in and I slowed down, even though technically that autobahn is unrestricted so I could have kept going.
It was a 12hr round trip and absolutely draining so I'm not 100% sure whether I'll do another once the 900+hp conversion is finished in mid-March but if I do then I'll post it up for comparison.
Points to note - At 206mph (speedo) I just changed into top gear (5th to 6th), the traction light said I was still wheel-spinning at 70mph (very doubtful!), it used 10 miles worth of fuel according to the trip computer and I did it in normal "D" mode, not Sport or Manual with the ASR Off but the ESP On!
I used http://www.autobahn-speedhunter.com/ to find the stretch of Autobahn I used and https://www.eurotunnel.com/ to book the £23 each way tickets
With much less drivetrain losses (so more wheel HP) and a better gearbox a stage 2 F10 running around 750hp-700ft/lbs should easily be a few seconds quicker to 200mph I reckon.
- *EDIT***
Edited by IanH755 on Saturday 30th January 12:37
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