Audi A4 3 Ltr Cabriolet

[chimaeradean]

Hi There Chaps and Chapesses
I have just purchased the above ride and was wondering weather anyone hade any ideas on engine performance upgrades.

[Simond001]

Diesel I assume?

I have the Bluefin on mine and its fantastic.

[chimaeradean]

No she's a petrol

[Tame Technician]

Not alot you can do to them.

There a nice revy V6 as it is just enjoy what you got.

Could try an air filter and a miltek exhaust and a custom remap, but it wont gain a great deal of power 2 or 3 % and that lots gonna cost £2000 ish.

[Cupramax]

Milltek on and forget the rest, remap on a N/A is a waste of cash...

[AudiSport]

I've been looking at buying one of these for a while but worry about the fuel bill - coming from my 1.8T A4. What are the real life mpg / running costs?
I bet they sound amazing with a Milltek!

[Cupramax]

Yeah, I've got one on mine and it sounds lovely, admittedly its a 3.2 but virtually the same engine apart from direct injection and 4 valves not five. Mine shows 24.2mpg on the DIS but that is almost all town driving and I'm a bit heavy on the right clog

[AudiSport]

Did you go for resinated or non-resinated? Only I had a stainless steel performance exhaust made years ago (1990s) for a 2.0L 16v Vauxhall Calibra and hated it from day one.. The drone at 75/80mph used to give me a real headache! Sounded very chav at lo-res too.. Never forget pulling proudly into my parents driveway and my Dad saying "have you not got that back box fixed yet!".


Also how much did the Milltek cost - do you need the full system or just the rear section?

[Cupramax]

Mines resonated, it can be a bit boomy but the 3.0 & 3.2 are a bit like that anyway before you change the exhaust. It doesn't sound chavvy at all, nice deep sound. I bought mine second hand, its actually the same system as an S4 and is cat back but they use adapters as the pipe sizes differ slightly to the V8.

[AudiSport]

Have you got manual or auto? Really I'm after a quattro tiptronic but they seem to be few and far between which doesn't help my limited budget...

[pbarlow0032]

Just traded in my 05 sline 3.0 manual cab, avus silver, sline interior, sat nav, phone, 76k miles, recent cam belt change. Spoke to dealer last week and it sold through auction for £8.5k. Hell of a lot of car for the money!

Was quite juicy, mpg settled to 25, but never really took it on motorway, so mainly round the doors and a little country road driving. Was brisk when floored, but wasn't really quick, never felt anywhere near as quick as the 3.2TTR I used to have.

Also, used to have a 1.8t sport cabriolet, which was obviously slower, but much much better on fuel. I guess it depends whether you want to spend all your money at the shell garage!

Cambelt change on the 3.0 isn't cheap either, cost £600 at local trusted independent!

Happy to answer any questions if I can help

[chimaeradean]

Maybe il just leave it as it is as the cost implications dont look favourable for the power increase. Anyway i think i just need to get used to a smoother more refined power delivery as my other ride is a TVR and the Audi has a lot to live up to!The price you have to pay for more seats eh !