Hi everyone on ASN. My name is Dwayne and I'm from South Africa. I've had my S3 for a year now so I thought I'd start a ride's thread, also to get input from like minded people who share the same passion as I do.
Prior to getting the S3, I owned a 2006 B7 A4 S-Line. It was running Unitronic Stg 2+ with all the bits and bobs that go with it. Such an awesome car, but when I discovered I could get my hands on this S3, I had to make the move to own it. I work at a Mazda Dealership as a service manager and some guy traded this S3 in on a newer pre-owned Ford Focus ST. Insane I know, but all the better for me.
The S3 was bone stock, apart from the downpipe and an unknown software brand loaded to the ecu. Irrespective, all I knew is that I had to have it.
Here are a few pics of the cars together before the B7 was traded....
As soon as I got the S3, I plastidipped the grille black as well as the rear diffuser at the bottom of the rear bumper. It really went well with the blue.
Soon after officially owning the s3, my good friend Chris Dark Artz Performance here in SA, flashed the ECU with a Unitronic 2+ 98 ron file. I was much happier knowing what brand of software I have on the car.
I mate of mine decided to change his alloys on his B7 DTM, so he kindly gave me his OEM DTM alloys...
I absolutely love how the wheels sit wider than the original S3 wheels due to the offset.
We have a racing cup here called the Michelin Cup. One of my mates persuaded me to enter with him (he drives a full track spec Subaru Impreza STI). This was the beginning of something great for 2015.
Having a small idea of what was coming my way in 2015, I came across some poly LCA bushes which I thought would be good as a small, cheap upgrade.
The 1st event in the Michelin Cup was a dyno event. This was used to put us into classes according to our cars power output on the wheels....
I came 2nd in my class with a healthy 230wkw, only to be beaten by 2 wkw by an RS2 Avant, which is fine to be beaten by a legend like that.
Thanx for reading my thread so far.... more about this years fun in my next post...
Prior to getting the S3, I owned a 2006 B7 A4 S-Line. It was running Unitronic Stg 2+ with all the bits and bobs that go with it. Such an awesome car, but when I discovered I could get my hands on this S3, I had to make the move to own it. I work at a Mazda Dealership as a service manager and some guy traded this S3 in on a newer pre-owned Ford Focus ST. Insane I know, but all the better for me.
The S3 was bone stock, apart from the downpipe and an unknown software brand loaded to the ecu. Irrespective, all I knew is that I had to have it.
Here are a few pics of the cars together before the B7 was traded....
As soon as I got the S3, I plastidipped the grille black as well as the rear diffuser at the bottom of the rear bumper. It really went well with the blue.
Soon after officially owning the s3, my good friend Chris Dark Artz Performance here in SA, flashed the ECU with a Unitronic 2+ 98 ron file. I was much happier knowing what brand of software I have on the car.
I mate of mine decided to change his alloys on his B7 DTM, so he kindly gave me his OEM DTM alloys...
I absolutely love how the wheels sit wider than the original S3 wheels due to the offset.
We have a racing cup here called the Michelin Cup. One of my mates persuaded me to enter with him (he drives a full track spec Subaru Impreza STI). This was the beginning of something great for 2015.
Having a small idea of what was coming my way in 2015, I came across some poly LCA bushes which I thought would be good as a small, cheap upgrade.
The 1st event in the Michelin Cup was a dyno event. This was used to put us into classes according to our cars power output on the wheels....
I came 2nd in my class with a healthy 230wkw, only to be beaten by 2 wkw by an RS2 Avant, which is fine to be beaten by a legend like that.
Thanx for reading my thread so far.... more about this years fun in my next post...