quality work mate, well done on the recent mods...
Cheers mate, much appreciated
quality work mate, well done on the recent mods...
Nice Mr Patrick lol
I would definitely leave the 4 rings off the front grill tho but that's me
Ah, I thought I recognised the photos from FB group! Very nice set of mods mate. Many likes, much wow!
I also agree on the standard steering wheel - perforated finish looks much better and probably feel better too.
Just a shame i'm fiscally challenged to do it how i'd really like to do it haha!
I liked the OZ's and I like the turini's as well but you need 19's in OZ's to carry them off but you suffer on the ride as a result. was that Muzza's ARB i was going to purchase it but going for more power instead ,the light blue car is that a wrap never seen it before.
Car looks absolutely stunning! great work was the ARBs difficult to fit using jack stands? Might be doing mine soon...
As you well know...... BIG fan of how this looks!! Gutted I never took the chance at those wheels before you. Kicking myself hard for it.
Are you still running spacers or is the ET42 filling the arches?
Might need a shot of them for a couple of hours.............
Love this build nice one pal
Thursday
Tuning day...
Now this is where it starts to get interesting... Took the car to Ecotune Scotland based in Glasgow for a Stage 1 APR remap.. Now Ecotune has a Rolling Road on premis where the cars are setup.
On the 1st run, standard car with forge twintake made 287.7hp with 290.1ft/lbs torque. Then it was time to choose the software, I went for the APR 3.1 software over the 3.4 as it has more of a progrssive torque curve over the 3.4... so the software was installed.
So this is where it gets really interesting.. 2nd run.. Now I was expecting around 320hp and that was what I was hoping for but I was in for a shock... on the 2nd run the car made 344.9hp 351.7ft/lbs of torque
Now I was a bit wary of this and asked them to explain, basically the words were 'Its a good clean car and that he'd love to see it with the downpipe and pump on it' The car is running slightly rich after 5krpm and i'm going to get a 2nd opinion on it sometime soon from another company with a rolling road as the figures might be slightly opimistic.. Only time will tell on that 1 either way, but it certainly feels a lot quicker than the Shark stage 1, so only time will tell on that 1....
So then it was back home to fit the grille.. these parts were removed and also the front splitter cover to give you an idea of what was to come...
Just wanna say is a beautiful build and have fed given me some ideas of what do to mine!! Just going try not copy too much haha
Absolute quality this thread mate.
Did you ever get a second opinion on your figures?
Mine made 340 on a dyno with no fuel pump. I was advised that it can't make 320 without the pump so I tried on another RR and It made 318.
It turns out the 1st RR was 2WD and second attempt was 4WD. Quite a big inconsistency
Thanks mate.. Need to update this, the car has totally changed again since then..
Hey mate, thanks..
I haven't as yet.. Been doing other bits and pieces on it recently so not had much time.. Its defo something i'll be doing as i'm also a bit skeptical..
The only thing however is that this was done on a 4wd dyno, the only thing I can think of is that their correction figure was setup wrong.. But theres a few other boys ob here thats had their cars all on that dyno and they all seem to give consistant readings, so who knows? Need to find another 4wd dyno thats kinda local..
Just make sure it's not running lean mate. Mine was
Interesting reading through the updates. You have a similar thought process to myself when modding your car. Very choosy about your mods. Great choice with the brakes, going for the Audi setup rather than Porsche. I detest seeing Porsche / Aston / Whatever other make / brakes on an Audi car! Interesting idea of just taking the logo off it entirely...I may steal that idea from you when I finally get my own fitted! Though try not to get the discs too warm as apparently the TTRS discs warp very easily! Down the line you could upgrade to the AP racing discs with custom brackets from vagbremtecnics that reduce the need for spacers - which will help with that problem as well ;-)
And just on the subject of spacers, I had 5mm spacers as well, and had the exact same trembling issue as you. Im not sure that you moving to 3mm will help this. From all accounts you need at least a 10mm spacer for it to be truly hubcentric and wobble free.
Also make sure you are using the correct wheel studs for your wheels. If those are genuine RS3 wheels your studs should be a radius head.
Very nice car mate. Love that photo in front of that Mansion/Estate/Castle place.
You need my CK's no spacers needed and I need your Rotors as there easier for me to clean lol
Great update and 100% agree with the RS3 side of things...... Look forward to next updates
Cheers Trev.. Yeah when I was gona get the Porsche setup I would have just labeled them as Brembo, its practically the same kit as the TTRS bar a little bit different shape of the caliper itself..
With regards to the spacers thing, a boy up here had the 5's too, said the exact same thing as us, bad wheel wobble around motorway speeds, hes now put on the 3mm's and its taken it away, so thats why I was gona try it.. The studs are correct, when I got the spacers I also went to a local shop 'motorsport wheels' and got 5mm longer bolts with the radius heads.. If anything when it comes to modding I always make sure the vehicle is completely safe, gives you the confidence that way to drive it exactly how youd like (within the normal boundaries) and feel confident doing so..
Love this thread, read it through a few times!
tasteful and sensible mods - your car is a beauty!
Good stuff! And thats interesting about the 3mm spacers, thats useful information actually thanks for that!
Absolutely love this.
What size are the Rotors? and what size tyres you running? Whats the ride like ?
Do you have the TTRS setup aswell? Its more the spoke design that catches.. Was 1 or 2 mm out on the Rotors... I was actually considering getting CKs and doing them matt black.. I've got a thing for Blue and Black S3's.. If i can run them over the calipers without spacers then they might be a winner.. Got the right fitment too..