Newbie with a few questions......:-)

[S3Sport_Guy]

Hi

As of Tuesday just gone I am now the happy owner of a new S3 Sportback S-Tronic in Sprint Blue with privacy glass

Came from a Nissan 350z (owned all 3 facelift versions from 276ps to 313ps at one time or another) so it was a tough choice for me to make the move from RWD to Quattro and also faced the dilemma of stick-shift or S-Tronic - im happy so far

Im even more happy with the timing as far as the weather is concerned - did not take a lot of snow to get the Z snowed in

Im into my mods but will have to wait for the 3-4k mark before I start that again

So, lets get down to business - a few questions if you dont mind answering which I never really found the answers on in the threads I checked. Doing a remap on the S3 Sportback - is the S-Tronic gearbox up to it or does that need a reflash? Will the remap increase the available torque curve up to atleast 6k RPM? Lastly, I know the S3 only has a 60 ltr tank, but the petrol gauge needle moves in the wrong direction even for my liking Im starting to think that the claimed 33mpg combined is optimistic? Oh, also, Shell 99RON Optimax - any benefits using it - no lambda sensor issues?

Thanks - looking forward to being involved in the forum-looks like a great site:icon_thumright:

 

[N8]

Hi & Welcome.

What mods you got planned? S-Tronic software does not only benefit from lifting the torque to 500nm (iirc ) but also makes the car fully manual in paddle mode and will bounce off limiter! Please please run it on V-Power only . Any more questions give us a shout.

N8

 

[S3Sport_Guy]

Hi & Welcome.

What mods you got planned? S-Tronic software does not only benefit from lifting the torque to 500nm (iirc ) but also makes the car fully manual in paddle mode and will bounce off limiter! Please please run it on V-Power only . Any more questions give us a shout.

N8

Thanks N8,

Well knowing what an improvement of replacing OEM cats with Hi-flo cats and sticking a decent exhaust on a 350z does I will go down this road first then do a remap Milltek seems to be zorst of choice around here?

Yep-meant v-power-devil's own juice Would have stuck Tescoe 99ron in it if I had not read the manual about bio ethanol fuel

Good news about bouncing off the rev limiter with reflash:icon_thumright:

The question about torque was aimed at the fact that max. torque is only available between 2.5k and 5k rpm - could you clarify whether a remap would pusk max availability up to 6krpm at least>

Cheers

 

[N8]

Thanks N8,

Well knowing what an improvement of replacing OEM cats with Hi-flo cats and sticking a decent exhaust on a 350z does I will go down this road first then do a remap Milltek seems to be zorst of choice around here?

Yep-meant v-power-devil's own juice Would have stuck Tescoe 99ron in it if I had not read the manual about bio ethanol fuel

Good news about bouncing off the rev limiter with reflash:icon_thumright:

The question about torque was aimed at the fact that max. torque is only available between 2.5k and 5k rpm - could you clarify whether a remap would pusk max availability up to 6krpm at least>

Cheers

Yeh Milltek is the best in terms of quality/looks and gains. I would have gone for Milltek on mine but they didn't do one for the 2.0TDI Sportback so I had to go custom. You want to go turboback with sports cat or decat, depending on what noise you want. All you need is full milltek, an intake and then a shark performance remap and your looking at 350bhp my son. The power will then be available ALL across the rev range trust me, you'll love it

 

[S3Sport_Guy]

Yeh Milltek is the best in terms of quality/looks and gains. I would have gone for Milltek on mine but they didn't do one for the 2.0TDI Sportback so I had to go custom. You want to go turboback with sports cat or decat, depending on what noise you want. All you need is full milltek, an intake and then a shark performance remap and your looking at 350bhp my son. The power will then be available ALL across the rev range trust me, you'll love it

Cheers for that

Can the 2ltr engine take that sort of power without having to do any mods on internals? Mind, the Subaru 2ltr boxer engine can take 400+ bhp over standard 325bhp

 

[Staz]

Welcome to the forum! You have good taste in cars sir

I run Shell 99 all the time along with most S3 drivers. I think the fuel tank on 8Ps are 55 litres aren't they?

 

[S3Sport_Guy]

Welcome to the forum! You have good taste in cars sir

I run Shell 99 all the time along with most S3 drivers. I think the fuel tank on 8Ps are 55 litres aren't they?

Thanks:icon_thumright:

....I thought the tank was a 60ltr?

 

[Staz]

Thanks:icon_thumright:

....I thought the tank was a 60ltr?

Yeah you're right mate. Dunno why but I always thought it was 55

 

[V6Pete]

Yeh Milltek is the best in terms of quality/looks and gains.

I'd disagree and take a Blueflame over a Milltek any day of the week.

 

[paddy]

I'm with Pete on this one.....Milltek and quality in the same sentence ? you sure?

 

[S3_HK]

Hi

As of Tuesday just gone I am now the happy owner of a new S3 Sportback S-Tronic in Sprint Blue with privacy glass

Came from a Nissan 350z (owned all 3 facelift versions from 276ps to 313ps at one time or another) so it was a tough choice for me to make the move from RWD to Quattro and also faced the dilemma of stick-shift or S-Tronic - im happy so far

Im even more happy with the timing as far as the weather is concerned - did not take a lot of snow to get the Z snowed in

Im into my mods but will have to wait for the 3-4k mark before I start that again

So, lets get down to business - a few questions if you dont mind answering which I never really found the answers on in the threads I checked. Doing a remap on the S3 Sportback - is the S-Tronic gearbox up to it or does that need a reflash? Will the remap increase the available torque curve up to atleast 6k RPM? Lastly, I know the S3 only has a 60 ltr tank, but the petrol gauge needle moves in the wrong direction even for my liking Im starting to think that the claimed 33mpg combined is optimistic? Oh, also, Shell 99RON Optimax - any benefits using it - no lambda sensor issues?

Thanks - looking forward to being involved in the forum-looks like a great site:icon_thumright:

hey, I also drive a 06 350z and probably will be getting my s3sb some time later today (or hopefully before xmas), any quick views how the two cars drive differently? I know its not fair to compare, but it ain't something that happens everyday to meet someone having the exact same car choices at the same time