Facelift S3 FL Quarter Mile Run

[Ghostneo]

Hi All

Took the car down Santa Pod at the weekend... was running 12.3's with a Revo Stage 1 map and 2 up in the car

 

[infernox]

Wow great pictures and nice time. On a side note, there were people in your other thread about the REVO remap asking what BHP you got to, so think you should update them if you can.

 

[desertstorm]

Presume you visited the local site photographer Blackett photography. They take great quality pictures.

https://www.facebook.com/BlackettPhotography

 

[Audi Bairn]

Great pics!
Looks like fun

 

[Ghostneo]

Presume you visited the local site photographer Blackett photography. They take great quality pictures.

https://www.facebook.com/BlackettPhotography

I did indeed

 

[Ghostneo]

Wow great pictures and nice time. On a side note, there were people in your other thread about the REVO remap asking what BHP you got to, so think you should update them if you can.

Oop's will get back to them now

 

[desertstorm]

The photographer for Blacketts does some arty shots every now and then. This is one of my favourites sitting on the line.

 

[Ghostneo]

The photographer for Blacketts does some arty shots every now and then. This is one of my favourites sitting on the line.

Nice shot

 

[RickyB]

I did see you go down. My mate was running in the red s3 pfl. Mine was in the field next to camp. I had already had to much to drink before deciding i wanted to go down

 

[Marky-s3]

Im doing 1/4 mile runs this weekend with a stock 17 plate 3 door s tronic s3 what times do they run stock and idea ?

 

[Marky-s3]

Seems they do 12.794 was my pb

 

[Craig Cull]

Just shows how quick the Dsg changes are! Great times! Im doing 12.04 with 522ps stage 3 fl s3 saloon manual.
But we've dissabled all the electrical bs so looking forward to getting back out there. 12.04 with the car basically slamming the brakes on when i launch lol.

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[Bristle Hound]

Hi All

Took the car down Santa Pod at the weekend... was running 12.3's with a Revo Stage 1 map and 2 up in the car

@Ghostneo - Great pics & great times buddy

Just out of interest is the 0-60 & 0-100 timed in the 1/4 miles runs ?

 

[Ghostneo]

@Ghostneo - Great pics & great times buddy

Just out of interest is the 0-60 & 0-100 timed in the 1/4 miles runs ?

Unfortunately not

 

[KevS3-]

My new 67 plate S3 310ps 7-speed S-tronic managed 12.64 @110mph completely standard...

 

[infernox]

Fairly close to the new RS3 and RS5 which did around 12 seconds in the carwow video.

 

[Terminator x]

In the world of strip times 0.64 will feel like a lot. Let's be sensible, a car with more power will arrive sooner than one with less.

TX.

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[Vertigo1]

In the world of strip times 0.64 will feel like a lot. Let's be sensible, a car with more power will arrive sooner than one with less.

Nope. Launches are just as important. An S3 or anything similar with AWD, dual-clutch gearbox and launch control will equal or beat plenty of cars with more power.

Times also aren't everything. A faster launching car may post a quicker time than a more powerful, but slower launching one yet the latter will have a higher terminal velocity as, by the end of the quarter, it's reeling in the former.

 

[Tom.H]

Nope. Launches are just as important. An S3 or anything similar with AWD, dual-clutch gearbox and launch control will equal or beat plenty of cars with more power.

Times also aren't everything. A faster launching car may post a quicker time than a more powerful, but slower launching one yet the latter will have a higher terminal velocity as, by the end of the quarter, it's reeling in the former.

The chap with the 300bhp Cupra R I went up against at Santa Pod found that out, I was in the R32 with 50bhp less than him.

 

[Vertigo1]

I really don't see the point in 300+ bhp in a front-wheel drive car. Sure it's ok once you're rolling but hard acceleration from low speeds, especially on a slippery surface, just results in loads of wheelspin.

 

[infernox]

I really don't see the point in 300+ bhp in a front-wheel drive car. Sure it's ok once you're rolling but hard acceleration from low speeds, especially on a slippery surface, just results in loads of wheelspin.

It looks like the new civic type R has it under control though.

 

[Vertigo1]

Believe it when I see it. They can try all manner of trick suspension and front diffs but the fact remains that there just isn't enough grip for that much power, especially in less than ideal conditions.

I was at Santa Pod on Saturday and the number of high-power FWD cars which seriously struggled to get off the line was hilarious, and that's about as perfect a surface as you'll get.

 

[Mark_86]

Believe it when I see it. They can try all manner of trick suspension and front diffs but the fact remains that there just isn't enough grip for that much power, especially in less than ideal conditions.

I was at Santa Pod on Saturday and the number of high-power FWD cars which seriously struggled to get off the line was hilarious, and that's about as perfect a surface as you'll get.

I agree from a standing start, FWD cars will always struggle to beat AWD or RWD vehicles. But, these modern hot hatches with 300-odd-bhp and their clever diffs and suspension are bonkers quick around a bend. Honestly, they literally run rings around cars like the S3/R/M140i... those diffs just hook up and yank you out of a bend like an elastic band. Granted, in wet conditions, they struggle against AWD cars, but they'll still show RWD cars a clean pair of heels!

Had a go in a Megane RS275 before I got the S3, that was a complete weapon!

 

[infernox]

Believe it when I see it. They can try all manner of trick suspension and front diffs but the fact remains that there just isn't enough grip for that much power, especially in less than ideal conditions.

I was at Santa Pod on Saturday and the number of high-power FWD cars which seriously struggled to get off the line was hilarious, and that's about as perfect a surface as you'll get.

I haven't seen it myself, just what I heard from Chris Harris in this video. He compares it to the 2001 type r. https://www.topgear.com/videos/chris-harris-drives/chris-harris-drives-2017-honda-civic-type-r

 

[Terminator x]

Nope. Launches are just as important. An S3 or anything similar with AWD, dual-clutch gearbox and launch control will equal or beat plenty of cars with more power.

Well at Rockingham I launched (a lot) faster than the r8 V10 next to me however it reeled me in and overtook in the space of 200m. More power you see

TX.

 

[KevS3-]

Recorded a 12.15 @113.4 mph today at Crail. 3/4 tank of fuel, boot full of ****. Using a tuning box.

 

[Marky-s3]

Recorded a 12.15 @113.4 mph today at Crail. 3/4 tank of fuel, boot full of ****. Using a tuning box.

Good time for box managed an 11.7 at pod apr stage 1 with hardware mods last weekend in 30c heat