The numbers are in: 402AWHP and 370ft/lbs
Horsepower in blue, torque in red, and air fuel in black.
At the last Audi Club event I won a dyno gift certificate; with all this supercharger hate going on I decided to made a quick trip up to 034Motorsport to get some numbers on an independent dyno. In addition to being local, one of the perks of having 034 dyno the car is that they've tuned a large majority of the Audis in the area. Many of the parts I have on my car have been been run on the dyno so we can make reasonable comparisions between modifications and cars.
034 uses a relatively conservative Land and Sea dyno.
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A quick visit to the recycling plant
Here's a few of the photos I took after I weighed the car.
Two tons of Audi
After the recent product launch, I had the first weekend to myself for a long time. I found a weigh scale near my house that's open 24 hours that I could actually get my car onto. I talked my roommate into coming out with me and got some offical numbers.
With a full tank of gas the car weighs in at 3,920lbs, almost two tons of Audi. I thought that seemed a little high considering most of the parts I've installed have been lightweight. Thinking backwards I was able to come up with a list of potential weight additions.
- full tank of gas: ~160lbs+
- supercharger, intercooler, hardware: ~75lbs
- roll cage, harnesses, and hardware: ~75lbs+
- subwoofer, enclosure, and amp: ~60-70lbs
- coolant for
The Podi gauge pod and VEI gauges have arrived
The new Podi G2, dual gauge pod has arrived! Winston at Podi was accommodating enough to send me a preproduction pod and anodize gauge's trim bezel black to better match the interior of my car. The gauge pod sits on top of the steering column and offers excellent visibility of both the aftermarket gauges and the OEM speedo and tach.
Each gauge displays two sensors worth of information, the gauges themselves are made by VEI Systems. The left gauge displays boost pressure and the air/fuel ratio using Innovate Motorsport's (Bosch's) wideband sensor. To the right I have my oil temperature and pressure.
Audi Club Golden Gate – Laguna Seca
On March 18th and 19th I had the opportunity to attend Audi Club Golden Gate's "Quattro de Seca" at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. An interesting and unfortunate fact about Laguna is that it has a 92dB sound limit which is measured on the passenger side coming out of turn 5, going up the hill. If you break that limit and are identified you'll receive a black flag...three black flags and you're done for the day. That being said, I wasn't sure my car would pass sound.
I called up the guys at One Stop Race Shop and rented a Spec Miata for the the event in case the S4 didn't pass sound check. ...
Status Racing Ring GTs have arrived!
Thanks to Status Racing for delivering a pair of Ring GT seats! They've provided us with sliders and six point harnesses to use with a pair of Wedge seat brackets.
Ring GT shells are made with Kevlar and are FIA approved; the shells are wrapped in black Alcantara and each seat weighs in at just a tad over 12lbs.
VF supercharger installation
The past few weeks have been rather interesting. Installation on the VF supercharger has wrapped up, below I'll detail the install procedure. All work was completed at achtuning in Redmond, WA. If you were considering ordering a supercharger, give them a call: 425.895.0000; if you're out of state...even better! No tax!
Our first step was to remove the OEM intake manifold, this is a good time to do your valve cover gaskets if yours are leaking. This process is straight forward. If there's enough room under the hood when everything is said and done, I am still very interested in adding JHM intake spacers (which were removed for the blower installation).
Quick column in Eurotuner
A buddy of mine brought this to my attention the other day! It seems the February Eurotuner has a few paragraphs on the car. 