New daily beater

[Tremor14]

His name is Rob and a buddy of mine installed the Apr stage 3 kit on his car in like 2002. It's was the first one I knew of anywhere and it ran hard for what it was (basically a European spec RS4).

how do you think it would perform against this much heavier car with the same turbos? about even?

[D3R3K]

Yeah. Don't remember the specific turbos but he called it a stage 3 and it looked stock except for rims and coilovers.

His name is Rob and a buddy of mine installed the Apr stage 3 kit on his car in like 2002. It's was the first one I knew of anywhere and it ran hard for what it was (basically a European spec RS4).

[LaserSVT]

That thing is going to be a monster with those K24s. You ever plan to take it to the track?

No sir. I do plan on going to some road course events. Have one in March that looks killer.

[LaserSVT]

Got sick of the amber corners so I did a thing today....

[CWO]

Yeah. Don't remember the specific turbos but he called it a stage 3 and it looked stock except for rims and coilovers.

Pretty sure they were K04s

[4king]

Black guy?

4DRASSN

Yeah. Don't remember the specific turbos but he called it a stage 3 and it looked stock except for rims and coilovers.

[Tremor14]

Black guy?

4DRASSN

[4king]

There was a guy at the old dfwstangs meets with just a stage 3 s4. On 14 psi he would walk my 400whp fbody from a roll. At 18psi he was still pulling on 500whp cars.

No one ever knew his setup (it's true form) until he went to sell the car. Under all that plastic and stock looking engine bay he had upgraded the turbos

https://youtu.be/oPcoXK7tkXk

[Tremor14]

still looks slow.

[95ragtop]

That thing is going to be a monster with those K24s. You ever plan to take it to the track?

[LaserSVT]

Now that I have had the car for 4 months I am very happy with its reliability. Aside from the dealer fiasco in the beginning the car has been doing really well. I have put about 7k miles on it and shes never failed me. Seeing that its been about 17k since the last plug change and my new tuner suggests 15k changes I went ahead and did a tune up on her. Cheapest one I ever did! Got OEM style Denso TT double platinum plugs for $7.42 for the whole set. Plugs are easy to change too. Glad I did it as whoever installed them last really limp wristed tightening them and they were able to be removed by just grabbing the head of the spark plug wrench instead of the handle. 3 of them I didnt need the wrench at all. At least that solved the cold start exhaust leak I never could find. LOL It was so quiet and would stop in 3-5 seconds so never could pinpoint it. Also closing the plug gap for the higher boost levels has really made partial throttle boost smoother.
Still shocked it was under $8 to tune it up.

I am also trading a fellow RS6 owner my Alcons for his NIB OEM front brakes as I would prefer the 8 piston Brembos over the 6 piston Alcons I have. Plus that saves me the $1300 for new rotor rings that it needs. Dude wants them for his Lambo and already has fresh rings so its win win and I get new front brakes for zero bucks.

Another plus is my new tuner has some custom built K24 turbos he is selling me dirt cheap next month and when I am ready to install them he is gonna fly in and we will rent a dyno for a few hours so he can custom tune the car for them and make some enhancements I want to the trans tune. His car is making 670 awhp on those turbos but we are gonna tame mine down to 600ish at the wheels since I want to remain auto and the built one can only handle 750 at the crank and 1000 tq.
So I just gotta get a bigger fuel pump and injectors which he also is getting me for pennies on the dollar. Should be able to get that 160+ hp gain all for under $2500. Cant wait! That does not include the cost of the built trans though. That bitch is expensive at $5500 but its only money and I can always make more. Seems like a nice transmission with cryogen treated shafts and Kevlar clutches as well as a reinforced sun gear and a more robust torque converter.

After that all I really have left is to get the wheels refinnished and fix the crack I did to the front bumper and install my rear speakers after they clear customs and she will be pretty much done.

And sorry Naynay, car has yet to throw a check engine light. I have the full VCDS system now and have scanned the car a dozen times. Never has any codes pending except no stereo communication which is to be expected since its no longer there. Dont leak a drop, never makes any weird sounds, starts instantly and has been a joy to drive. Hope that doesnt make you too mad. Sorry. I know how much you love to watch peoples stuff fail.



Anywho, I need to clean the engine under all the beauty covers. LOL

[Tremor14]

eat a salad to offset the difference.

[LaserSVT]

How did it do on getting rid of road noise? I'm sure that car didn't have much, but did you notice a reduction in what little road noise was there?

There was a noticeable reduction. The MLV under the rear seat helped a lot as well. I would like to MLV the whole car but that would add like 150lbs.

[Gasser64]

Spent the day cutting the hell out of my fingers. This stuff is SHARP! It is of really nice quality though and very easy to use.

How did it do on getting rid of road noise? I'm sure that car didn't have much, but did you notice a reduction in what little road noise was there?

[LaserSVT]

Waco. Sams parking lot at 8PM. Usually runs till 10 and then some stuff happens.