Technology => Gearheads => Topic started by: MoaningLisa on July 30, 2014, 04:19:23 am
Title: I just bought an Audi A4
Post by: MoaningLisa on July 30, 2014, 04:19:23 am
I just bought a 2003 Audi A4 Quattro with a manual transmission...pretty much the exact car I've been looking for for quite a while.
it has the 1.8 liter turbocharged 5-valve engine, so even though it made a slouch 210 ponies in stock trim, the potential for WAY more is there.
I got the car for extremely cheap ($2k) as compared to bluebook price ($6.5k+) because it has a bad clutch. clutch replacement thread coming soon.
I also have a Mitsubishi Intercooler, Blow of valve, and boost controller I will be installing soon, afterwards I will purchase a chip and dyno tune for it.
I liked Subaru and DSM cars, but they were faarrr to expensive, and the interiors were classic cheap japanese quality. the Audi has the driveline of a subaru (EXTREMELY similar, but audi came out with their system first, so they didn't copy) with a vaguely similar engine to a mitsubishi 4g63 (if you squint real hard and imagine a longitudinal 4g63, it would be fairly close) and the interior on par with BMW and Mercedes, with the engineering of Volkswagen.
its an oddball car to like, but for a DD/rolling project I think its perfect
(http://i.imgur.com/bDj4zqq.jpg)
Title: Re: I just bought an Audi A4
Post by: Arnox on July 30, 2014, 05:56:07 am
Nice. 0-60 time?
Title: Re: I just bought an Audi A4
Post by: MoaningLisa on July 31, 2014, 04:32:38 am
probably not great from the factory, but I won't be keeping it factory.
here is a chipped A4 VS an M3
EDIT-8.8 seconds factory, 6.3 with a chip and nothing else done to it. both figures are for automatic/quattro, mine is manual/quattro
EDIT2-7.9 sec with manual/quattro/stock. keep in mind, the Cutlass did 0-70 in the same time stock, and that car destroyed everything with wheels drag racing.
Title: Re: I just bought an Audi A4
Post by: MoaningLisa on August 07, 2014, 06:40:44 pm
just finished the transmission replacement, and drove the car around the block for the first time.