Finally took the splunge yesterday and paid a visit to Vince at Stealth Racing!
Oh so glad I did!
My first surprise (and to Vince) was how much the car was pushing out as 'standard':
87.5 bhp and 168.3 lb/ft torque!
Skipton, I remember you telling me 2003 was the best build year!!
After the initial re-map, this rose to 108 and 185, but had a bit of a blip in the power curve at around 4000 rpm.
In the end decided best to go for a smooth curve than max gains, and reined things in a bit!
Final figures are 106.2 bhp and 179 lb/ft.
But it's way the car delivers that power that's changed most. It pulls much more cleanly at low revs (2nd gear roundabouts can now be taken in 3rd) and has a wider power band pulling very quickly and smoothly to well over 4000 rpm. The car has a more refined, smoother feel about it - the way Audi should have made it!
As for fuel consumption, it's too early to tell for sure. Trouble is it's just too tempting and easy to boot it (at the moment anyway!!), but cruising back at a steady motorway speed I'd say the MPG has actually improved slightly, maybe because it produces more torque at lower revs??
Either way I'm a very happy customer.
Thanks Vince!!
Cheers,
Simon
Oh so glad I did!
My first surprise (and to Vince) was how much the car was pushing out as 'standard':
87.5 bhp and 168.3 lb/ft torque!
Skipton, I remember you telling me 2003 was the best build year!!
After the initial re-map, this rose to 108 and 185, but had a bit of a blip in the power curve at around 4000 rpm.
In the end decided best to go for a smooth curve than max gains, and reined things in a bit!
Final figures are 106.2 bhp and 179 lb/ft.
But it's way the car delivers that power that's changed most. It pulls much more cleanly at low revs (2nd gear roundabouts can now be taken in 3rd) and has a wider power band pulling very quickly and smoothly to well over 4000 rpm. The car has a more refined, smoother feel about it - the way Audi should have made it!
As for fuel consumption, it's too early to tell for sure. Trouble is it's just too tempting and easy to boot it (at the moment anyway!!), but cruising back at a steady motorway speed I'd say the MPG has actually improved slightly, maybe because it produces more torque at lower revs??
Either way I'm a very happy customer.
Thanks Vince!!
Cheers,
Simon