[BiturboS4] Anyone have Abt chip?

[john sonty]

Tuan,

But that's the fun of it.. c'mon, go ahead and post it--we need
a little excitement around here...  '-)

--- Tuan Nguyen <tuan at grdperformance.com> wrote:
> "Abt and MTM also have much lower instances of blowing the
> Stock
> K03's...."
>
> I'm hoping you really don't believe that statement.  All
> chipped S4 will
> have a higher rate of turbo failure than stock.  I've had an
> MTM chip on
> my 2000 and the both turbo's failed at 44,000 miles.  I had
> put about
> 30,000 on that chip.  Every precaution was taken to prevent
> the failure.
> I changed oil every 5000 miles with synthetic of course.  I
> also had a
> turbo timer for proper cool down.  It was a big shock to me
> that the
> failed, since they never made any noise at all.  Running
> higher boost is
> not the killer of our turbo's.  It's the quick spool up along
> with
> inadequate oiling that kills them.
>
> I've ridden besides an ABT chipped car a full tank of 100
> octane against
> my friends car with X chip and 93 octane.  Neither car pulled
> on the
> other in any of the higher gears.  Can't say it was scientific
> test but
> it made me wonder about the adapting ability of the ABT chip.
>
> I've done some dyno testing on the X chip, Upsolute and APR
> chip.  It is
> to bad I can't post the info since I would just get flamed and
> open a
> big can of worms...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tuan Nguyen
> www.grdperformance.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: biturbos4-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:biturbos4-admin at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of Eric Fletcher S.O.C.
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:56 AM
> To: mike kuriger
> Cc: California Fields; biturbos4 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] Anyone have Abt chip?
>
> On 1/15/03 0:13, "mike kuriger" <michael at isuzu-mods.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I would steer clear of anything claiming to auto-adapt.  if
> that is
> the
> > case, it must continually be advancing the timing to the
> point of
> > detactable and damaging detonation only to back the timing
> off again.
> > several pre-set programs is the way to go :-D
>
>
> There is a HUGE difference between Detectable, and Damaging
> Knock and
> there
> are other ways to adapt for octane. But then again the Abt and
> MTM code
> also
> tend to run lower EGT's than the others....
>
> Abt and MTM also have much lower instances of blowing the
> Stock
> K03's....
>
>
>
>
>
> Eric Fletcher
> Former Pro Racer
> Race Instructor
> '00 S4tt
> Abt K04 Turbo Conversion
> RS4 Intake and Fuel
> RS4 intercoolers
> RS4 Downpipes
> Miltek Exhaust
> RS4 Flywheel/Clutch and Pressure plate
> Abt Z6 18x8 Wheels
> Euro Headlights
> and all sorts of other toys...
>
>
>
>
>
>
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