[BiturboS4] New S4 owner

[California Fields]

Yep, and I put a GIAC-x in at 8k miles. I'm now at 35k miles and no problems
(yet). Turbos are getting a little louder but hard to tell. I just swapped
my GIAC for an Abt....so I'll now be running Abt.




>From: "Robin Gibson" <robingibson at cowanlinn.co.uk>
>To: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>, "John M. Harrison" <JohnMH at uwyo.edu>
>CC: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] New S4 owner
>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:37:15 +0100
>
>Hi guys
>
>I chipped my S4tt at 15k with the abt 310hp chip.  I am now at 44k miles
>without any problems.  Best purchase I ever made; I'd probably have sold my
>kids for an RS4 by now, but with the abt S4 there is little point.  I use
>the car for everyday driving and find that I very rarely have to use full
>power.  Driven with (some) restraint and respect, the rest of the
>mechanicals seem to be up to it.  In the UK at least, the Audi warranty is
>unaffected if they install the abt chip.  Worth checking up on - you're
>missing out otherwise
>
>RG
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
>To: "John M. Harrison" <JohnMH at uwyo.edu>
>Cc: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] New S4 owner
>
>
> > My S4 is not chipped.  I am indeed reluctant to jeopardize my warranty
> > while it's still in effect.  Even after the warranty is over, I'd think
> > twice about doing it, because it seems that chipping often causes a
> > bunch of expensive failures and I am not sure I want to get caught up
> > in that...  The temptation of power is great, though :).
> >
> > -Ti
> > 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> > 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> > 1984 5000S turbo
> > 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
> > --
> >     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
> >    ///   AMB Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
> >   ///    ti at amb.org
> >  //////  http://www.amb.org/ti/
> > ///
> >
> > John M. Harrison writes:
> > > I'm curious - have you experimented with chipping, or are you
>reluctant
> > > to do this while your car is in warranty as I am?  I understand if you
> > > don't want to answer to the whole list.  Cheers.
> >
> >
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