[Biturbos4] Idle Warming Up Question

[California Fields]

In my opinon, the A-pillar boost gauge is the best looking and best placed 
of the options available.

For the A-pillar pod, go to Supreme Power Parts:  
http://www.supremepower.com/
They make a custom A-pillar that fits in place of the old one - OEM fabric 
and all. Looks stellar. $325.

For the boost gauge, pay the extra to get an Omori (either 52mm or 60mm) 
instead of the VDO gauge. I got mine from AWE (www.awe-tuning.com) for $150. 
  They look much better and have nice OEM-matched red backlight and 
OEM-match white needles. The numbers and degredations are easier to read 
too.

I have this setup and love it. Took about 1 hour to install...but could 
probably do it a second time in 30 minutes. All you do is pop out the stock 
A-pillar, put in the SPP pod with Omori gauge inserted, wire the backlight 
just down to the fuse box, and feed a rubber vaccuum hose through the 
firewall (passage already exists) and out through the ECU housing and into 
the engine bay where you just have to splice an existing vacuum hose. 
Simple!

Of course, some people don't like to spend ~$500 for a boost gauge so you 
can go cheaper with a center vent or cheaper A-pillar. But why ruin a 
stellar Audi interior?

Cal.


>From: Russell Romano <Russell_Romano at pmc-sierra.com>
>To: "'Witte, Michael J (HPFS)'" <michael.witte at hp.com>,James Coraci 
><jgc at norpak.net>, biturbos4 at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [Biturbos4] Idle Warming Up Question
>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 06:46:51 -0800
>
>What are the options for a boost gauge?  Do they require an additional 
>sensor/pickup to be installed or do they tap into some signal already 
>available in the wiring harness?  Are they available for the A6 2.7T 
>dashboard as well?
>
>-Russ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Witte, Michael J (HPFS) [mailto:michael.witte at hp.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:42 AM
>To: James Coraci; biturbos4 at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [Biturbos4] Idle Warming Up Question
>
>
>Jim,
>
> >From what I picked up from the list, IIRC, Keman's response, letting the 
>car idle doesnt really warm up the engine all that much, unless you take up 
>the revs a little bit.
>
>I have a fairly small commute, 7 miles, and the engine is barely warm (oil 
>temp reaching 175 degrees) once I get to the office. I try to stay out of 
>boost the whole time, IMHO, one of the best investments so far, the boost 
>gauge, enabling for me a proper warm up. That is before having the boost 
>gauge, I tried to upshift as much and as soon as I could, now with the 
>boost gauge, I noted that early upshifts, actually generate boost. I try to 
>keep it below the 3,000 untill reaching about the 175 degrees of oil temp.
>
>To answer your question, the most I let the car idling is maybe 1 minute, 
>to see the revs come down after start up and than taking it easy untill the 
>engine is warm.
>
>Maybe Kenan or any expert has a differnt opinion.
>
>Michael.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com
>[mailto:biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com]On Behalf Of James Coraci
>Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:36 AM
>To: biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
>Subject: [Biturbos4] Idle Warming Up Question
>
>
>Hello All.
>
>The NE winter and a month straight of sub-25 degree F weather prompted
>me to read my 2002 S4 manual searching for Audi's position on warming up
>the engine while the car idle.
>Like the BMW M3 manual, their position is that due to greater "engine
>wear" the car should be driven upon startup.
>
>Is there a consensus opinion on this list?
>It seems painful to not give a 22 degree S4 a few minutes before
>rolling.
>
>Thanks.
>- Jim
>_______________________________________________
>Biturbos4 mailing list
>Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4
>_______________________________________________
>Biturbos4 mailing list
>Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4
>_______________________________________________
>Biturbos4 mailing list
>Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4

_________________________________________________________________
Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! 
http://shopping.msn.com/softcontent/softcontent.aspx?scmId=1418