[Biturbos4] You Guys Have It Easy! - Maintenance Wise....

Tue Dec 7 05:21:12 PST 2010

Wow, GT25's on a tip.. I have a tip and I'm leary of going Stage 2 in
the spring on the stock trans.  I had my stock torque converter replaced
back in 08 and it has maybe 30k on it so it should last a while.  Anyhow
I'm looking at doing downpipes/piggy pipes, full exhaust, front mount,
meth injection, and a tune by next summer.  That should equal a very
quick daily driver.  I recently rode in a stage 3 tip car with a vast
modded trans and it was impressive.  I'd be happy if my car runs like
that.  I can't imagine GT25's.

Have you considered swapping in a 6-speed?  I don't know what that would
cost and the more I think about it I wonder if it would be easy to do or
not?  I'd probably just pay someone like Vast or Wicked Motorsports to
do it for me if I was in that boat.  I'm hoping to keep the tip as long
as I can since it makes my commute easier.  I do enjoy driving my
friends 6-speed S4 though.  With the prices of these cars coming down
now I may just go stage 2 on my tip and then pick up a stage 3 6-speed
car that I can play with.

I noticed the activity on this list has died down but it's good to know
we still have active members.  Cheers!

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-----Original Message-----
From: biturbos4-bounces at diablo.audifans.com
[mailto:biturbos4-bounces at diablo.audifans.com] On Behalf Of j y
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 12:27 AM
To: biturbos4 at audifans.com
Cc: biturbos4 at audifans.com
Subject: [Biturbos4] You Guys Have It Easy! - Maintenance Wise....

I finally reached Stage 3+ on my MY 2000 S4. Over the years I've gone
from Stage 
1 (Chip), Stage 2 (Chip + Exhaust), Stage 3- (Chip, AWE Exhaust, K03
hybrids, 
Upgraded Tiptronic transmission, 42 lb Fuel Injectors, Bosch 044 fuel
pump, APR 
Bi-Pipe, Labree DPs, AWE ICs). Going to Stage 3+ included a UNITRONIC
Custom 
Tune, Garrett GT25R Eliminator turbos, Snow Water Injection, 60 lb Fuel 
Injectors + all the options I listed while the car was Stage 3-. 

Needless to say, the financial outlay that I've spent on my S4 (200,000+
miles) 
in the last six years has been significant, no, make that enormous! Was
it fun - 
absolutely! But, shortly after going to Stage 3+ , I recently broke the
Tip 
Tranny (UPGRADED & rebuilt by IPT in North Jersey and I would NOT
recommend them 
to anyone owning an Audi) for the SECOND TIME (30 days ago). The cost to
UPGRADE 
the tranny (supposed upgraded torque converter, valve body and gearing)
to 
upgrade the tranny the first time was $6,500.00. The S4 is currently
sitting in 
my garage.

At this point, I'm inclined to rebuild the tranny for a final time
(considering 
a 2BENETT race based rebuild). The cost will be in the $6000-$8000 range

depending on how strong I want to make it. Since my S4 is conservatively
over 
400 HP (the GT25R turbos are rated for 500+ HP with proper tuning), the
crazy 
price to rebuild the tranny is still cheaper than a new Camaro or ANY
other 400+ 
HP car. The fact that my S4's body looks great for a 10 yr old, 200,000+
mi car, 
makes it spending $$$ one last time appealing. 

By the way, my decision to spend the $$$ on another tranny makes no
economic 
sense, it's purely an emotional one, which is the case with any car that
has 
been modded to point of NO RETURN (to stock). My mechanic (he put 95% of
the 
mods on my S4) votes to "part the car out" and sell the pieces on eBAY, 
AudiWorld, Audizine, and QuattroWorld. I just can't get myself to that
point - 
yet! (if I blow a 2nd upgraded tranny - eBAY here I come!)

Just wanted to share - since the list has become somewhat active again. 

Happy Holidays from ImolaTipSoul-ja! (a soldier for the tip cause!)

________________________________
From:Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>
To:j.koenig <koenigj at comcast.net>; alan cordeiro
<alancordeiro at comcast.net>; 
biturbos4 at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, December 6, 2010 4:03:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] testing   testing   trying to post....

Good to know - thx, John.

-dreading this job when it does come up...

Brandon
'84 ur-quattro 20Vt
'01 S4

-----Original Message-----
From: biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com
[mailto:biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com] On Behalf Of j.koenig
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:45 PM
To: alan cordeiro; biturbos4 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] testing testing trying to post....

In my experience doing the driver's side (lhd), the main problem is
access.
Remove the 
coolant reservoir first.  Obstacles and difficulty seeing the fitting
itself
make if hard 
to a) fit tools securely on the fitting, and  b) actually get enough
movement for any 
ratcheting type tool..
Based on advice from someone on this list, I cut off the old metal tube
to
allow access 
with a box wrench or socket.  I did my original loosening from above
moving
in small 
increments.  Going together it's an easier job using a fitting wrench or
open-end to get 
the new one threaded in and snug.

Good luck...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alan cordeiro" <alancordeiro at comcast.net>
...
I am looking for advice on two items:

1) Having missing at high boost.......it would appear to be defective
EGT
sensors... I have the set of two on order, and expect them in a few
days.
Please give me any advice on how best to replace them. ... Thanks,

Alan Cordeiro 
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