A4 Track Setup

[Brian O']

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that is all we ever do is drivers ed. we ran ours hard, all the time, 2 of =
us at each track event, and the turbo has not failed to this date, we still=
 know where the car is today. the biggest thing is if you have been running=
 the oil you have in it now for a while, your turbo should be fine, the oil=
 lines get clogged with thicker cheap oil and that is what cooks the turbos=
, but im sure you know that !! like i said, i do not know how good you are,=
 your brakes may be fine, if your a rookie. (1st, or sceond year at it). bu=
t im sure you will be smelling them, make sure you use turbo blue brake flu=
id, and make sure your slave cylinder gets flushed out too, that brake flui=
d can get back to your master cylinder and to your brakes !!!!  if youve go=
t higher performance tires on the car, you will have a blast !!! we cooked =
our track tires and ran the bfg kdw's we had for the street, and we barley =
noticed a differance !!!
                                                                       bria=
n o'

 t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:Brian-Thanks for the reply. No, I'm not running=
 stock suspension- H&R coilovers with stock tires/wheels. Are you saying th=
at the rotors are not capable of handling track use at all? The reason I th=
ought about reverting to the stock chips is because chipped,the turbo is ru=
nning at the ragged edge and I don't want to cook it during extendedfull bo=
ost runs down the front straight, for example. One thing I failed to mentio=
n is that the car will be used for driver's ed, not forracing. It would be =
nice to put big brakes on the car, but that's not going to happen. If the A=
4 is going to be unsafe, I don't want to run the car- having the brakes go =
outon you is not fun.  Taka -----Original Message-----
From: Brian O' [mailto:briano_72 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 4:40 PM
To: t44tq at mindspring.com; quattro list
Subject: Re: A4 Track Setup


ya will need racing brake fluid for sure, if your any good your gonna cook =
your stock brakes in about 6 laps. no matter what kind of pads you use, the=
 stock size and configuration is way too small !!! we had a8 rotors and 993=
 calipers and was barley enough for us. as far as ducting, if you can figur=
e something out in this car, your a genious !!! audi used every inch they c=
ould find doing what they did. you will see as soon as you pop your little =
fog light covers out. i drilled holes behind the intercooler for air flow, =
do not know if it really helped, but i do not think it hurt it. i take it y=
our running stock suspension and tires/wheels ?? we had konis and lowering =
springs, it was nice, but still a smidge too mushy. now weve got an 00 s4, =
full race coil overs, 993tt front brakes, hawk pads in the rear, its very n=
ice, running about 350-375hp too !!!! 0-40 is what apr says to run in the s=
4, so it would be plenty for an a4. as far as running it chipped or not, yo=
u would be crazy not to chip it or leave it chipped, it does not have alot =
of power.
                                                                          b=
rian o'

 t44tq at mindspring.com wrote: Don't know how many of you own A4s, but any ad=
vice on track setup
for an A4?

The A4 might be used for a track day but I need to make sure that
everything is up to snuff before doing so.

I figure pads are a must, as well as a full system bleed, but other
than that, what must be done to ensure that the car will hold up to
track use?

I'm wondering if I should or should not run a chipped setup or stick
with the stock ECU to keep engine temps lower, esp. turbo temps.

Also I wonder if Mobil 1 0W40 can hold up to track use safely- it's
really light stuff.

Any inexpensive ways to run brake ducting for track use? I might get
some dryer ducting to work something up if that's doable- maybe remove
the fogs to improve airflow to the intercooler as well.

Taka

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