[s-cars] Saw my first A5

Wed Jul 9 09:17:37 PDT 2008

Apparently BMW is having issues with the high pressure fuel pump.??I see on the BMW forums (besides questions?about LED lights and carbon fiber license plate frames) that a?lot of the?335s' are having to be bought back as 'lemon's at it is common to have multiple failures.? But I don't think I have seen any posts about blown head gaskets or turbos on modified cars.

I replaced my S6 with a sport package e90 330.? Doesn't have the RS2 power but it was a nice surprise getting 29 mpg on our trip to the Cape this weekend.? I wonder if it is possible to pick up one of these 335 lemons at a good price (since right now a 335 is out of my price range for probably another year)?

-----Original Message-----
From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:43 am
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Saw my first A5

I'd do the obnoxious +1 thing, but really, +1.

:-)

The E90 BMW is a very nice driving car, even though I think it's ugly.

Actually, there are issues with people running the 335 engine- some people
had engine failures with the first cars out to market (I guess that's one of
those typical 1st year German car issues). I wouldn't put a ton of boost
through an open deck engine, though- it wasn't designed for that. I'd think
you'd actually want to start with a 335d block to run high boost.

Taka

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nothing against the 2.7T, it's a great motor at altitude, but trying to get
> it to work in a B7/B8 body while still keeping all the other systems happy
> is an exercise in frustration.  A 335xi makes a lot more sense in that price
> range.
>
> Having driven B5-B7 Audi's & E46-E92 BMW's, I have to say that BMW has it
> nailed on the turbo thing now.  That turbo 3.0L 6 feels like a small V8 with
> its low end grunt & I'd say give it a year or 2 for the aftermarket to
> really kick off.  Drove a friend's E36 with a decent sized hairdryer on it.
> He beats the ever loving piss out of the car & hasn't had any motor issues
> to date (about 20k), so I can only imagine what the 335 motor will be like
> once people really start leaning on them.
>
> And a K04'd S4 is pretty much daily driver bliss so long as you don't try
> to surpass 500HP.  After that, you start breaking lots of stuff.  IMO, it's
> an engine in search of a better drivetrain.
>
> Where's that link to the 2.7T Exige?  :)
>
> Joe
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:15 AM, <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't know, I supposedly have the worst possible setup on my '01 S4 for
>> cooking turbos - pre 2001.5 swapover design, aggressive ABT chip, and
>> running at altitude and I thrash the hell out of it and have had no issues
>> whatsoever.  Worst case scenario is I torch the turbos and have to
>> upgrade.....what a shame :)  I have never heard of anyone having problems
>> after switching to K04s.
>>
>> I guess my point on the 3.2 vs. 2.7t is simple.  If you are leaving the
>> 2.7t
>> stock and you live down in the thick air, then yes, it makes no sense.
>> However, if you live up in the thin air, are doing an engine swap where
>> K04s
>> are a no brainer, and you want to push 400+ HP, the 3.2 ain't gonna cut
>> it.
>> I have run down way too many Z-28's, NA Porsche Carreras, S-2000s, etc. in
>> my simply modded '01 S4 with the stock K03's to ever go with a normally
>> aspirated car in Denver that has less than 400 cubic inches - which is
>> getting price prohibitive on gas anyway.
>>
>> Oh, and somebody mentioned the A4 handling vs. the S4 handling.  I guess I
>> have no handling complaints from my '01 S4 with the H&R Coilovers.
>>
>> --Calvin
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:12 PM
>> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
>> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Saw my first A5
>>
>>
>> 2.7T engines with K03s seem to cook turbos a lot. My question was whether
>> a
>> swap from K03 to K04 fixes the problem permanently or if it is an inherent
>> design flaw.
>>
>> Until these tiny turbos, I've never really had any issues with turbo
>> quattros.
>>
>> I don't really see the point of a 2.7T swap in an A5- the 3.2 is the same
>> power output without turbos. If you're going to do a big turbo swap, I'd
>> actually wait until the FI version comes out and do something with the FI
>> engine rather than a complete engine swap.
>>
>> Anyway, good luck trying to get a 2.7T to talk to the rest of the systems
>> in
>> an A5.
>>
>> Taka
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Well, I like Audis that have turbos... so an RS4 engine swap doesn't
>> appeal
>> > much to me.
>> >
>> > I have an A4 1.8t with APR's Stage 3 kit.  It is a lot of fun, and does
>> > make some very decent power.  I recently picked up an '01 S4.  Since
>> we're
>> > talking about the same car with 2 different engines, I can say that the
>> 2.7t
>> > is very appealing, as it is smooth as silk, where the 1.8t is sort of
>> > buzzy/noisey.  Considering that the A/S5 weighs in at nearly 4000lbs, I
>> > don't see a 2.0t as a really good transplant option.  It'll be harder to
>> > make it scoot than the UrS is.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what you mean by the K04 turbo issues... maybe I'm
>> uninformed.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
>> > To: djdawson2 at aol.com
>> > Cc: larrycleung at gmail.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
>> > Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 2:23 pm
>> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Saw my first A5
>> >
>> > I'd rather look at RS4 engine swap or the opposite direction and put a
>> 2.0T
>> > modified in there.
>> >
>> > I don't really see why anyone would want a 2.7T swap. Are the turbo
>> issues
>> > solved with going to K04 turbos?
>> >
>> > Taka
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:15 PM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well, I guess I'll have to stand by my original comments...
>> >>
>> >> The A or S5 6 speed will make a perfect project car for a 2.7tt
>> transplant
>> >> in 6 or 7 years when they only bring $15k in the market.
>> >>
>> >> I'll wait? ;-)
>> >>
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