[s-cars] Upgrading B5 A4 suspension (Cody Forbes)

[Cody Forbes]

I was wondering about that Avant! I too kept meaning to say hi buy was pretty occupied as I was instructing and dealing with the two cars etc. I think I only got out in your session once, that Avant looked fun on the track and I would have gladly followed for longer but you have the point do I took it ;-).

The little white guy is our S3 race car. It's got a 1.8t in it. The sharks mouth is result of the owner being bored at 3am two days before our last race last year while I was finishing up the car prep ;-). That shark mouth I think helped us win the NASA GTS3 SouthEast championship last year lol.

How about that 20v turbo CQ that was there, you know him?

-Cody
(Sent from my phone, if a word doesn't fit blame Siri)

On Apr 19, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Manuel Sanchez <manuelsanchez at starpower.net> wrote:

> Threadjack.
> 
> Cody, I was at VIR on Monday and Tuesday as well (in a black urS6 Avant).
> 
> Saw your A5 and what was that coupe with the sharks mouth painted on it, an  A3? What's under the hood of that thing?
> I was always fiddling with something on the pig or trying to catch a catnap here and there so I never stopped over.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Manny
> urS6 Avant (RS2'd with a refurbished head)
> 
>> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:47:28 -0400
>> From: "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
>> To: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>, "S-car List"
>>    <s-car-list at audifans.com>,    "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Upgrading B5 A4 suspension
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>> 
>> I've been doing tire testing for BFG recently. They are going to be coming
>> out with a new R1 compound called the R1S. It's supposed to compete with the
>> Hoosier A6, the autocross compound. They sent me a couple sets to put on the
>> A5 track car because they wanted to see just how much punishment they can
>> take. I finally killed the two fronts of the first set after **FIVE** track
>> days running an average of (5) 25 minute sessions every day, and in one day
>> double-stinting them over two 20 minute sessions with a pit lane driver
>> change about about 3 times (that?s 2 back to back sessions, 20 minute break,
>> two sessions, break, two sessions).
>> 
>> Understand that this is on a car that I weighed at 3967lbs with a 180lb
>> person in the drivers seat and the low fuel warning light on and running an
>> autocross tire **HARD** on Road Atlanta, Carolina Motorsports Park, and VIR.
>> Full list of mods:
>> http://www.gmpperformance.com/index.cfm?pg=carGallery&makerID=2&vGroupID=287&mode=displayVehicle&VID=3268
>> 
>> I actually just got back from VIR, ran a monday-tuesday Audi Club event.
>> With these tires on this car was one of the fastest in the corners, I was
>> easily running with Porsche GT3's on Hoosier R6's and similar tires. Even
>> had the chief instructor come to me and state that the A5 was one of the
>> best handling and best driven cars at the event (and he was in a GT2 on
>> slicks). I cooked the brakes early on so I was braking early, WAY early, and
>> still ran under 2:20.00 laps. Uphill esses were completely flat out, 120mph
>> no problem in a car that would only do about 125mph top speed on the big
>> straights. In my last session I got some data from an AiM datalogger, I'll
>> get that posted somewhere ASAP.
>> 
>> 
>> So give it another month or so and the R1S will be out. Should be a huge
>> improvement over the R1 in an auto-x. BTW, I saw a Hoosier comment - the BFG
>> R1 is a better tire than the Hoosier R6. Times are close, but the R1 seems
>> to last longer and be more predictable.
>> 
>> -Cody
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lee Levitt
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:44 AM
>> To: S-car List ; Quattro List
>> Subject: Upgrading B5 A4 suspension
>> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I've been running a Bilstein, Eibach, Hsport suspension on my '01 A4 1.8t
>> for 3 years now, and am wondering if I can improve the handling by going to
>> a different setup. For the street it's fine, for autocross it's not as
>> precise as I'd like. Or maybe it's me. :)
>> 
>> I did an autocross school on Sunday, got 10 runs in on my street tires
>> (Dunlops) and another 10 on BFG R1s. The car was a lot more controllable
>> with the latter and I was putting down times equal to/better than many of
>> the BMWs ( admittedly I have more autocross seat time than many of the other
>> attendees...and the timed course was not power friendly.)
>> 
>> Anyway, I'd like to improve my results, and would appreciate all inputs. :)
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Lee
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