[V8] 5 speed with too much power!

[Scott Simmons]

This requires about two weeks of on-hand testing. Please feel free to 
drop the car off at my place as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Scott

bhowell at rmi.net wrote:

>Well, this is a new one! The patient is a ’91 5 Speed and in the past 2
>weeks or so there has been a VERY noticeable surge in power in 1st gear.
>Most notably when I have been idling for a while (like a traffic light) or
>after a long section of decel without any throttle application (coasting
>down a hill). So, you take off from a light or get back on the gas after
>coming down a hill, the thing erupts like NEVER before! The even stranger
>part is that it’s accompanied by a new intake noise that sounds like I have
>some cheesy Pep Boys “Cold Air Intake” on the thing (for the record, I
>don’t). It is quite amusing when it happens and I am not complaining about
>it, but it would be nice to know WHY it’s happening. It feels like the car
>is getting a BUNCH of ignition timing, but I do not hear any pinging at any
>point in time. 
>
>So, shift to second (or third or forth, etc…) and the intake noise is gone
>and the power seems back to normal. I have done NOTHING to this car in the
>past 3 months. The battery hasn’t died, I am not getting a check engine
>light nor am I pulling any codes. It doesn’t seem to matter if the car is
>hot or cold either. It was like a switch; one day it was normal, the next
>day I have a fire breather on my hands (in first gear anyway).
>
>Anyone ever heard of this or experienced this before? My guess is that the
>Audi gods have decided to drop a bomb on me and they want to make sure that
>I REALLY like the car before they do it……but I could be wrong.
>
>Ben
>’91 5 Speed 
>
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