[V8] 5-speed in driveway/radio question

[Dave Head]

I just ordered the ABT chip for my 3.6 ECU'd 4.2 with 5 speed. I have an 
IA chip for it (not installed) but having had one of those in my 
previous 92 4.2 auto I was not impressed with the horrendous in town 
mileage. The guys over at four rings really like the ABT - it seems to 
really wake up the 3.6.

Dave Head

Bastian Homburg wrote:
> Yeah, the V8 *really* is a different car with the manual transmission.
> I have a 6-speed 4.2 and had a 6-speed 3.6 before (all original, these 
> were the models you Americans didn't get) and the difference between 
> both engines is noticeable, especially in low- and mid range power 
> delivery. Where the the 3.6 delivers nice and adequate power but doesn't 
> really 'wake up' below 4,000 rpm, the 4.2 delivers much more useable 
> torque right off idle and really pulls once past 2,000 (the ABH delivers 
> as much torque at idle thant . A delight to drive.
> And don't worry too much about the clutch. My 3.6 was still on its first 
> one at 336,000 kms (208,000 mi.) with smooth-as-new operation and no 
> signs of impending failure, and the 4.2 is still going strong on its 
> original one at the 307,000 kms (191,000 mi.) - all that despite I took 
> it to the track a few times and do a fair bit of mountain driving at a 
> pretty, um, spirited pace.
> About the stereo - what I think your PO or whoever put it in there did 
> was that he indeed bypassed the amps in the speakers, hooking the stock 
> BOSE speakers up to the new head unit directly. This should work without 
> "crackles" when done right.
> When I changed my head unit from the OEM Audi/BOSE  to a current Becker 
> one, I put in an adapter that was specifically designed for those 
> systems (The BOSE's have a really crooked frequency response that only 
> works well when all components stay stock). A plug-and-play affair that 
> even I could do myself. It's called "Dietz 17005". Specs here - scroll 
> down for English: http://www.dietz2.biz/dokumente%5C17005_D-E.pdf. Any 
> good car stereo shop should carry these. Cost should be around $100; it 
> works beautifully and the sound is not different from what it was before 
> at all.
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> toml99 at todomundo.com wrote:
>> Hey, got one pic before the battery in the camera died.....Hmmmm,  
>> what can I say....It's been almost 8 years since I got a speeding  
>> ticket, and I had a hard time not trying to get one today.....What's  
>> below Mint, and above Pristine?(maybe just below  
>> Pristine)......Having never driven a 5-speed(much different than M  
>> mode)....I loved it on the open road, but the 25-40 tourist traffic  
>> on the way home just felt wrong.  It just wanted to leap ahead of  
>> that "land yacht" ahead of me, but there was big traffic both ways,  
>> and every downshift, I thought of the inevitable day of clutch  
>> replacement.  Clutch feels snappy and great, but is most likely  
>> original, and @ 144K, would like to not have to do it immediatly.   
>> Nothing doesn't work, and there are no leaks.
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>> The stereo (Alpine CDA-9856) sounded great, except for the crackle  
>> over bumps.  I'd assumed that whoever put the stereo in(not PO), had  
>> run new wire/etc, as I was under the assumption that only a Bose unit  
>> would work with the amp'd speakers.  Well, I removed the front  
>> "crackler", and everything looked stock, but someone's been in there  
>> as there was some fiberglass kinda fuzz packing(looked newer/not  
>> stock).  No rewiring at the speakers appeared to have been done.   
>> Rears are lacking their amps.  I thought the bose sent a small signal 
>> (via small wire) to the amps, then they boosted it to the speakers.   
>> I'm guessing the crackle is a bad cap/solder,(after verifying wires/ 
>> connectors), but also thought that with a "normal" stereo, you just  
>> bypassed the amp, and ran right to speakers....since I already love  
>> the unit(has xm, and ipod jack, will do whatever to do it right...any  
>> thoughts are appreciated.....Tom
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>> http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc268/blackmouth_photos/91%205- 
>> speed/?action=view&current=915speed.jpg
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