lots of legs left

[R_Ethug]

just an FYI to how fast we can roll with lots more legs i've seen a k04'd s4 doing 188 MPH and the speedo was wayyyy low.. i beleive 188 or 190 is max with gearing and engine.. jordan or kyle may know different tho

[The_Jerbel]

Re: lots of legs left

Haha, Kyle isn't stage 3 quite yet...

The stock ratio of 6th gear is the limiting factor here. There is plenty of power to push all the way to 7000 rpms, but you max out the tranny at 309 kph. There is talk of swapping in a 6th gear from the euro TDi tranny with a lower ratio (0.60 as opposed to the stock 0.68 IIRC) to raise fuel economy, and subsequently, possible top speed. That would put 6th gear at 350 kph at 7000 rpm

[bart]

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damn, i have a hard time getting up to 180.

[Smarty39]

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Currently my car consists of the engine in one part of my garage, the tranny in another, and the body taking up the rest...I think it would be pretty hard to get up to those speeds right now lol.

[R_Ethug]

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jordan.. dom did that swap on his old jetta.. he put in a TDI tranny for longer gears..

[The_Jerbel]

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Yeah, the swap we're discussing is a little different, it isn't swapping in an entire TDi tranny, just taking 6th gear, and perhaps 1st gear and swapping them into the S4 tranny. A longer 1st would be nice because at stage 3, first gear is about as useful as it is in a 1 ton pickup truck, only good for launching.

[The_Jerbel]

Re: lots of legs left

Currently my car consists of the engine in one part of my garage, the tranny in another, and the body taking up the rest...I think it would be pretty hard to get up to those speeds right now lol.

Hey Kyle,
I just talked to Prince a couple of minutes ago, he hasn't received the cores yet. Sorry it's kept you waiting so long. I'm sure you're getting excited to get the car back together with your new-found stage 3 glory

[Smarty39]

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no worries...they said it could take up to 7 business days to get there because of the size of the box (and I was only able to ship it out on Tuesday).

[R_Ethug]

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too bad its a tip