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The effect of unsprung weight on acceleration - 40-100, 60-100 testing with lighter wheels and tires
Published on 09-20-2019 08:54 AM
We all know lighter wheels and tires have an impact on performance. Reducing weight that rotates has a geometric effect. That is why you want to reduce unsprung weight as much as possible as the performance benefit multiplies to a greater degree than just reducing overall car mass by the same amount. ...Published on 09-19-2019 03:12 PM
If you want as much flow as possible going to your 2.5 TFSI turbo you are going to want this four inch turbo inlet from Unitronic. This is a new design with a 28% increase over stock. Whether you have a factory turbo or hybrid upgrade this will apply to you and is completely bolt in. ...Published on 09-19-2019 02:41 PM
You already knew flex-fuel ethanol support was coming from Dyno Spectrum and their DS1 software suite for the Audi 4.0 TFSI V8. Well, much like their McLaren map switching using the tach the same capability is coming to the Audi 4.0 TFSI V8. ...Published on 09-19-2019 11:55 AM
Klasen states they have 1000+ horsepower options for single turbo Audi 4.0 TFSI V8 conversations but thus far all they posted was a tiny and hard to read low resolution graph. They are doing more single turbo conversations and state the Garrett G42-1200 turbocharger is at the heart of it. ...Published on 09-19-2019 10:43 AM
If you want to improve the performance of your B9 S4 and S5 you will want to pay attention to the mod list here. Frankly, the B9 generation Audi S4 and S5 underwhelm in stock form. Fortunately, the twin scroll single turbocharger is easy to reach. ...Published on 09-18-2019 02:52 PM
Well, the 1000+ wheel horsepower era for the 2.5 TFSI EVO/DAZA aluminum block platform is fully in stride. We are going to see more quadruple digits pulls on the 2.5 TFSI platform just as AudiBoost stated way back in 2017. ...Published on 09-18-2019 07:22 AM
Unfortunately politics often have a major effect on car enthusiasts and those in California living under CARB's (California Air Resources Board) iron fist are all too familiar with this. California in particular seems determined to infringe on the rights of car enthusiasts. ...Published on 09-16-2019 09:33 AM
This is yet another interesting Audi 4.0 TFSI V8 turbo upgrade development. Mabotech Tuning states their turbo upgrade for the platform will be good for 550+ horsepower from teach turbocharger. Currently, the upgrade is in the prototype design phase. ...Published on 09-16-2019 07:52 AM
This kind of thing often happens with the German brands where one head executive is poached by a rival and vice versa. For example, back in 2013 Volkswagen stole AMG's engine guru responsible the M156, M133, and M157 engines. ...Published on 09-13-2019 10:31 PM
If there were those of you wondering how the larger TTE777 Audi 2.5 TFSI hybrid turbo upgrade would perform, well, now you have your answer. TTE's newest hybrid offering (and largest) on the platform is nearly trapping 150 miles per hour. ...Published on 09-13-2019 07:18 PM
Now, an 11.5 @ 121.6 in the 1/4 mile is not slow. It is closer to what you would want the brand new RS5 to do out of the box though. Considering BMW has SUV's that can run 10's tune only now Audi is dropping the performance ball somewhat with the RS4 and RS5. ...Published on 09-10-2019 11:14 PM
Audi is continuing its aggressive styling language which you saw on the new C8 RS6 with its 2020 C8 RS7 sibling. It is no surprise the RS7 takes a similar approach but somehow the RS6 comes off as the styling winner here. ...Published on 09-10-2019 10:10 PM
This looks like an absolute work of art from TTE (The Turbo Engineers) along with Reistamer Performance who is doing the install and engine work for this project. The B5 S4 and RS5 models have a legendary reputation in Audi tuning circles and these models introduced many of us to Audi turbo tuning capability. ...Published on 09-10-2019 08:06 PM
As you already know Dyno Spectrum announced ethanol flex-fuel tuning development for the Audi 4.0 TFSI V8 motors. They have early E75 ethanol results to share on a 2016 Audi S6 that is only equipped with the DS1 Dyno Spectrum software and the aforementioned ethanol blend. ...Published on 08-30-2019 09:28 PM
You will likely remember this McLaren 720S. It is indeed the world's fastest McLaren 720S and it is tuned by Dyno Spectrum. A couple months back it was the first McLaren 720S to top 160 miles per hour of trap speed in the 1/4 mile. ...
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