well done the math today after filling up
The Car: Remapped audi A4 Tdi 115 kicking "around" 145-150 horses give or take
odometer reset at last fill up which was right to the neck
filled this morning to the brim with 61.36 litres (according the receipt)
working out at 4.54609 litres per gallon gives us 14.97 gallons of the good stuff(UK)
odometer after getting back in the car at petrol station 409.1 miles
27.3 MPG
out a 1.9Tdi
i feel so so bad
Bet it goes well though.
that it does ;)
big plans coming up once the xmas shopping is completed,(hopefully end of this month) budgeting about 2k for mods allowing larger fmic hybrid turbo larger injectors a set of uprated shocks and a full stainless :) should yield another 30-40 horses
then after xmas it might be time for an aftermarket cam then look at options for "the next step" and 250 horses
that it does ;)
big plans coming up once the xmas shopping is completed,(hopefully end of this month) budgeting about 2k for mods allowing larger fmic hybrid turbo larger injectors a set of uprated shocks and a full stainless :) should yield another 30-40 horses
then after xmas it might be time for an aftermarket cam then look at options for "the next step" and 250 horses
1.5 tons - will you notice 30 to 40 horses? I can feel an extra 50 in a car but its not really important! An extra 150 starts to become interesting, On a bike...
But on a bike you look like a poofter, nobody sees you in the car.
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And so you should.
But think how much worse you'd feel using the available power from a petrol equivalent...
Uprated shocks? You gonna make an audi ride worse?
What's the point?
You'd get similar economy from a turbo petrol putting out the same power.
The petrol would be a nicer car to drive, too.
anyway uts not about the bhp its about torque 245 lbs/ft atm with the promise of a lot more to come :)
think an uprated clucth might be in order
Absolutely pointless.
All you'll have is a really peaky engine with crap fuel economy.
It'll still be a diesel, too.
If you want 250bhp, get an Audi A4 1.8T petrol.
Fuel economy will be roughly the same, but it'll be cheaper to get that kind of power from a petrol which will also be a much nicer car to drive.
No, my Volvo would run down to low teens when hammered, never got more than
32mpg over a tank in my hands (37 in a mates). Averaged 24 over its time with me.
You cannae change the laws of physics.
But torque x rpm IS power
That's a very poor definition of 'ragging it'.
I made the most of the available grunt. It just so happened that changing up 1k before the redline made faster progress than taking it all the way into the red.
That's the nice thing about low pressure turbo lumps.
Mine made better progress changing up about 400-500 above the redline.
That's not ragging it. HTH.
A Rover K is more satisfying than the 1.8T. Why the hell VW made them so asthmatic and dull I do not know.
So 'ragging it' is driving it slower than you could do by not making decent use of the powerband?
Right.....
I think almost any NA engine is far more entertaining than a VAG 1.8T.
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