Andy_Bangle Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 The aim of the video is to see whether a Revo chip-tuned Audi S4, with a supercharged V6 engine under the bonnet, can be made to accelerate as quickly as the pinnacle of the A4 range, the V8-powered RS4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdiesel Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 That S4 really is a shed. I think I would have spent the money on a wheel refurb, before the exhaust. Another entertaining video from Chris though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Like he says in the video, he's bought it as a workhorse. Spend a couple of grand repairing all the dents & scratches on a £15k car or tune it and have a proper Q-car? know what i'd do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Oh no. No, no, no, No, no, No!!! Just when I thought it was safe (like my bank balance) to look on the Internet again...! The S4 is a fantastic car in regular form, well it was the other day when I drove one for about 60 miles from a very trusting dealer.... And who offered me some money for my A4.... Oh balls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) We've had an ABT S4 at work, belongs to one of the German guys and it is a storming bit of kit. Ordered via German Audi dealer, fully warrented in Germany as its an approved conversion and it really is a very tempting proposition when you look at the second hand prices of the S4. Funny coincidence that both cars have Audi UK registrations (or what would typically be Audi Reg marks). Edited April 5, 2013 by shao_khan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 My S5 is now on 614 miles after 5 weeks (and 32 of those were on it when I picked it up) I need to get it past 1000 before I can have a proper play, never mind anything else. I'm not a fan of tuning etc to be honest, but the 3.0TFSI engine is one of the factors that steered me towards the S5. I did a bit of research on it beforehand and it all made for for good reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Dan yes yes yes yes yes Guy I bought a set of winter wheels from recently had his B8 S4 mapped at MRC, 750 pounds inclusive, rolling roaded at 355 before and 462 bhp after. Accuracy wise they'd roaded a stock B8 RS4 a few days earlier and it recorded 430 bhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Great to see them side by side, and a serious consideration, if you fancy RS4 pace without the running costs or hefty pricetag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Great to see them side by side, and a serious consideration, if you fancy RS4 pace without the running costs or hefty pricetag. .....or theft risk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 So he said cost him £20k and the mods were £7-7.5 (IIRC). That 'shed' for £12.5k is a lot of car even without any mods. Now without casting any aspersions on Revo, many people can tune a car for high levels of performance for short periods or mile runs. I wonder how high they wound the numbers to achieve that and if you could leave it like that all the time? If it couldn't be left like that then it wouldn't always have the same levels of power available as the RS4. Having aid that all the stock S4's that have been dyno'ed that I've seen, seem to prove Audi down played it to give the RS4 some head room. I'm sure the RS4 is better on track, etc, etc but bang for buck the S4's a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 So he said cost him £20k and the mods were £7-7.5 As said above, the car cost him £15k plus mods. MRC S4 B8 0-60 3.38 1/4 mile 11.828 Video of it beating the Revo/Stasis car: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I think pretty much the average for a tune on the S4 is around 450 ponies, beating the RS4 stock figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 As said above, the car cost him £15k plus mods. Yep Likewise I'd go MRC not Revo for a £750 stage 1 map making 462 bhp (as above) with no hardware changes. Rather than spend £1800 on an exhaust that gives marginal performance gain compared to the software, I'd go for a Milltek non res cat back, or an even cheaper solution is to simply ditch the Audi centre boxes for a straight pipe for more voice, keeping the factory rear boxes and tailpipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 His video is not exactly ground breaking or surprising. I should think most of the people who buy the RS4 don't want a 'molested' S4, or they want the n/a V8 sound or don't like forced induction (Woops) or want the more aggressive looks or just the for the 'look at me you plebs' factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I think it's a bit insulting to describe a 15k car as a 'zero f*cks given' car. 15k is a lot of money, and to describe it as something that they'll never wash, is a bit ridiculous, I think they spend too much time on PistonHeads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I think it's a bit insulting to describe a 15k car as a 'zero f*cks given' car.15k is a lot of money, and to describe it as something that they'll never wash, is a bit ridiculous, I think they spend too much time on PistonHeads. A 2009 '09' in that loaded spec (48k list) with FASH and 58k on the clock would be up for 25k on an Audi forecourt. I'm quite envious regardless of what state its in!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I think it's a bit insulting to describe a 15k car as a 'zero f*cks given' car. I think that was in relation to the previous owner, did you see the pics of the state of it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I think that was in relation to the previous owner, did you see the pics of the state of it?? Yes I did, and it certainly had a few knocks, but nothing a mobile dent/paint man couldn't sort for a few hundred quid, but he said they'd bought it and intended to treat it the same way as the 'zero f*cks given' RX7. I know it's all relative, but an RX7 at a couple of grand, and an S4 at 15k are totally different prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Yes I did, and it certainly had a few knocks, but nothing a mobile dent/paint man couldn't sort for a few hundred quid, but he said they'd bought it and intended to treat it the same way as the 'zero f*cks given' RX7.I know it's all relative, but an RX7 at a couple of grand, and an S4 at 15k are totally different prospects. At the end of the day they can treat it like that and get the money back, as they bought it like that in the first place, if they had paid £25k they would treat it differently I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAiLO Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Nice video.The new shape S4 is not an old banger in any way even if the previous owner used it as the dogs kennel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Chris Harris proved that it is a worthwhile effort to spend a few quid on an engine remap, especially if the car in question is an Audi S4, powered by a supercharged V6 engine. Now, featured for the first time on Tuned, alongside usual host Matt Farah, Harris hands over the keys to his German estate over to the much larger built American, while he plays catch-up in a Porsche Cayman, which is not the S, and it is bashed for being too slow. The aim of the video is to discover which would be better to own: the Audi estate, that has been tuned to 415 hp, or the light and nimble Porsche that handles telepathically, but doesn’t have enough power to make corner exits easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I loved the lingering closeups of all the hair, :dung: and other detritus in the back, followed by Matt's comments on the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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