nooB5

^^^This x infinity.
The 2.8 is what it is; a good workhorse. Simple preventive maintenance should suffice to keep it running for beellions of miles. lol
But seriously, just accept the engine for what it is and you should be happy. Most of us are speaking from experience when we tell you to stay stock.

thall1621

This just blows my mind LOL this has got to be the only car that is not better off with upgrades. I appreciate all of your guys input. I'm still gonna do an exhaust system simply for the growl and I'm gonna try and get a vagcom setup and recode the transmission as was suggested. I guess ill just spend my cash makin it look better and put in some nice speakers. don't know what else to do

turbo510

Well keep in mind that this is around 168 naturally-aspirated cubic inches moving a fairly hefty car, so actually the engine is pretty strong at 190 HP all things considered, and you've got both automatic trans and Quattro, about the heaviest of the bunch.

thall1621

oh i agree, 190hp isnt bad at all, i am in now way complaining. even though its a heavy car its still one of the best cars iv ever owned im just saying theres gotta be somethng i can do to hit the 200hp mark with out forced induction. but all in all im very happy with the 2.8, its a good little motor so far.

5v/cyl

You can probably/maybe hit the 200hp mark with a chip and good exhaust, but that is alot of $$$ for very little reward. Best is to keep it in perfect tune and do the 00010 tranny recode to get the most out of the little engine that could.

If you really need more power then you could sell the A4 and go for a S4

thall1621

i would love to swap for an s4 but i litarly just got this car and i finaced it to build credit, ill have it paid off in a year so maybe after i pay it off ill try and get an s4. i have def. become a believer in audi after having this car though. i really want and exhaust and im def gonna recode the trans. as soon as i figure out how and what vag com to get. i gotta do a bunch more research.