Question about lag when I floor my car..
11-17-2003, 12:50 PM
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Question about lag when I floor my car..
I've had my 98.5 A4 1.8TQMS for 6 months now and I'm still not sure if this is normal. When I floor my car from a stand still it doesn't take off. The revs kind of bog down ..start at 1000 and finally when I reach 2500-2800 or so the car will pull (obviously). I would say it's a 1 or 2 second delay. All other manual (N/A though) cars I've driven don't do this. I was wondering if this was normal? Is my clutch bad? TIA
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11-17-2003, 01:01 PM
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Okay so let me ask..what does a slipping clutch feel like? It's my first manual car..
2nd through 5th gear don't slip though..they're fine when I go WOT
11-17-2003, 01:02 PM
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So when you take off, you pretty much have the clutch out at idle and floor it?
that's called lack of natural power + outside the power band + turbo lag. 1k - 2k is pretty gutless in these cars. Launch higher.