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01-23-2008, 08:17 AM
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BTDT.....reality of XYZ more h.p. for $5K in gets ugly, even in a $20K B5.
Especially after the experience of it adding about 0 to the eventual sale value - WHEN the "right" buyer finally came along.
It would have been better spent elsewhere, like on a true, built for boost S4, which could have been substantially upped in h.p. (especially in light of the NA-intended motor and systems) for about the same, and not viewed as "abused" later on.
B6/7 S4 (and RS4), with its NA V8, is going to be in a similar quandry.
It would have been better spent elsewhere, like on a true, built for boost S4, which could have been substantially upped in h.p. (especially in light of the NA-intended motor and systems) for about the same, and not viewed as "abused" later on.
B6/7 S4 (and RS4), with its NA V8, is going to be in a similar quandry.
01-23-2008, 09:40 AM
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Point was that the same $$$$ would have given much bigger h.p. gain, more reliably.
The resale just makes it hurt more. I shoulda given in and picked up a similar S4, instead of holding to the sentiment of "I can make THIS one faster", especially when "faster" was only marginal. Pwnt by sentiment.
01-23-2008, 10:30 AM
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A Stage III S4 IS WORTH MORE than a stock S4. Mods aren't always worth $0.
But you certainly don't get anywhere near 100% of your money spent.
A Stage III B5 will sell for $18k-$23k all day long, when the same care stock blue books out at $13k-$16k.
A Stage III B5 will sell for $18k-$23k all day long, when the same care stock blue books out at $13k-$16k.
01-23-2008, 11:45 AM
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A Stage III V6TT S4B5 is worth more than a stock S4, VERY different for....
.....going from a NA motor to a boosted version of that same NA motor, whether V6 or V8. The V6 S4's internals were built for boost, the NA's wasn't, again regardless of V6 or V8.
That's a major issue with SCing the V8. The only boosted NA motor I've ever really thought was worth the effort and expense, without going into the internals, was my Miata. I bought it with that in mind, and wasn't dissapointed a bit.
Hell, even some factory s/c-charged motors don't take to bumping the boost all that well.
That's a major issue with SCing the V8. The only boosted NA motor I've ever really thought was worth the effort and expense, without going into the internals, was my Miata. I bought it with that in mind, and wasn't dissapointed a bit.
Hell, even some factory s/c-charged motors don't take to bumping the boost all that well.