S4 / RS4 (B5 Platform) Discussion Discussion forum for the B5 Audi S4 & RS4 produced from 1998-2002

European Car S4 Challange

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 01-06-2004, 11:53 AM
  #1  
New Member
Thread Starter
 
mwdhokie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default European Car S4 Challange

Anyone else think the stock numbers they posted were slow? 1/4 mile in the high 15's?

Mark
Old 01-06-2004, 11:56 AM
  #2  
Elder Member
 
BiturboBoy_V2.0_S3--'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 12,498
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default very hot and very high (elevation)...maybe humid too? don't know about humidity.

that strip is known to be one of the slowest around...especially in the dead of summer.

FYI, in normal conditions a stock TIP runs 14.6-14.8s 1/4 miles...so you can see how bad the conditions were.
Old 01-06-2004, 12:28 PM
  #3  
AudiWorld Super User
 
AC S4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 2,908
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

IIRC, the track was also very dirty affecting traction.
Old 01-06-2004, 12:28 PM
  #4  
Junior Member
 
RocketBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 740
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default I do. It was my car and I was driving and I suck at launching. I had never drag raced before.

There was nothing wrong with the car. It dyno'd on the high end of what GIAC has seen for stock cars on their dyno, it had no issues on the road course later that day, nor on the drive home. I have since performed a leak check, and no issues were found, and it now also runs quite smooth and strong with the AMS chip.

It was all operator error.
Old 01-06-2004, 12:59 PM
  #5  
New Member
Thread Starter
 
mwdhokie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: I do. It was my car and I was driving and I suck at launching. I had never drag raced before.

Ahh... cool. Looks like it was a fun event.

Mark
Old 01-06-2004, 01:02 PM
  #6  
AudiWorld Super User
 
Mr Pendle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,758
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

no worries rocketboy - we were all slow that day ;-)
Old 01-06-2004, 01:13 PM
  #7  
Junior Member
 
RocketBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 740
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

No worries here. I don't measure my worth by my ability to drag a car. Just an explanation.
Old 01-06-2004, 02:43 PM
  #8  
New Member
 
2fastS4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 420
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default that is for sure . . . high temps+poor track maintenance+lower atmosperic pressure(higher altitude)=

slower times for everyone . . . but it sure was fun though . . . beats working
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
skiracerblah
S4 (B8 Platform) Discussion
21
03-02-2011 10:21 AM
ModifiedA4
A4 (B5 Platform) Discussion
20
01-11-2008 12:16 PM
-S4ZA-
S4 / RS4 (B5 Platform) Discussion
12
09-12-2006 11:13 AM
Yan-S4
S4 / RS4 (B5 Platform) Discussion
11
08-06-2006 08:55 AM
The Turtle
Chicago Discussion
5
09-28-2004 12:45 PM



Quick Reply: European Car S4 Challange



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:33 AM.