RR

It took about a week to decide what to do, about a week to get parts, and about a week for Kenny (of Kentek Motorsports/Dallas) to put the bits in. To narrow it down further, about a day to pull the engine, a day to install the turbos, timing belt, RS4 clutch, a day to reinsert the engine, and a day or so to deal with the oddball broken parts that we did not expect (one cracked motor mount and one oxygen sensor chopped into pieces by a flying turbo impeller).

I feel obliged to sing Kentek's praises (hopefully the fact that they are a tuner for several authorized AW adevertisers will allow my comments to remain). They would have been way behind if Kenny just worked normal hours. There was a lot of midnight oil burned to get the car done. I truely appreciate it. Plus, Kenny even filled up my empty gas tank this morning. A nice touch.

The car now has K04s with the original GIAC 1.1 bar software. Runs great (knock wood since I know there's a lot of technology that can hiccup). I think the downpipes come close to cancelling the lag of the K04s. The power seems very smooth and the change in the clutch is barely noticable.

I haven't/probably won't dyno the car and I'm unlikely to hit the dragstrip anytime soon. But I will post MAF and injector duty cycle numbers when I figure out what to use for a laptop. But....just as a datapoint, the K04 combination with my other stuff (on an A box) seems like a fine drivable combination.

Oh....for those facing the same decision....the bill will run $7.5-8K or so. Now just I need to keep the car w/o any further repairs till 300K miles to make it economical.

RR

DM-S4

congrats, might have to do the same next time the lady comes blowin'.

Milpitas2.7T

It's nice that you only hear good things about Kenteks, highly regarded in the shop circle as well!

2.7tDallas

here's how mine turned out<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/309395.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/309395.phtml</a</li></ul>

Hibiscus Red S4

How long were you chipped? How many miles now? Giac X chip or earlier build? Thanks.

RR

Chipped for 52K. Now at 56K. Not the X chip but the earlier one.

RR