VIDEO: My S4 beating an R8 V8 Spyder in an impromptu drag race.

**PutTogether** · 08-03-2012 12:54 AM

From a stop, no launch control. Passenger in the R8 counts to three, we go on three. Neither of us jumped. R8 spyder was stock 2012 with about 700 miles on it. S4 is also a 2012 with Stasis ECU and exhaust. Moved both cars into their respective versions of "sport" and did no manual shifting. I expected the R8 to start to reel me in, but every shift had me pulling away a little bit more. Now, this WAS a spyder which has a curb weight of 60lbs less than the S4. A coupe would have obviously done a little better. Both cars had driver and passenger.

We backed off around 100mph (not very scientific, just a 'hey, since we're here, lets go try this' moment)

Edited to add: Also, my apologies for the R8 passenger's very sad use of iPhone 'vertical' video.

**H8D-S4** · 08-03-2012 02:01 AM

Always fun seeing a $60k car beat something that costs $140k+
He must have felt a little shitty haha

**tins5** · 08-03-2012 04:05 AM

couple questions...was the R8 a 4.2 or 5.2? do you have the updated Stasis tune or the older one? Things may have changed if you continued the race into 100 mph+. Awesome kill anyway

**nhman** · 08-03-2012 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by tins5

couple questions...was the R8 a 4.2 or 5.2? do you have the updated Stasis tune or the older one? Things may have changed if you continued the race into 100 mph+. Awesome kill anyway

I believe the OP stated a V8 Spyder which would be the 4.2. However I would be also curious to know about the version of Stasis tune.

**tins5** · 08-03-2012 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by nhman

I believe the OP stated a V8 Spyder which would be the 4.2. However I would be also curious to know about the version of Stasis tune.

oh duh. Oops.

**Lapkritis** · 08-03-2012 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by H8D-S4

Always fun seeing a $60k car beat something that costs $140k+
He must have felt a little shitty haha

Slippery slope... there are a lot of sleepers under $5k that would toast both. Someone will always be quicker and cheaper.

**L0U** · 08-03-2012 05:46 AM

0-60 in 3.9 type quick. :)

**nhman** · 08-03-2012 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by Lapkritis

Slippery slope... there are a lot of sleepers under $5k that would toast both. Someone will always be quicker and cheaper.

+1

Although I can understand the joy of beating a new R8. Just be prepared if the same thing happens with somebody driving a Civic or equivalent vehicle.

**kausbose** · 08-03-2012 08:54 AM

I am sure any one here would go for the V8 R8 if we could afford it. It's just a sweet looking ride.

**NPuter** · 08-03-2012 08:56 AM

^ That's the V10.

I've driven a Revo tuned S4 and a stock R8 V8 Coupe. The S4 is faster, but the R8 is ALOT more fun to drive.

**sf_loft** · 08-03-2012 09:04 AM

The R8 Driver had a good attitude and laughed. Doubt that he felt stupid or anything. He still drives the R8 at the end of the day.

Thy don't have V8 convertibles right? I thought the facelifted ones will, but you can only get the V10 in the vert currently.

**NWS4Guy** · 08-03-2012 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by NPuter

^ That's the V10.

I've driven a Revo tuned S4 and a stock R8 V8 Coupe. The S4 is faster, but the R8 is ALOT more fun to drive.

Unless it has the R-tronic, which is a piece of crap

**italian a4 1032** · 08-03-2012 09:15 AM

impressive

**NPuter** · 08-03-2012 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by sf_loft

The R8 Driver had a good attitude and laughed. Doubt that he felt stupid or anything. He still drives the R8 at the end of the day.

Thy don't have V8 convertibles right? I thought the facelifted ones will, but you can only get the V10 in the vert currently.

Yes, V8 was offered in convertible before the facelift.

Originally Posted by NWS4Guy

Unless it has the R-tronic, which is a piece of crap

R-Tronic is pretty terrible in auto mode - it isn't that bad in manual mode. The rev matched downshifts are pretty cool

Plus, launch control with the R-Tronic is absolutely insane - it revs to just about 6000 before the launch.

S4 is fun to drive, but the sensory experience that comes with the R8 tops that IMHO.

**S4_Phantom** · 08-03-2012 10:36 AM

Great run! Cool video. We need more videos like this. Someone needs to teach the guy with the phone that it also records sideways, too.

**PutTogether** · 08-03-2012 01:13 PM

It is a 4.2 spyder R-tronic. My car had the older stasis tune. Fit the tune done a few days after I bought the car new almost exactly a year ago. I wanted to try it with both cars using launch control, but it can be a pain timing when exactly the clutches drop on both cars. Especially with the R-tronic, you can get an unpredictable gap of time between letting go of the brake and actually moving.

**MrFunk** · 08-03-2012 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by PutTogether

It is a 4.2 spyder R-tronic. My car had the older stasis tune. Fit the tune done a few days after I bought the car new almost exactly a year ago. I wanted to try it with both cars using launch control, but it can be a pain timing when exactly the clutches drop on both cars. Especially with the R-tronic, you can get an unpredictable gap of time between letting go of the brake and actually moving.

If that was with the old tune - you should go get updated with the new tune - you will be VERY impressed. Had this vid been done with the new tune you'd have REALLY pulled on him. Nice vid never the less!

**s4boy** · 08-03-2012 02:24 PM

i would like to see my friends tuned 2012 s4 and his dads 2012 r8 gt race, should be interesting !

**PsYkHoTiK** · 08-03-2012 02:29 PM

There are quite a few V10 R8s on local Audi Club track days. The V10 will pull away (in the straight - and also in the corners haha). I expect the GT even more so.

The only R8 V10 I overtook was in the rain (probably because he had more to "lose" if anything happened). In the dry, I got stomped on (though no surprise there).

(straight line speed/acceleration isn't everything for me)

**dparm** · 08-03-2012 02:48 PM

I would drive the shit out of an R8.

**NPuter** · 08-03-2012 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by PutTogether

It is a 4.2 spyder R-tronic. My car had the older stasis tune. Fit the tune done a few days after I bought the car new almost exactly a year ago. I wanted to try it with both cars using launch control, but it can be a pain timing when exactly the clutches drop on both cars. Especially with the R-tronic, you can get an unpredictable gap of time between letting go of the brake and actually moving.

This is very true. The first time I tried launch control on the R8, I took my foot off the brake, and nothing happened. I was puzzled for a second and then it dropped the clutch. Scared the shit out of me.

**IanVr6** · 08-03-2012 03:28 PM

Has anyone raced against a Camaro SS or Mustang 5.0 on a tuned S4?

**FourRingRider** · 08-03-2012 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by IanVr6

Has anyone raced against a Camaro SS or Mustang 5.0 on a tuned S4?

Nope, but I did pull on a Ferrari 360 F1 on the highway a week or so ago. We did 5-6 runs and I pulled every time. 40-90, 60-110, 75-130 or so (in mexico of course).

Reminds me, I also ran against a 430 on my way to a car show a few months back, and we ran neck and neck at various speeds.

My S4 has been dubbed "the Ferrari killer" for now. Hopefully I don't run into a 458 or 599, or I risk losing the name.

But yeah, a tuned B8 S4 walking a stock R8 4.2 is old news for me... raced a few around town. Blew the doors off of em every time!

Sometimes I think the S4 is magical...

**omegax** · 08-03-2012 06:43 PM

Wow thats so cool. Good job.

**ENV²** · 08-03-2012 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by FourRingRider

Nope, but I did pull on a Ferrari 360 F1 on the highway a week or so ago. We did 5-6 runs and I pulled every time. 40-90, 60-110, 75-130 or so (in mexico of course).

Reminds me, I also ran against a 430 on my way to a car show a few months back, and we ran neck and neck at various speeds.

My S4 has been dubbed "the Ferrari killer" for now. Hopefully I don't run into a 458 or 599, or I risk losing the name.

But yeah, a tuned B8 S4 walking a stock R8 4.2 is old news for me... raced a few around town. Blew the doors off of em every time!

Sometimes I think the S4 is magical...

Recently drove an F430... Tough to say if we could really walk one. Ill tell you what if that road in mexico had some curves that F430 would lose us fairly quickly. But its nice to know our cars car outrun a car that costs 2.5x as much. The 5.2 V10 is a different animal howeverr. But then again my buddy had a E60 M5 with Dinan tune and ASR exhaust plus lightweight underdrive pulley and intakes and we blew a V10 R8 doors off (on a closed course).

**Toecutter** · 08-03-2012 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by sf_loft

The R8 Driver had a good attitude and laughed. Doubt that he felt stupid or anything. He still drives the R8 at the end of the day.

Ha ha, yep! Big picture is the R8 guy wins.

**PutTogether** · 08-03-2012 07:49 PM

No Plans on letting Stasis ever touch my car again. Old tune will have to due until my S6 shows up. Supposed to arrive Novemberish.

**ahcow** · 08-03-2012 07:56 PM

I will take the R8, even if it is slower.

Same thing when people tell me I can get a evo/STI/etc for less and make it faster. Speed isn't everything.

**svander** · 08-03-2012 09:45 PM

That R8 owner seems like a good sport. Good times.

**fernank1987** · 08-03-2012 10:28 PM

the new camaro ss is slow, I raced one already

**tins5** · 08-04-2012 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by fernank1987

the new camaro ss is slow, I raced one already

the magazines all have reported awesome 1/4 mile traps for them (111mph). however when i hit the strip, 2 of them were getting no better than 13.8 @ 102. i dont know if they were fake SS's or not and just threw a badge on there. i was stock that day and managed 13.2@106. i dont know what to believe anymore...

**Can_I_Haz?** · 08-04-2012 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by tins5

the magazines all have reported awesome 1/4 mile traps for them (111mph). however when i hit the strip, 2 of them were getting no better than 13.8 @ 102. i dont know if they were fake SS's or not and just threw a badge on there. i was stock that day and managed 13.2@106. i dont know what to believe anymore...

Lots of posers out here in Los Angeles with SS badged v6s. Makes me have zero respect for the owners and to a lesser extent the cars themselves since the camaro scene is comprised of posers. Who puts SUV DUBs on a sports car. I mean seriously guys every car guy things you're a tool.

**princeofbombay** · 08-04-2012 10:11 PM

The r8 make the bitches wet

**ENV²** · 08-05-2012 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by ahcow

I will take the R8, even if it is slower.

Same thing when people tell me I can get a evo/STI/etc for less and make it faster. Speed isn't everything.

quoted for truth

**s4ibis** · 08-05-2012 09:32 AM

I would take an R8 with a 2.0T

**legbend** · 08-05-2012 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by MrFunk

If that was with the old tune - you should go get updated with the new tune - you will be VERY impressed. Had this vid been done with the new tune you'd have REALLY pulled on him. Nice vid never the less!

Is the tune update free? I was just in for 35k mile service. Wish I said something.

**Mikeyys** · 08-05-2012 03:25 PM

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

**Kay15** · 08-06-2012 04:01 AM

Originally Posted by Can_I_Haz?

Lots of posers out here in Los Angeles with SS badged v6s. Makes me have zero respect for the owners and to a lesser extent the cars themselves since the camaro scene is comprised of posers. Who puts SUV DUBs on a sports car. I mean seriously guys every car guy things you're a tool.

I am sure the V6 would run much slower then 13.8 haha