AutoSpeed -- Tuning done right, great experience w/ Mark and his team

**skiroad'r** · 07-07-2008 11:21 AM

I can't say enough good things about this shop. I know a few others in the Audi community had postive things to say about them and their recent announcement of discounted pricing for a stage 1 ECU flash for Waterfest prompted me to give them a call.

Mark spent a good 30-45 minutes on the phone with me as we went over their software and had a constructive dialoge on how it compares to other programs out there. One thing to remember when dealing with Autospeed, I was talking directly to the guy that wrote the code, not a marketing person or installer. After speaking with Mark, I came away with a very high level of comfort.

Last Wednesday, I took a ride down to Voorhees, NJ and we proceeded with the flash. Mark then gave me a full tour of the turbo system and explained it's inner workings in detail. He swapped out my DV's with 710n's (I supplied, thanks to Vinny/Carson at Riverside) and went over every connection from DV's to TBB, intercoolers. We found a few frayed hoses which he replaced at no charge and he even put the car on the lift, pulled off the bellypan and took a look at all the underside connections.

After tightening down most of the hose clamps, We took a ride around town and then onto the highway. Mark sat shotgun with his laptop and logged the car to make sure everything was working properly and tested all the chip modes -- stock, 93 octane, valet and kill.

All in all, they spent about about 2 hours to flash, test and physically inspect the car and I came away with a bill under $450.

They also gave me a tour of the shop and it's very impressive. They have on site design and fabrication so if Mark can design it, his dad can fabricate it on the spot.

The skill, knowledge and customer oriented attitude is like none other I've experienced elsewhere. The entire experience was truely fantatsic.

As for the product -- I LOVE IT !!! After I was done at AutoSpeed, I drove 7.5 hours to Stowe, Vermont. The stock driveability is preserved but the useable power and torque is exactly what this car needed.

At 3000 rpms, I can gently add throttle and car just takes off in 5th gear and pulls hard and predictibly. If I need more, at 2/3 throttle, the TIP kicks down to fourth and I get thrown into my seat.

Definitely give them a call if you are considering any performance mods.

http://www.autospeed.us/

**Daft** · 07-07-2008 12:13 PM

Very cool. It sounds like they are nice guys. Carson had told me to check into them at one point but, I went another direction with my Stage 3 software.

I'll tell you what though, it's alot more helpful when you really do a check of the whole motor like that before any mods. Many people just chip their car and ride off into the sunset. Some end up with issues because they already had some issues with the car before the software went on. It sounds like you have a well running car at this point.

**skiroad'r** · 07-07-2008 12:30 PM

I was very pleased that Mark personally looked over the whole car, scanned it, and took the time to go over the service history with me.

If you have the time, it's worth a trip down there just to see some of the cars they are working on. Mark's B5S4 is an absolute monster and they did a Stage 3+ allroad that is just insane. Bored out the 2.7t to a 3.0T and swapped in the proper components along with a custom tune, stoptech brakes and AutoSpeed's exhaust. I don't recall the whp numbers, but they were insane.

**littleredwagen** · 07-07-2008 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by skiroad'r

I was very pleased that Mark personally looked over the whole car, scanned it, and took the time to go over the service history with me.

If you have the time, it's worth a trip down there just to see some of the cars they are working on. Mark's B5S4 is an absolute monster and they did a Stage 3+ allroad that is just insane. Bored out the 2.7t to a 3.0T and swapped in the proper components along with a custom tune, stoptech brakes and AutoSpeed's exhaust. I don't recall the whp numbers, but they were insane.

That B5 S4 is around 750wph ish power