vw madness

[RSMESS]

hey i drive an A4 1.8T and i have alot of friends with jettas and gtis. i just drove another 1.8T VW and it seemed like it was much faster than my car. jusr out of curiosity does anyone know why the VW 1.8Ts seem faster than the A4s that ive been in? is there maybe something wrong with my car??

[Richard]

ummm...your bigger and have quattro? just a guess

[317ssayzarc]

ummm...your bigger and have quattro? just a guess

Yup, hundreds of pounds of more weight and an extra 10% driveline loss...

If you are staying under 300whp and don't mind staying only decently quick in the corners, buy a MK4... My daily is nothing but wonderful

[Tifun]

I so badly want to drive a fwd 1.8t a4. I'm curious to see how it feels.

[Two A's]

^^ I have one....quite simply put, there not as fun.

[pipe7284]

they have 180 hp and you have 150hp

[kovalevandrew]

I so badly want to drive a fwd 1.8t a4. I'm curious to see how it feels.

Mine is FWD... Do you like wheelspin...? It's all mine does. Very annoying.

[317ssayzarc]

Hmmm... Fwd Audi layout must suck then... My VW puts down just a handful shy of 200whp and can dead hook 2nd in a straight line... It's on 195 tires and open diff at the moment too, and only weights 2961 with a full tank of gas and shit in the car...

[Tifun]

Mine is FWD... Do you like wheelspin...? It's all mine does. Very annoying.

I have wheel spin too I stil want to drive one and see if it has the FWD feeling.

[mike-2ptzero]

Hmmm... Fwd Audi layout must suck then... My VW puts down just a handful shy of 200whp and can dead hook 2nd in a straight line... It's on 195 tires and open diff at the moment too, and only weights 2961 with a full tank of gas and shit in the car...

I think it has to do with it being lighter and the fact that more of its weight is actual right over the tires.

[kovalevandrew]

Hmmm... Fwd Audi layout must suck then... My VW puts down just a handful shy of 200whp and can dead hook 2nd in a straight line... It's on 195 tires and open diff at the moment too, and only weights 2961 with a full tank of gas and shit in the car...

If i do that, the next thing i know i'll be on the pavement. Or worse. It's got a mind of its own if you launch hard into second and aren't ready to fight with it.

[kovalevandrew]

I have wheel spin too I stil want to drive one and see if it has the FWD feeling.

I don't drive my car in the rain, it's totally unpredictable. It lets go at the slightest hint of boost, even on really smoothe road surfaces it slides all over the place if you launch hard.

[Two A's]

With FWD you get torque steer. But IMO audi did a good job controlling it. I had 02' toyota solora before my a4 and the torque steer was crazy

[kovalevandrew]

With FWD you get torque steer. But IMO audi did a good job controlling it. I had 02' toyota solora before my a4 and the torque steer was crazy

Yeah, they did pretty well. A friend of mine has one of those Renault Megane F1's, man, you spend more time fighting the car than driving it. Not cool.

[badseed]

I had a recently totaled frontrak a4 and replaced it with a quattro and the difference is huge. They have very different driving dynamics. The fwd car did pretty well for a fwd, no real torque steer problems due to the equal length front axles. even with a chip, tp and other mods, but the quattro handles much better, and wheelspin isnt an issue. The feeling of launching them is entirely different as well, the quattro really does away with the feeling of being pulled and the effects of the weight transfer aren't nearly as severe.

[Toyotatech]

With FWD you get torque steer. But IMO audi did a good job controlling it. I had 02' toyota solora before my a4 and the torque steer was crazy

No. Torque steer comes from different length drive shafts on a front wheel drive car, Toyota fixes that with a carrier bearing on the passenger side drive shaft and I believe Audi has equal length drive shafts. Neither should have any torque steer.

[RSMESS]

i guess i just need to give it more power then..

[arorem]

^^FTW

[////D]

fwd sucks big time, i used to have a 98 a4 quattro. now i have a t3/t4 01 gti and it has nothing but wheels spin. i miss my a4

[317ssayzarc]

fwd sucks big time, i used to have a 98 a4 quattro. now i have a t3/t4 01 gti and it has nothing but wheels spin. i miss my a4

Get a $1000 lsd and some decent 225 tires, you'll hook 3rd maybe

What T3/T4 variant? There's like a million lol

[djwimbo]

Less weight and more power stock.

Wheelspin sucks, but I don't know anything about that ... I busted all 4 loose today going straight, doin 40mph in 4th gear ... it was snowing.

There's a reason why K0x MK4's can hit 13's and we can't.

Personally I like the balance and overall feel of the B5, over the MK4. I wouldn't buy a Jetta though, only a Golf/GTI.

[////D]

Get a $1000 lsd and some decent 225 tires, you'll hook 3rd maybe

What T3/T4 variant? There's like a million lol

lol id rather not dump any more money into it than i already have, lsd would be nice tho. and i had 225s on it before i put on my winter steelies, its a garrett hybrid 57 trim with .63 exhaust a/r

[J Ozzie]

weighttt!!

[317ssayzarc]

lol id rather not dump any more money into it than i already have, lsd would be nice tho. and i had 225s on it before i put on my winter steelies, its a garrett hybrid 57 trim with .63 exhaust a/r

Surge monster... And I'm trying to fight the urge to throw a 50 trim or 2871R on my Golf...

[////D]

Surge monster... And I'm trying to fight the urge to throw a 50 trim or 2871R on my Golf...

do it! a 28r is plenty

[the_pirate]

I so badly want to drive a fwd 1.8t a4. I'm curious to see how it feels.

i have one and i want to drive a quattro to see how fun they are only in dreams...

[317ssayzarc]

do it! a 28r is plenty

I really want to go T3, but I do have an APR manifold laying around...

I'm thinking an APR mani/ 2871R .64/ custom downpipe would be a killer combo...

[////D]

I really want to go T3, but I do have an APR manifold laying around...

I'm thinking an APR mani/ 2871R .64/ custom downpipe would be a killer combo...

what tune you thinking? i got revo and i hate it, if you can stay away

[Militant-Grunt]

Its because the K03s on a GTi is bigger than the k03s on a A4. Ever see the hot side on one of those turbos?
Also a lot to do with the fact that the cars are lighter and they have less drivetrain loss.

[317ssayzarc]

what tune you thinking? i got revo and i hate it, if you can stay away

Uni or Tapp, I'm kinda a vendor for both


Make the switch if you can bro, trust me

[////D]

Uni or Tapp, I'm kinda a vendor for both


Make the switch if you can bro, trust me

i really dont want to dump any more money into it, i wanna get rid of it for another a4

[317ssayzarc]

Yea maybe for an all arounder... I have my Audi for fun, and my MK4 is the perfect daily... Light, fwd = better mpg and quicker, plus its plenty roomy and has a decent interior

[////D]

Yea maybe for an all arounder... I have my Audi for fun, and my MK4 is the perfect daily... Light, fwd = better mpg and quicker, plus its plenty roomy and has a decent interior

yea, that and i have a mk2 gti in storage waiting for some sort of powerplant, havent decided what tho yet. as of now a vr6 and daily it

[Tifun]

i really dont want to dump any more money into it, i wanna get rid of it for another a4

You can buy mine lol. If your gti is a VR6 we could do some partial tradage lol.

[////D]

You can buy mine lol. If your gti is a VR6 we could do some partial tradage lol.

im down for the trade, but my gti is a 01 1.8t with a t3/t4 on it

http://www.audizine.com/classifieds/...t=5513&cat=500