So the Sedan has to go, I got an Avant

[scottz]

Been lurking for a while, soaking it all up. Kept my Sedan pretty stock. Some piggies and tinted windows. But I wanted an Avant, I did when I got the Sedan but couldn't find one. So last wednesday I flew to Louisville and drove one home.





It's already got a Milltek cat back. Though they did put a cold air intake on. I already have a stock air box on the way. And am reworking a set of stock downpipes, gutting the pre cats and replacing the main cats with some high flow cats. Then it's on to the tune.

I'm actually taking both to the dyno on Saturday to get some baselines. And the Sedan is up for sale.

I'm also thinking of powder coating the stock rims black. So many decisions.

[AudIIan]

ill be the first one to say it...great car but those tips need to be pushed in a good inch or two lol

[ASneakyGoomba]

This ^. But otherwise beautiful car I'm jealous!!! Manual? how many miles?

[Mr. Corey]

looks nice man congrats! 1st thing you need to clean up that exhaust. Killing the looks

[rjpeaks]

congrats

trim dem tips

[scottz]

Yeah I agree on the tips, and I will get to that. It's got 114k miles on it. One owner. Completely documented service wise. 6 speed manual, which was the hard thing about finding one. Wasn't thrilled with it being black, but it was not a deal breaker. Though about swapping interiors as I prefer the gray in my sedan, but the two tone black w/grey inserts is growing on me.

[WolfS4]

Very nice avant, very rare combo of b7+manual+avant. Going to absolute's dyno?

[cmd4]

Nice to see another avant in NC!

[buzztt]

nice

i would de-chrome then paint/powdercoat the rims gunmetal

[Quattro_2.7tt]

Looks great, nice find!

[Slow4]

Hehe, dem tips

Good find, lovely Avant.

[Failingboy]

Nice to see another avant in NC!

I agree!

[SurferD]

Hey that looks like my car!
Great find and good luck modding.

Dont bother making the rims black.
Get yourself another set or another brand to play with.
When you get ready to sell most people don't like black wheels.

[gotboost]

Good choice over the sedan!

[audiphila]

Saw that one on autotrader, glad an audiziner picked it up.

[4point2]

welcome to the family, nice to get a full service history

[s4ski]

Glad you finally got the Avant. So much more versatile. I would not do black wheels on a black Avant, I think it will diminish the look of the car.

[scottz]

Very nice avant, very rare combo of b7+manual+avant. Going to absolute's dyno?

Actually Phantasm has an AWD dyno and are pretty convenient to me. All I'm looking for at the moment is a baseline.

[scottz]

It would also be really cool if someone in the Raleigh-Durham area had a JHM cable. :)

[WolfS4]

Actually Phantasm has an AWD dyno and are pretty convenient to me. All I'm looking for at the moment is a baseline.

Oh nice, I live just a couple miles from there and get my nawzzz filled there.

[TexS4]

Beautiful car and manual! Congrats!

I settled for a tip avant here but also got one with full service history and one owner so it was a compromise....i guess. I'm at 109k miles now so just a bit behind you.

Nice to see another b7 avant.

[scottz]

So the Sedan did great, the Avant, not so much. I knew it was going to be bad. Got a misfire I need to track down. Plugs tomorrow and working on the down pipes. And a stock air box going back in. Hope that gets me close to the sedan.

[scottz]

[auxnbus]

Ouch - am I seeing this correctly...? Is the Avant down almost 100 HP..?!

[Concavitor]

Super duper. Yes the exhaust tips look about 3cm out too far. Also they are too close to the valance (along the tip sides).

[scottz]

Ouch - am I seeing this correctly...? Is the Avant down almost 100 HP..?!

Yep. Gonna fix that.

[auxnbus]

Good luck! An Avant that pretty needs go too1

[4point2]

Any ideas what the power loss is attributable to? is it a case of badly tuned (or not at all) after the PO put on pipes etc? or is it more of the maintenance thing? I guess your plan to return to stock and new plugs should answer these

[01northernS4]

+1

ill be the first one to say it...great car but those tips need to be pushed in a good inch or two lol

[01northernS4]

Looks like an amazing car... having gone back and forth from silver to gunmetal and back to silver, leave wheels alone... dark colors make them look a size smaller IMHO

Congrats!

Been lurking for a while, soaking it all up. Kept my Sedan pretty stock. Some piggies and tinted windows. But I wanted an Avant, I did when I got the Sedan but couldn't find one. So last wednesday I flew to Louisville and drove one home.





It's already got a Milltek cat back. Though they did put a cold air intake on. I already have a stock air box on the way. And am reworking a set of stock downpipes, gutting the pre cats and replacing the main cats with some high flow cats. Then it's on to the tune.

I'm actually taking both to the dyno on Saturday to get some baselines. And the Sedan is up for sale.

I'm also thinking of powder coating the stock rims black. So many decisions.

[01northernS4]

+1

Hey that looks like my car!
Great find and good luck modding.

Dont bother making the rims black.
Get yourself another set or another brand to play with.
When you get ready to sell most people don't like black wheels.

[scottz]

Any ideas what the power loss is attributable to? is it a case of badly tuned (or not at all) after the PO put on pipes etc? or is it more of the maintenance thing? I guess your plan to return to stock and new plugs should answer these

I'm thinking the biggest issue is a clogged cat. Combine that with either needing plugs or a coil pack or two and I think that is the biggest issues. As for the cold air intake, it's real noisy and I have never seen a dyno sheet for a B7 where it made power. The stock air box is pretty damn good.