
Originally Posted by
TTRSleeper
Congrats on the run! Have you done any data logging with your setup? The reason I ask is because with the Sunoco E85R (exactly 85% ethanol content) and your hardware mods, you've gotta be really close to maxing out the stock fuel system. APR's dyno run for their E85 tune was performed with E70. Just something you may want to consider looking into because these engines aren't cheap!
I haven’t done any logging with VCDS but the APR Dealer did with the 93 and the fuel trims were very good.
I did 20 or so drag runs on Sunday on E85R and not a hiccup.
However, I have had a few misfires when testing the 93 tune on low level fuel. With a range of less than 30 miles in the tank and under a launched run I first seen a misfire at 6500rpm in the 3-4 change. About 200rpm before it changes up there is a ‘brick wall’ that it goes through and changes to 4th at 6700. The run through 4th and into 5th is fine.
Out of about 15 runs on the road from 30m range down to 0, it happened in about 10 of those runs. Only ever 3-4 6500rpm. At the time I didn’t know what was happening and as it kept accelerating cleanly in 4th through to 5th I didn’t think it was due to low fuel. If you know your Audi’s you will know that there is a gallon of fuel still in the tank past 0. So at the time I wasn’t worried about the low fuel range.
I couldn’t get it to do it running through 3rd to 4th on the road though (not from launch) - This suggests that the fuel is thrown back to the back of the tank during a 1st gear launch and by the time 3-4 shift comes, it missfires.
VCDS scan showed no misfire codes but I’ve got a clean run and the 3-4 misfire run on video and others have suggested it’s because of low fuel. When I filled it back up to half a tank, the issue did not present itself again.
The same thing happened on one E85 drag run when the range went to 30 miles left. Same 3-4 6500rpm issue.
I may of course be wrong with the low fuel explanation but that’s what I’ve figured. The APR Stage 1 doesn’t have a TCU tune yet so initially thought it would be related to that.
With your suggestion, not enough fuel would just surely give a small misfire rather than totalling the engine? You would get a prior warning I would think. For me the fact it never happened again when fuel content was high has convinced me that the issue I’ve spotted is related to fuel content low.
I have heard it happens in the RS7 when those guys run low on fuel too. Also spoke to another 8S TTRS owner who has reported the same.
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