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Sold my suburban a few days ago, had a run in with a deer on Christmas Eve and decided it wasn't worth my time to fix it with all the other issues it had going on. Went out and got myself a replacemen

Alex L.
Alex L.

Aside from fluids and a few minor bits, it's ready to make noise. Nearly six years in the making.   

Otis Nice
Otis Nice

Looks good. Trans Am's def stood the test of time.  I just figured he drove a '64 Buick Skylark.   

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We hardcore Chevy here in the Bury, boi! ;) Actually, it's like everywhere else, Honda's all over.

 

Nice Viper man. I wanted a 96+ GTS blue with white stripes, it was my dream car for a long time.

 

haha. Yes we are.

 

I think I've seen you on Carter's Corner. Can't be too many of your car this way. Sounds good.

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Not really what I did today, but what I've been dealing with for the last 3 months.

 

January 1st I picked up a new-to-me 2013 Audi S6 with 50k miles on it. 2 weeks later the car started misfiring like a son of a bitch and would not even run or start if the engine was at operating temperature. Car did not throw any codes, so after some head scratching and Google searching figured out that the symptoms point to turbo failure.

 

 

As I was doing some research online, I came to find out that this is a massive problem on the 4.0T engines that are found in the Audi S6/S7/RS7/A8/S8 and Bentley Continentals. The issue is an oil filter screen that is placed before the turbos that gets so clogged that no oil reaches the turbos. Poorly designed oil screen combined with the 10k mile oil change interval, these turbies are poppin' like Orville Redenbacher.

 

Audi actually has a TSB out that proves that they are completely aware of this issue, and that the oil screen needs to be replaced with the latest revision to prevent turbo failure, along with an oil backflow valve and the PCV valve (which is about the size of a shoe box). I tried to fight Audi on this and to get them to fix this at their expensive. Some owners had success where Audi either covered all or a percentage of the repairs. After a bunch of back and forth, towing the car to Audi, they told me to go pound sand since I did not buy the car from an Audi dealer...total bullshit. I reported the issue to the NTSHA. Audi quoted me $10k for parts and labour, btw.

 

 

So my options were either replace them with stock S6 turbos or replace them with stock RS7 turbos that bolt right on and cost about the same....

 

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1035&pictureid=9287

 

...I went RS7, as well as replacing all the TSB revision/replacement parts and vowing to never go over 5000 miles without getting an oil change.

 

Once all the new parts were in, next was to get a custom tune so that I'd be able to take advantage of the new, larger turbos. A typical stage 3 setup would include RS turbos, downpipes (gets rid of primary cats) and an upgraded boost cooler...I did not want to go down that rabbit hole, I'd like to keep the car as stock, comfortable and reliable as possible.

 

I reached out to VAST Performance in Detroit who did a hell of a job on my B5 S4 about 10 years ago and they said that they could do a custom, mild stage 3 tune on it that would not burn up the cats and keep everything nice and reliable.

 

Here is a Facebook post they made about it.

 

They did an ECU and TCU tune on it and according to them the ECU is very accurate at reading torque, which says it's making 610ft/lbs on a conservative 22psi. According to them, there is easily another 100ft/lbs waiting there if I decide to do downpipes. The car pulls great, shifts nice and quick, and there is no fucking way anyone can tell it's not 100% stock.

 

Maybe I'll try to come out and make a couple passes at the track day to see how she runs. Will probably also get her on a dyno just to see what kind of power it's making. Who still has an AWD dyno around on the North side?

 

 

 

Man that sucks - when I bought the S4 I really wanted the S6 but read all about the turbo problems. Almost pulled the trigger after seeing the ridiculous power they put out with the RS7 turbos. I even looked for one with the swap already done.

 

 

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haha. Yes we are.

 

I think I've seen you on Carter's Corner. Can't be too many of your car this way. Sounds good.

 

Thank you. That was most likely me. I haven't seen another Z/28 around here ever, except the black ones the Toy Barn was selling.

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Man that sucks - when I bought the S4 I really wanted the S6 but read all about the turbo problems. Almost pulled the trigger after seeing the ridiculous power they put out with the RS7 turbos. I even looked for one with the swap already done.

 

It certainly was a bit of a nightmare. As long as I don't have anymore issues, it might be worth it in the end.

 

I ran into someone locally last week that has a full stage 3 one, he said he dyno'd 650awhp...healthy.

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It certainly was a bit of a nightmare. As long as I don't have anymore issues, it might be worth it in the end.

 

 

 

I ran into someone locally last week that has a full stage 3 one, he said he dyno'd 650awhp...healthy.

 

 

 

It’s a great time to be a car fan...

 

 

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It certainly was a bit of a nightmare. As long as I don't have anymore issues, it might be worth it in the end.

 

 

 

I ran into someone locally last week that has a full stage 3 one, he said he dyno'd 650awhp...healthy.

White one in Powell?

 

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Care to elaborate? I'm actually rry interdasted.

 

One more strike against Mondays my man...

 

Driving home from work Monday pulling into the neighborhood I heard something weird. It sounded like a far away choo choo train chugging along. Then I notice its sluggish.

 

As I pull into the garage it was making a rattle/knocking sound pretty noticeably. I let it sit and ate dinner and came back out and started it and it was still making the noise. Checked dip stick and under the car and all good.

 

Took it in Thursday and diagnosed with a broken wrist pin on cyl 2. Wall destroyed. Who knows what caused it, but full long block ordered. People were estimating $20k.

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Some rando sunburian still roles up, looked at it, complemented Brian's camaro and drove away in his chubby.

 

A pleb, no doubt. What mullet rockin', cousin effing, PabstBlueMillerBudCoorsLight drinking, Pall Mall smoking, inbred mofo sees a Viper and compliments a CamEro? Blech.

 

Who knows what caused it....

 

Because racecar.

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Driving home from work Monday pulling into the neighborhood I heard something weird. It sounded like a far away choo choo train chugging along. Then I notice its sluggish.

 

As I pull into the garage it was making a rattle/knocking sound pretty noticeably. I let it sit and ate dinner and came back out and started it and it was still making the noise. Checked dip stick and under the car and all good.

 

Took it in Thursday and diagnosed with a broken wrist pin on cyl 2. Wall destroyed. Who knows what caused it, but full long block ordered. People were estimating $20k.

 

Yikes :(

 

All covered under warranty, correct? How long before you get the car back?

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Cadillac - Slapped some new tires on the CTS-V. Also swapped out Dexron VI in the trans and some Amsoil with GM limited-slip diff additive in the diff...drives amazingly. 129k miles and she was in need of some lovin'.

 

Shifter - as is many 1g CTS-V - is worn-out garbage. Need to pull the console and see what's going on down there. May need to buy a Hurst...

 

Lincoln - there was a zip-tie on the coolant block-off valve going to the heater box when I bought it. I didn't ask the previous owners about it. Uh oh...could it be a leaky heater core? :no: Clipped the zip-tie and drove it this morning. Thankfully, plenty of hot air and no leaky coolant. Actually, TOO MUCH hot air. :lol: There's something wrong with the climate controls so it's on all heat, all of the time. Will need to fix that before I try to fix the A/C.

 

Additional HVAC weirdness: When I turn on the fan (any speed setting), it blows great in "hi-lo", "economy", "defrost"....but when I set it to "heat", the fan totally stops. Switch it back to another setting and it instantly comes back on to the switched speed. Never seen that before.

 

Silverado - still have snow tires on it. Need to put on the 2/4 drop and get it aligned before I put the HRE's back on it.

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