TheBlueAC

Hey everyone,

I just ran against my friend's Audi A4 and as you can see he beat me. Whats wrong with my car? What can I do to beat him?

Acura TL VS Audi A4

ChrisQ1980

You are 32 years old and asking this question?

You should read, search, and browse these forums and set a goal for your car. The basicas are CAI, headers, Intake manifold and TB spacers, Exhaust, Pullies. A Type S will have better gains over a Premium. The Audi A4 1.8T is a quick little car.

TheBlueAC

Yes, but do you think those mods are going to be enough?

ChrisQ1980

Why do you want to spend all that money just to beat an A4? lol

It could be. It depends on the drivers as well. Do one mod at a time until you beat him.

S1CK TypeS

well maybe the fact hes pushin 17psi might have to do something with u losing. if u do all the mods listed above u might be able to stay with him. i usually pull like that on a TL non type S.

he seems like a good match for me.

dnd2984

iTrader: (6)

17 psi is your answer. Want to beat the A4 get the S4...

Phrosttz0

hmm thats weird buddy has 01 A4 1.8t 5spd, i have a 99 TL I/H/E, each had a passenger, I walked him... hes stock, huge difference from 17psi

dug-mac

It's gay how easily he pulled away from you. I say mod like a mofo and try it again...

Razzi

the heavy hunk we have was never meant for the track, the v6 barely lugs its fat ass around. the mods that we have do squat, i dont know much about A4s, but from what it sounds, it's turboed?

if thats the case, mod for mod hes gonna whoop you over and over

dvsxlt247

Check it, the TL-p is SLOW!!! THE END. The A4 comes stock with turbo, granted its only a 1.8 liter engine verses your 3.2 liter VTEC motor, but that 1.8 liter engine with that turbo makes a big difference when it comes to accerlerating, plus the Audi is a much lighter car weight wise as compared to our heavy ass BOAT of a TL. The TL is much longer, wider, all around heavier. If you have bigger size wheels on your TL then he does, that also will slow you down. Were you on a full tank of gas? Half a tank of gas will cut down some weight if anything. Once his turbo starts spooling thats when his turbo really kicks in on the acceleration. You can beat the A4 though if you get an intake, headers, full exhaust and changer the crank pulley. That should do it if anything.

ryebreadisme

iTrader: (1)

You could beat a stock A4 with no problem most likely. The fact that he has an aftermarket turbo is the reason you lost. You could turbo your TL, and spend an arm and a leg in the process. You might have a chance after that, but the Audi is much easier, and cheaper to draw power from.

S1CK TypeS

dude what are u talkin about the TL responds to mods well. the A4 comes stock turbo but if i recall the GT35R isnt the stock turbo. your heavy hunk might not be able to lug its fat ass around but mine does a very good job of it and i know most of you agree that a TL with mods move.


a stock TL-P should have no issues takin a stock A4 1.8 espicially from a roll.

I hate cars

My stock 5at TL kills a co-workers near stock A4. We're talking stock vs modified here and anything can be made fast with enough money.

And I have to disagree, the TL responds worse than any car I've owned to mods.

S1CK TypeS

how can u say the TL is the worse when the only mods u have done are some tires and some speakers? it defi by no means should be compared to your GN

MurkyRiversTL

ok first off with the A4, that thing could easily put 340+ hp and and an equal amount of torque and thats to the wheels. If your friend just has a chip that puts him to 217 and i believe 249 foot pounds of torque. Just the torque alone will launch that car way beyond our wildest dreams...... but like everyone has said....our cars arent meant for that kinda stuff..... I mean come on, the fuckin things didn't even come with a stick.... and your gonna tell me that this was made for the track.

Anyway, a stock A4 should be able to have its ass handed to itself even against a tl-p. The 99-04 A4's only have 150-190 hp depending on which model you get and year (the 04 model came as an S-line)......

Wait........

why the fuck am I saying all this...... wikipedia an A4 and you'll see. Go to APR.COM and you will see what an A4 can put out..... it will make us cry..... but then again we didn't buy an A4 no matter how much we wish we did, or just glad we didn't.

So tell your buddy "good job, but my car still looks cleaner then yours..... hahahahaha"
then he'll feel stupid.

MurkyRiversTL

Oh and our TL's responds well to mods, just like a def person responds to a whisper. The only things that the TL responds well too would be headers, pulley and forced induction. Everything else is just a waste of time but will eventually add up to 10 maybe 12 hps. The audi on the other hand responds very well to mods. 500 bucks and you get almost 40 horsepower, and about 70 foot pounds of torque.

Once again these cars werent meant for that kinda stuff. Our cars were meant to look good, and feel good, and some guys thought it would be fun to make them go faster, so they made some shit for it.

So lets all enjoy our not so fast, but somewhat fast cars.

Although I think a pinto is faster then my car now.... cause its gotta a broken tranny. Oh well.

bigdo26

Any turbo car can be made much faster for minimal $$. For instance, I'm looking at the Legacy GT as my next car with the turbo 2.5 flat 4. Stock its ~250 hp, 250 torque (factory rated) which is about 210 hp, 210 ft-lb at the wheels. With the addition of an up-pipe, down-pipe, and a tuned chip (stage 2 mods), they can put down 270 hp and over 300 ft-lbs at the wheels. And with a few more things, 300+ whp, 350 ft-lbs. Its soooo easy to mod a FI car

And thats why the A4 beat you - he's done a few mods that gave him big time power gains (especially torque)

FL3.2TL

6 speed swap/ 3.5 engine block / supercharger!

fsttyms1

some of you guys need a reality check