My buddy has an audi S4, and told me that there were probably forums for tuning my car...well hes right!

My question is, how can I keep up with him? He has a 2002 Audi S4 and he showed me that it dyno'd 282/340 AWHP?AWTQ (idk what the A means?)

Mine apparently has 205. So, what can I do to get that 80 horsepower?! I'm a noob...he told me there are probably just "ECU"s to get me more power since all he has is an ECU and an exhaust.

Its pretty crazy and now i want in!

Suggestions?!

 

you wanna beat him in a race or beat him with horsepower numbers? Your car is lighter than his so to beat him in a race you wont need as much power as he has.

 

A means all.. like 282awhp would be all wheel horsepower.. yours would just be 282whp.. but stage 3 kit from ZZP and a pretty good tune, and you won't be far behind..... throw E85 or meth in there and walk him..

 

well, a tune will open the stock SS/SC ok. but honestly if you want to make up that power you will need to pulley down and then get a tune.

First I'd recommend ZZP 3in intake, then ZZP Stage 3 kit. and a custom tune. Get the 80# injectors and tune for E85. that's a really good start.

 

your car does NOT have 205hp. i dynoed 232WHP with just a zzp catless DP.

 

Lowest dyno I've ever seen on a stock SS/SC is 213 WHP. Most I've seen dyno around 217 - 218 in stock form. I have seen some higher than that as well. GM/Chevy underrated the HP on these cars

 

awesome! That means im not too far behind! I was looking around and it said 205 crank and a bit more looking i found that to the wheels its considerably lower, glad its the other way around!

 

Well first welcome. I would suggest just as people have on here so far. Get a zzp downpipe, intake, and stage 3 kit. Pulley depends on your injectors, and what you plan to do. The safe route is 80's since they can handle just about whatever you throw at them. However, the 2.7-2. 9" pulleys seem to be the sweet spot and most common. Then a good custom tune and you are set.

 

Get an HPT tune by a qualified tuner in your area, 80lb injectors (so you dont have to buy again), pulley down to a 2.7, 2.8 or 2.9 in, run E85 if available or run methanol injection, one step cooler spark plugs, a midlength or long tube header, a 3 in intake (so you dont have to buy again), a down pipe, a 3 in exhaust (2.5 will do but once again I dont like buying things twice) and make sure you have cooling mods like a front mount heat exchanger, dual pass end plate or secondary heat exchanger tank (two out of the three should work well).

 

60s, 2.7, Meth, cai, DP, Exhaust, tune. Done