Meteor Grey Audi S3 build thread

[Deckedr32]

Now I've had the car and done some mods here is my build thread.
I took delivery the S3 back in October 2008, a nice new facelift in Meteor grey......




The car needed some serious loosening up! The car was a lot slower than my R32 with the turbo fitted (as expected). The Haldex was the biggest improvement (being Gen4). It was instant in the wet and felt more positive when pushing it hard, the TC doesn't come on as quickly as the R32 and when it does its not as intrusive.
In all I was happy with the S3 from day 1 and I'd kept telling myself this one's going to remain standard
Once the 1000 miles were up I started giving it some real welly, this is where i started to notice how restricted the engine was and I knew Revo was coming. I bought a Revo remap for my sisters Gti and convinced my mate with Seat Leon to do the same with impressive results, so I decided to get mine done.
After Christmas I decided to give AMD a quick call and I got the Visa out...... oops!
I went for the Revo stage 1 with Select plus unit, but as my car was a facelift model and it has a revised exhaust downpipe and lambda probe positioning there were a few issues.... Basically it kept misfiring. (nothing that you could feel that badly, just in 4th gear at about 6.5K+ it felt like it was holding back) the power was still very impressive. We tried stage 2 but it didn't help. The quickest fix for me was to get the Milltek on there, so I did! I went for the turbo back unresonated special tipped system. And O boy am I glad I did. When it was in I had the Bilstein PSS10's installed and Evoms intake (I'd previously installed the Forge DV).
Really impressed with the suspension, I think I'm going to drop it another 10-15mm. It rides the bumps really well and the way you can change the settings is awesome! Only set on 5 all round so once it's settled I'll be stiffening it up a little.... We'll see how much "she" can take (BTW she noticed the other day! DOH!)
The Milltek is quiet in the cabin, but I gave it a blast through a tunnel the other day and I think I sucked about 3 commuters through the intake and spat them out the back.... lol. Along with the EVOMs and forge DV it sounds evil! kinda like having a flock of doves in a Darth Vader helmet :devil:
AMD stuck it on the rollers and believe it or not it kicked out 355.2BHP! Quite impressive..... If I want the torque to match and a few more BHP I'll need the fuel pump. What also impressed me was the fact I'd left the setting on the Revo low as it was misfiring without the Milltek exhaust, so now it's fitted I can give it some real boost! (REVO stage 2) @ B6T4F9 so there is more to go!

[Deckedr32]

Here are the plots, 2 runs and I don't have a stock plot.....


The car drives really well, it's so smooth and now no longer feel restricted. I know the APR fuel pump is calling for me but I want to find out how guys are doing on stock clutches before I bite the bullet (I won't do it if it kills the clutch as I don't want an aftermarket).
So, so much for keeping it stock
Got a few pics of the car in the Bilsteins.

[Deckedr32]

Well I took the car up AMD today to have the APR pump installed and the ECU reflashed to Revo stage 2+.... All I'll say is, it feels so much better! The exhaust sounds different, the turbo sounds different, the DV note is different, so guess what, it drives different too..... It's seriously fast up the gears! responce is faster and the turbo seems to spool faster too.
Run 1 was 372bhp with 358lbft
Run 2 was 367bhp with 359lbft

[Deckedr32]

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[neilyboy]

hi there im neil from dumfries am a new member to this forum thing not really sure how to work it yet ,i noticed that your the only member with an Audi S3 lol well not anymore lol i have the same car as you but not with as a high spec as your car ;( i have to say though your car looks fecken awsome,this is my 4th audi and my 3rd S3 i think there great cars ,neil,