And here I thought that the experiences of another actual owner of one of these cars, who also did or planned to do much of the work himself (like you), who also had the EXACT SAME GOALS in mind as you, and who protested when this group informed him of the difficulties he'd likely encounter, who then encountered EXACTLY THE SAME difficulties that had been predicted and then finally gave up on the project might prove informative to you...
My bad.
This thread just keeps getting deeper...
and entertaining.
I'd settle for keeping my car stock and getting the friggen electronic issue fixed for little or no money LOL. I am just ignoring it and enjoying the measly 450 hp....
Mike
'18 BMW M5, '19 Porsche Boxster GTS
(prior '94 325is, '97 M3, '00 A6 4.2,'03 RS6,'08 A4 Cab,'13 A8L,'15 Q7,'16 BMW M2,
Informative sure. But i didn't see him build close to what i was looking for. Unless he actually started building a turbo swap and all and i missed it. Then in that case i will go back and check it.
You guys have said it yourself this forums gets enough of these type of thread so why spend the time rereading the same comment about how it can't be done unless you have 20k+ and at that point your better off with a different car.
If your trying to build something new time should be spent on figuring out how to do that now how another person got discurrage and gave up.
Thank you...apparently my point is lost on everyone else here...
To the OP...
Through ALL of my posts, the ONLY point I was trying to make, is that you are NOT the first one to try to build a street monster out of a RS6. The rest of "us" decided, after seeing this engine out a few times, that it isn't, and won't be worth the effort. That's it. MY opinion...and that's all I was sharing, because I've been there...
AGAIN, good luck on your project...you sound like you really want to move forward...
2013 Audi S8
RS6Goals, you are dealing with skepticism driven by experience. Like others have mentioned, a lot of people have tried to go down the path of building a big horsepower RS6 and ultimately quit at around 500whp. There is a cost and time barrier around there that most people don't get past. It's not just one thing either, you start to hit the limits of multiple pieces - turbos, intake, intercoolers, transmission, exhaust, fuel system, etc... All these limits can be overcome, but again, cost and time barriers are high.
This is also why you won't find a lot of experienced help beyond this level. There are just not enough people that have done it, and in several cases, the people that have built a big-HP RS6 are doing it as a business, and they don't make money by sharing all the details of their builds.
All this said, despite the skepticism you're getting, we all would love to see you succeed. The RS6 is getting to a price point where more "hobbyist" builders can take a chance on tearing into one. I fully expect to see more people trying different different things and hopefully building some amazing cars!
Electronic gremlins, I can refer you to my good friend Mike who has his entire Dash taken apart because something in his heater or heating switch or God only knows what it is started smoking so if you want to talk gremlins I'll just forward you to him and you guys can talk about gizmo ! Lol 😂
I spent some time digging up old threads that have some actual useful information for you. Sadly, most of them were dead ends. Hopefully helpful nonetheless.
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/22...-heavy-thread)
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/32...on-which-parts
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/31...l=1#post269590
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/31...o-beyond-600Hp
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/33...-RS6-manifolds
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/25...l=1#post242134
03 RS6 Avus/Ebony #905593 resurrected 6MT, 04 Avalanche Z71, 87 T-Bird Turbo Coupe (351W T5), 04 Aprilia RSVR Factory
Dirt cheap v12tt in a CL600 + 1200 Eurocharge tune = 11sec 120+mph
that will cover about 99.3% of the cars on the road.
Im good with that
Care to elaborate how or give example? I dont see anyone paying 10k on this RS6, 10k in mods, 5k for labor. Then resell for 25k or more a few years from now.
Could you do this with specific car? sure if its a classic/rare. or you got a really good deal on the purchase. Shoot you loose money as soon as you take the dam car off the lot.
I think you definitely got that point across. In this thread and other thread that ive seen you post in and I do get what your saying. I'm just not one to get convinced by groupthink. Just because you guys have decided its not worth it doesn't mean its not worth it to me or someone else.
Besides if I dont try ill just keep wondering so I rather try it and if I fail oh well I guess ill do what the rest of you guys are doing. better to try than not all.
What ever you. Please don't buy an RV from me.
On second thought. Yeah, if you need a RV then call me.
You see every vehicle purchase has a clear budget and purpose. Even my daily driver....do I have fun with them? Sure! Do I go race them and drag em a couple times? Sure. Do I dump crazy money in them? Nope