How many 'beasts' are on the board? Audi RS6

**800088** · June 4th, 2009, 15:21

haha lol, the only problem is Im in Melbourne Australia. Haha. Freight alone would kill you.

Id love a set of 19" or 21" MTM wheels, but I cant afford them. Us Australians simply dont have the opportunity to get cheap Euro tuning gear without getting slapped hard with customs tax & duty and 10% gst when it arrives here in Australia. That goes for US products as well. Damn Australian government.

**800088** · June 4th, 2009, 15:23

Hey, with that sort of power, are you experiencing issues with your gearbox or diff? any sudden surges or down changes and big bangs coming from the diff? When you say turbo, does that mean you have changed your turbos?

**800088** · June 4th, 2009, 15:25

I mean, RS4 B7s, S5s, and even Audi TTs are running 20" wheels, so why would an RS6 be able to cope with 20" wheels? I mean all cars...... bigger the wheel, the more you sacrifice on performance. End of the day..... its either you want too look good or you want to have maximum performance.

**skyegtb** · June 4th, 2009, 16:51

Originally Posted by 800088

Hey, with that sort of power, are you experiencing issues with your gearbox or diff? any sudden surges or down changes and big bangs coming from the diff? When you say turbo, does that mean you have changed your turbos?

Firstly, MTM have some special upgraded turbos that they swap the originals for. I am not sure of the exact spec but if you went to the MTM website you may find out what it is. They remove the engine to do the upgrade to the turbos and downpipes and fit thicker head gaskets to reduce compression, thereby allowing the engine to take the higher boost levels.
As for the gearbox and reliability, the gearbox ECU is remapped to allow better handling of the extra torque and power. My car has 44,000 miles on it now, but had a new gearbox at 25,000 miles just before it had this Stage 4 MTM tune (it was 535bhp before the turbo upgrade). Touch wood it is still perfect today, but I am pretty sure if I tracked the car a lot or drove it very hard it would probably eat a gearbox every few thousand miles!!!! As you are probably aware the gearbox is the one weak link with these cars that so far no upgraded replacement is available for... (keeping fingers crossed for a sensibly priced manual transmission upgrade in the future

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By the way, found the turbo type, it is MTM/KKK-M568 turbos - that is all the info they supply about them

**Ruergard** · June 4th, 2009, 16:57

Originally Posted by skyegtb

2003 RS6 with the following upgrades:
MTM 568BHP conversion - remap, turbo & headgasket upgrade etc
MTM dual tip full 3" exhaust system
MTM blue silicone turbo / IC hoses
MTM 19x9.5 Bimoto's & 275/30/19 tyres
Mov'it front and rear brake upgrade 380mm front, 342mm rear
Forge DV's
Vacuum hose replaced with blue silicone
Intake pipes replaced with blue silicone hose
KW V3 coilovers
Hotchkiss front and rear ARB's (stiff setting at rear)
Hella dark tinted tail-lights

WOW!

Superb RS6!

**gooseleg** · June 4th, 2009, 17:05

Originally Posted by V8weight

Here's mine, my few modifications are in my signiture. Gooseleg, We have something in common. I bought my Avus Silver RS6 from Westside about a month after yours, and my DRC failed within a day or two as well. They also paid for my KW's.

LOL, the wife just saw your car and thought it was ours, did you upgrade the swaybars as well?

**Audi-RS6** · June 4th, 2009, 18:22

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**mmaturo** · June 4th, 2009, 19:34

Mine.

**gdavison** · June 4th, 2009, 20:03

mine

**MaxRS6** · June 5th, 2009, 01:23

Another to the gallery..KW V3, Hotchkis front & rear, Alcon BBK, BBS RS-GT, RNS-E, APR, sunglasses, golfclubs always, & stupid looking grin

**V8weight** · June 5th, 2009, 03:25

Originally Posted by gooseleg

LOL, the wife just saw your car and thought it was ours, did you upgrade the swaybars as well?

Yep, H-Sport sways really completed the package.

**Ruergard** · June 5th, 2009, 08:17

Originally Posted by MaxRS6

sunglasses, golfclubs always, & stupid looking grin

Nice pics, fun to see a couple of modded RS6s together with standard ones. Keep posting!

**Dutch RS6** · June 5th, 2009, 08:43

**vangelis** · June 5th, 2009, 08:59

Mine had these mods:

*ABT ECU remap, Full ABT exhaust with 4-pipes
*RNS-E with Navigation
*Hotchkis Anti-roll sway bars
*MTM Bimoto Wheels 19"x9.5 with Michelin pilot sport2 275/30/19 tires
*Hyperboost Diverter valves
*Venair Performance Silicon hoses
*Big brake kit at front with 390x36mm drilled & ventilated rotors
*Stanless steel brake lines with APRacing 5.1 brake fuild
*LED taillights
*Aero wipers
*3M tinting

**p3u** · June 5th, 2009, 09:27

**Ruergard** · June 5th, 2009, 14:13

Originally Posted by vangelis

Mine had these mods:

*ABT ECU remap, Full ABT exhaust with 4-pipes
*RNS-E with Navigation
*Hotchkis Anti-roll sway bars
*MTM Bimoto Wheels 19"x9.5 with Michelin pilot sport2 275/30/19 tires
*Hyperboost Diverter valves
*Venair Performance Silicon hoses
*Big brake kit at front with 390x36mm drilled & ventilated rotors
*Stanless steel brake lines with APRacing 5.1 brake fuild
*LED taillights
*Aero wipers
*3M tinting

The condition of your car really looks superb!

Sad to see the scratching on one of the rims though.

**vangelis** · June 5th, 2009, 15:11

Originally Posted by Ruergard

The condition of your car really looks superb!

THANKSS

Originally Posted by Ruergard

Sad to see the scratching on one of the rims though.

Me 2

**Trebor** · June 5th, 2009, 16:57

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Sell my 19" RS6 wheels?

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Surely RS6s should have an issue with 20" wheels

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