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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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Ran my '04 Sunday; light bolt on's, w/273 rear, A4, and stock tires;
E.T. 13.2sec @ 108mph. I think that's not bad, what do you think?
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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It's a great time.
What are your light bolt ons and what was your 60foot?
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:32 PM
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yes, good time. I ran mine bone stock (97) this feb and ran 13.2 all day. a few weeks ago I ran again with light mods (bholt on) and ran 13.3 all day but it was almost 100 and 70 humitidy. So again I would say good time
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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mine ran 13.1's pretty much stock on 2.73's. added headers, x-pipe, 3500 converter and 3.42's along with a tune and dropped it into the 11.8 range.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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Very good time for 273s. I have a 315 with black wing getting air from the fog light grills. Predator hand held tune and no headers. Turned three 12.90s on run flats.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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My main bolt on's are; home custom air intake and exhaust by-pass tubes. Recently a speed shop combed out some of the restrictors and tuned the air fuel ratio.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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Oh yea, my 60' time was 2.0.... sec.
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Seems like pretty good times to me - my '02 vert, A4, 2.73, Blackwing and cat-back ran 13.449 @ 107 mph about 80 out that evening, and really humid....
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Very good time IMO.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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That is a good time

You get some crazy times posted here a set of headers and TQ converter and your John Force at the NHRA finals

Have fun and again good numbers
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I've never taken my a4 to the track. How do you shift them? Do you just leave them in Drive and hammer it....or do you shift manually? If so, @ what rpm? Do you leave at idle or do you stall the car up as much as you can?
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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thats good for a 2.73 rear. put in a 3.42 and hang on
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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Congrats on a good first run

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Very respectable.
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Good time there, can't wait for my first go at it!
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From what I have seen that is a nice pass for a basically stock car.

Have you been bitten by the bug? Can't wait to go again?

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Nice numbers, congrats....
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push traction control, put in 3rd, mine shifts at 6200.
had the shift & firmness adjusted during dyno & put transgo shift kit in
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by OfficeGuy
I've never taken my a4 to the track. How do you shift them? Do you just leave them in Drive and hammer it....or do you shift manually? If so, @ what rpm? Do you leave at idle or do you stall the car up as much as you can?
Leave it in "D" and nail it on the last YELLOW
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by EVIL_C5
mine ran 13.1's pretty much stock on 2.73's. added headers, x-pipe, 3500 converter and 3.42's along with a tune and dropped it into the 11.8 range.

Gee whiz, you ran 11's on a 2.73 coupe with just a couple "bolt ons"?

Why should anyone even bother with getting some hi-po heads, a cam, and the rest of that gobbledegook, if all they have to do is move to Maryland and stick some headers and a different torque converter on?

Oh and of course, have it "tuned".
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