Power upgrades
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Power upgrades
The first of next year I am going to beef up my car a little. It already has a CAI and a street tune. Its an A4 with 2.73 gears. Looking to do headers and a very small camshaft. Trying to get 340 hp at the wheels. I dont want it to chop. Any recommendations? Yes the 2.73s are long legged but They are not as bad as people think at least not to me, thanks in advance.
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The first of next year I am going to beef up my car a little. It already has a CAI and a street tune. Its an A4 with 2.73 gears. Looking to do headers and a very small camshaft. Trying to get 340 hp at the wheels. I dont want it to chop. Any recommendations? Yes the 2.73s are long legged but They are not as bad as people think at least not to me, thanks in advance.
Melting Slicks
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The first of next year I am going to beef up my car a little. It already has a CAI and a street tune. Its an A4 with 2.73 gears. Looking to do headers and a very small camshaft. Trying to get 340 hp at the wheels. I dont want it to chop. Any recommendations? Yes the 2.73s are long legged but They are not as bad as people think at least not to me, thanks in advance.
I think you're leaving a lot on the table for seat of the pants feel with those gears though. You say it's not that bad but if you switched to 3.42's you might think the other mods unneccessary at least until you get used to it and want more
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Melting Slicks
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Get something like a TSP 228R on a 114LSA and you will be stealthy, no chop. With the headers and CAI plus tuning you should be well over 350 RWHP. With an A4 I don't thing headers an tune alone will get you to 340. Headers can pick up maybe 40Hp and the A4s tend to have around 290 RWHP stock. Catback gains you nothing in the way of HP. On the 2004 you already have an LS6 intake, no need to change the throttle body unless you go to a FAST. I have 3.42 gears, if I did it over again, I would have gone with 3.73 gears.