Hey everyone,
Just wanted to say hi quickly. I just got an RS4 earlier this year and I was hoping to find some other RS4 owners for meets etc.

Was also hoping for some advice tips on maintenance and additions to the car over the years.

you can check out my car in my profile picture.

Anyways, give me a shout if there are any other RS4/Car fanatics around toronto.

- Sam

 

Hi 2008titaniumRS4, enjoy your stay :)

 

Can't see your pic, but it says you're in Oakville. Whereabouts? Haven't seen a black Ti pkg RS4 anywhere. I'm in Oakville and have a 2008 Avus Silver RS4.

If you want to drop by for VagCom coding modifications (simple stuff like eliminating your seatbelt chime, enabling your key remote to control the windows/sunroof, etc. just let me know.

Cheers

 

don't mean to be a thread stealer, but was wondering if i can get some help with the vagcom mods too?...i work at oakville place

ps. welcome to the forums

 

welcome to the forum and congrats on the car! like Sakimano said lets see some pics too!

 

sure thing. what do you need?

 

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I put up a picture from the day i got it earlier this year, I'll put some more pictures up when I get an actual camera out.

Sakimano, thanks for the help I'd love to make a couple of those changes (specifically the seat belt indicator). Secondly, I am just east of downtown old oakville, whereabouts are you, because i havent seen too many other RS4s in oakville.

If anyone has any insight into some cost efficient ways of doing some very subtle mods to the car please let me know. All i want to do for exterior is tinting and maybe yellow the calipers, but i would love to get the horsepower up to around 450 over the next year.

Thanks again for the welcome

- Sam

 

a few things to know about the RS4

1. carbon buildup on the intake valves causes a slow but steady reduction in power. A carbon cleaning (if your car hasn't had one in 20,000 kms) would be a great way to get back some of the pop. It's expensive however.

2. the stock exhaust is decent...but the catalytic converter design is awful. There are two cats in each downpipe...pre-cats up near the engine which are there ONLY to get the engine quickly up to hot after a cold start to reduce emissions. They are needed for the first 2 minutes or so after a cold start...the rest of the time, they're just there to ruin performance! There are also main cats on each downpipe further down. Gutting your pre-cats out helps flow an incredible amount (good for power) and also keeps some heat out of the engine (also good for power, and good for longevity of the engine and efficiency). This will cause a CEL though for a 'catalyst efficiency' error. You can solve that with an ECU flash from JHM.

3. the stock tune is not great...throttle response is muted, and in gears 1-2-3 below around 5000 rpm there is a torque limit in the tune when it's below a certain temperature. The JHM tune I referenced above is awesome...eliminates this torque limit, and makes (not kidding) about 100 other changes to the stock mapping. It's a real gamechanger for $600. Can't be beat. THey even programmed launch control right into it for idiot proof tire-spinning launches from a stop

Here's the JHM product video. Bear in mind that stock RS4 runs the quarter mile in about 13.0 @ 107 mph.

 

the remote window thing and the seatbelt chime would be nice....any other thing u would recommend doing?

 

those are good ones. Also ROW headlights and one click unlock for all doors.