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Old 6th February 2015, 09:12 PM
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Or if you have the cash to play around, get a LS3 6.2 litre V8, they can be upgraded to 580hp naturally aspired, with something like 560lbft torque. It weighs 7kg less than Audi's 4.2 V8 (195kg), and if you convert the car to rear wheel drive you should be able to shuffle the LS3 back towards the firewall to reduce the engine overhang over the front wheels.
Using one of the LS3 compatible manual boxes such as the T56 which weighs 56kg, you save another 20kg compared to the 01E, and probably another 20kg by losing the front driveshafts. Using some of RallyQuattros tips on weight reduction I estimate that would take this conversion to just under 1600kg without driver. That might bring the weight distribution of a D2 back close to neutral, but you lose 4wd traction. I bet it would be a hugely fun car though.

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Get an old mx5 for 1k, half roll cage, strip out, sports suspension and you will have a grin from ear to ear. Get a turbo kit of you want to really have a hoot.
Over here an MX5 is 10k and i wouldn't be caught dead in a Japcrap car I'd rather push my Audi around
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Old 11th May 2017, 08:25 AM
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Last year 1 week before we got snow here in Sweden = It was cold asphalt I drove on.
I tested 0-100km/h with my RS8, Here's a movie on it.


http://youtu.be/tZbQu1dm8VQ

Maybe I test again now in summer when it is hot asphalt and with summer tyres on.
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Old 11th May 2017, 09:42 AM
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If you do want a track car, like Audi's and 4WD, can I throw my recommendation in for a first Gen Audi TT?

Can be bought cheap, you know the brand and parts are easy to come by, fast when stripped with a few choice mods, and aside from straight acceleration are faster on circuit then a new RS6. Don't believe me? check my video from last month - and this is only running 250bhp at the moment and they can be tuned to 300bhp before rods and 400+ with Rods as the rest of the engine is already forged:

https://youtu.be/hNwc37c60co?t=2m25s

Bang for your buck, they are so much fun on track and more room for hairdryers when driving any other time (I jest...)

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Next thing you will be telling that you can reduce weight of 3.7 by having less fuel in the tank because of lower fuel consumption
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Old 11th May 2017, 07:29 PM
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Last year 1 week before we got snow here in Sweden = It was cold asphalt I drove on.
I tested 0-100km/h with my RS8, Here's a movie on it.


http://youtu.be/tZbQu1dm8VQ

Maybe I test again now in summer when it is hot asphalt and with summer tyres on.
It looks very quick! From the youtube time alone looks like 4 seconds flat, what was the racelogic box time to 100kph?

Thanks for posting, amazing car
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Old 11th May 2017, 09:46 PM
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A couple of our owners bought a 4.2 quattro a few years ago and between them stripped out everything they could including most of the dash and all standard seats etc but left the car road legal and drive-able. I last saw it at castle Combe race track pushing a guy in an R8 from behind and watched the R8 driver getting more and more larey with his driving as they kept squarely in his rear view mirror lol. I think there's a video on YouTube somwhere! I'm sure an S8 would be even better! Go for it!!
AHA! FOUND THE yOU-tUBE LINK!!
https://youtu.be/cMOBRSwc66o
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Unfortunately, I forgot to insert the memory card in the beginning, so I only saved the last runs on the memory card, but the fastest time is seen in the movie.
http://youtu.be/tZbQu1dm8VQ


Here are the last runs on papier and the one in black became really good at the first gear but then unfortunately a very slow shift to the second gear.
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Old 12th May 2017, 11:45 AM
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WOOOW!

3.4s to 100kph on the best run, and that's in winter!
That's sports car territory!

If you get a chance for a test in summer, please post it up I bet it will be even quicker.
Now I really want to test mine, I have a new exhaust I think I have knocked the weight down to around 1720kg full tank without me in the car. The stock exhaust weighed around 40kg!

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Old 13th May 2017, 09:27 AM
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On that 0-100 test the total weight on car with fuel and me in it was around 1620kg
And with 610 engine hp and 860Nm

But it will be at better tune for E85 and more hp in a couple of months.
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