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Originally Posted by Goran
If a stock S8 01E book value is 5.4s to 100kph thats with 355hp, and your RS8 has 650hp, then I estimate your car could do 0-60 probably in just over 3.0s flat?
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to be honest, a massive chunk of time lost in 0-60 sprints is in the change from 1st to second on a manual box. even a totally perfect shift will be over .25 of a second. plus unless you are running anti-lag or flatshift the turbo will need to spool up again too.
ive spent a few years racing turbo'd cars and although i tried using a short ratio gearbox i quickly realised that with a powerful engine (mine is circa 450bhp) you are needing to shift more often and are actually slower
0-60 with the short ratio box was always 4.0
0-60 with the standard box was 3.8
edit: before i got the sensible S8, i nearly bought a SLK tiptronic with 7 (or 8?) forward gears. that would have been awesome ripping through the box
10th January 2015, 10:59 AM
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