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Old 01-27-2009, 05:31 PM
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JW..its something ive done one time and would love to do again. I had an S-10 on ZQ8 suspension which handled ok through the gates. I hear F-Bodys are really good at Auto-X...how does an A4 stand up?
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i'd say the a4 is best for the drags, but it would be different. may have to set it up for a full manual shift style. but you wil still lack the close ratio gear pattern
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I have a track preped 02 with an 4L60e. It dose very well with the auto becouse it can stay in gears longer so shifting on most courses is not neceiseary. But it suffers at Time trials and Hillclimbs (dosent downshift well) I will be installing a m6 before the next high speed event but the auto is ok for autox.
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i plan on road racing my a4 this spring. never done road raced at all before so it should be fun
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The A4 LS1 is one of the best for Autocrossing. I think Sam won the nationals with an A4 in F-stock or ESP, can't recall. I do know that A4 3rd gens kick *** in F-Stock. I have Auto-Xed my A4 quite a bit, there is no need for shifting in auto-x, unlike RR and DR. Just set it in 2nd after the holeshot and you can concentrate on driving.
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^^ I agree. It helps if you know your car well, like how its going to react when you give it throttle or let off the throttle, when it's going to shift etc.
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i did some autox in my car. did decent on all stock suspension except for tubular lca's which probably hurt more than they helped haha. still lotsa fun. can't wait to try out my new setup.
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Originally Posted by devinfbody
^^ I agree. It helps if you know your car well, like how its going to react when you give it throttle or let off the throttle, when it's going to shift etc.
http://redhardsupra.blogspot.com/200...automatic.html

you could do that and know exactly when it's going to shift. i thought it was pretty interesting.
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^^ I already hooked my wire up to the pcm for that lol. But i decided to go with a manual valvebody when i rebuild my trans.
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ahhh nice

i don't know too much about electric tranny's but would it be possible to just have gear "3" programmed like that but leave "D" normal?
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Originally Posted by therealcreeper
http://redhardsupra.blogspot.com/200...automatic.html

you could do that and know exactly when it's going to shift. i thought it was pretty interesting.
Very nice find.
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i mean for autocross starting in 1 or D and then just leaving it in 2 does fine, but for road racing or something it'd be nice. maybe for drag so your car doesn't short shift into 2nd if you have to feather it or something.
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Stock trans tune settings suck for kickdown but if you
get it set up right, things just happen the way your
right foot says they should. That and a moderate
converter will make it a lot better behaved.
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won't any decent sized stall cause the tranny to heat up REALLY quickly though during autox?
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Not really, my trans temps with a Vig3200 never went over 180 degrees with a cooler. You are not on the course long enough or hard enough to bring up the temps.
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that's good to hear. not gonna have enough money for a stall for a long long time anyway but that's one thing that was scaring me. i don't wanna have to choose between drag and autox because i don't do either nearly enough to build my car for one specifically, but i'd like to have a car that's pretty good at both. and a 6 speed swap is just too much work.
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twist machines makes a paddle shift kit for the 4l60e not sure if its street legal cause u cant use and airbag steering wheel



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