stumpy67 wrote:pomy wrote:Well my RS only has an SKN remap and milltek catback at the moment.. 430ish bhp, i've had a good rolling race from 60mph with a yamaha r6 upto 140ish.. i was stuck to his arse and the front of his bike was lifting a little under acceleration(means he was giving it some)... it takes some serious machinery to keep up with a well ridden 600cc... once i've finished throwing my hard earned cash at mine and lightened it a bit (dry weight for an rs is 1620 kg... 80kg more than a 996 turbo), i'll be playing with litre bikes
As for cars, m3 drivers don't bother much when they see the lorry sized movit brakes on the rs at the traffic lights, i've only had one proper go with a tvr t350c, pulled a few car lengths on it when we reached 3 figure speeds and my car is due a cambelt service.. so it could've been healthier.
Theres not much out there faster than an rs, especially ones that have been taken beyond 450bhp or even further using bigger turbos and everything else that goes with it.
Have a look at youtube videos of RS4's and S4's running gt28rs turbos, they get around the speedo at almost the same rate as the tachometer does... the acceleration is brutal in any gear!!
How are you going to lighten it?
Presume the only things to do are to change to lighter wheels, and swap the front seats for Poles, but other than late...?
What'll that save, maybe 5kgs a corner + maybe 20kgs per seat? 60kgs total? An average sized gal... Will that make a massive difference?
Oh mate, i'm going alot further than that
The rs4 was really bought as a project car, it lives in the garage shined up like a lollipop and only ventures out on dry days.
I'm not really interested in creature comforts or fancy trim in a performance car.
Apart from fitting pole positions a carbon bonnet and whatever other parts i can budget for.. i'll have the aircon ditched, half cage and the interior stripped down to make it a more puposeful machine, it'll look much like a track car inside.
Battery moved to the boot, all un-needed plastics/sound proofing removed.. no rear seats... that lot will take the weight down into m3 csl territory quite easily.. maybe even less(b5 dtm or btcc car, what do they weigh?)
Add some serious suspension/arbs.. swap the bimotos with some v/light bbs's, give the lump a pair of gt28rs's.. straight custom exhaust, big injectors, fmic, decent clutch along with all the rest depending on what it will produce (i'll leave it to mrc most likely)
I know this sounds a bit extreme to the average RS owner on here, but i don't use it as an everyday car and i suppose its reversible if needs be.
Everyone knows weight is what kills performance, handling and braking... thats why i'm going down this route along with big turbo bhp for good measure
Aye, so there is a lot you can do to lighten an RS... if you really want to lighten it
