DE-LIMIT

[DuncanMac]

Does anybody know if the B6 S4 can be delimited and if so what the 'rough' top end is?

Thanks in advance

Duncan

[Pete.S]

Quote from Autocar's first test of S4 Vs M3, December 2002:

"Both are electronically limited to a 155mph maximum speed, but today this once inviolate restriction is less tightly enforced...."

Whether that means the test cars were de-restricted, or that there is a limiter but it's set to a rather more "generous" 155mph, I'm not sure, but the top speed recorded for the S4 Avant (which incidentally was tested separately; the above quote came from a comparison of the saloon & the M3) was 164mph (M3 160 mph )

Couldn't tell you if that 164mph was an electronically governed top speed though, I'd like to know too if there is indeed a limiter on our cars (not that I'll ever reach it )

[Scotty]

My car's been to an indicated 165mph. I've read many posts on a US site where people are convinced there's no limiter.

[Pete.S]

Was that speedo or DIS reading? (*imagines Scotty calmly resetting DIS average speed at 165 mph* )

If speedo, indicated 165 is probably little more than 150, given the usual 10% tolerance on speedo readings. Was there any more left in her at indicated 165?

[Scotty]

I wasn't the driver so can't say.

However my speedo is incredibly accurate. I've run at an indicated 150mph and had 148mph on my GPS.

[wombat]

My car's been to an indicated 165mph. I've read many posts on a US site where people are convinced there's no limiter.

What limiter? (See: rs246.com passim)



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Darren

[wombat]

Does anybody know if the B6 S4 can be delimited and if so what the 'rough' top end is?

Here's a video that shows 165MPH on the clock!

http://www.comgate.co.uk/s4b6_165mph.mpg



Darren
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