RS246.com Forum :: The World's #1 Audi R, S and RS Enthusiast Community

Hubbly actually placed 2nd on the day to an almost 700hp RS3...and won a trophy and bottle of supposedly nice wine that he has yet to collect from me...so if anyone likes a good wine and are in SA ...drop me a pm

Oi Vey, I hope somehow you can claim from insurance on this...sucks bigtime...

Started looking at the gearbox issue. She went into gearbox limp mode on my way home from work....at 3am. Seems she's slipping but I think its not anything mechanical wrong with the box. Used Vag com to measure blocks 1, 2 and 3 on the transmission controller with my foot on the brake with the car i...

Situation has gotten weird... :boohoo: On sat afternoon i took the battery out and put it on a charger overnight as all my attempts at starting were taking their toll...put it back yesterday and got her started...with fuel...but now the gearbox is very wonky...slipping occasionally...taking really h...

So I deserve a darwin award or something :bash: :bash: :bash: Rechecked everything again...then I thought..."what if the fuel gauge is faulty"...then thought..."naaah...what are the chances"...decided to put 5 litres in anyway and test.... She fired right up... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: I guess th...

I had a fully built gt3071 S3..IE rods...ported head...044 motorsport pump...630 cc injectors custom copper clutch...3 inch dp and exhaust and a few other odds and ends Prices on turbos are a lot better for you guys than here in SA. That being said if I were to do it all over again I would go for a ...

Thanks for the responses. Cleared the codes and only the coolant fan code came back...but the car hasn't run since so can't really assume any have been resolved. Based on above I plan to buy a fuel pressure gauge tomorrow and install it...will see what it registers..but as per above im not expecting...

:cry: On Thurs on may way home from work a huge chunk of chipboard fell off a delivery truck and shattered while on the freeway/highway...I could not avoid it and went straight over it and felt it crumble under my car...didn't seem to bad...prodded the throttle and heard that hiss indicative of a la...

Sadly not, was meant to go today but the spawns been ill...

Welcome avata, ill be donw that sidein 3 weeks time or so...will check her out

Rods, GT30 injectors, bosch 044 pump and siemens deka 630cc injectors...Add all the normal bolt ons such as FMIC, downpipe and exhaust as well as a good map and you can make over 400BHP.

Carjacking and crime has diminished quite a lot in the past few years in SA. That's not to say we still don't have issues in this regard. I live in high end suburbia so am well removed from the worst of it. Also its far easier for the thieves to shift high volume cars like Golfs, Toyotas and pick up...

Johannesburg, Sandton.

hi guys Recently acquired a C5 RS6. It has a few issues but nothing too bad. Ive lurked on this forum occasionally...looking good. http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/s3_sham/S4020923.jpg Previous car was an 8L S3 with a full gt3071 conversion http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/s3_sham/S4...