Spark plugs for tuned engine

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Re: Spark plugs for tuned engine

Post by ZedRS6 » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:39 pm

Weiß-sechs wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:23 pm
How high? If not a vacuum leak then the idle may have been set slightly higher by Sportec to avoid a lumpy tickover from using different profile cams.

Hope you get it on the road soon, looks very noice.

After a short drive it will rev up to around 2k revs and will only go down to normal idle once in drive or reverse. Also when reving the car in park the Revs In the way down isn’t smooth, it hangs abit around 3-4K and then drops.

I doubt sportec designed it in this way lol.

Yeh I hope to get it sorted soon, can’t wait to properly drive it, then I can decide if I’m sticking with it or k04 the S4.
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Re: Spark plugs for tuned engine

Post by ZedRS6 » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:40 pm

Weiß-sechs wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:37 pm
Shoppinit wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:14 am
They are OE.
Thanks. What mileage do you change them?


Read on here somewhere, every 20k miles
03 Audi RS6 Avant with Sportec upgrade.
00 Audi S4 B5 Avant-Sold with regrets
97 Honda Civic Type R EK9- K20'd -current project
99 Audi 1.8TQS Avant -Sold
99 Subaru Impreza STI V5 -Sold still miss it
02 VW Golf V5 MK4 -Sold
95 VW Corrado VR6 -Sold
96 VW Polo 1.0 -Sold
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Re: Spark plugs for tuned engine

Post by Weiß-sechs » Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:37 pm

VCDS is your friend. Get it plugged in when she's back together and see what gremlins are lurking.
Very rare '6 you've got there, worth the effort to sort it IMO.

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Re: Spark plugs for tuned engine

Post by Weiß-sechs » Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:29 pm

Good idea to check your airbox is seated correctly too. MAF seals can give all kind of issues if they're not bob on

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Re: Spark plugs for tuned engine

Post by Shoppinit » Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:41 am

Weiß-sechs wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:37 pm
Shoppinit wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:14 am
They are OE.
Thanks. What mileage do you change them?
Every 20k miles.
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