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Hey all. Was just wundering if any 1 has had the same happen.

I bought my s3 'mapped' and have never driven a standard one so i dint realise how slow they were. Pulled up at a set of traffic lights at the weekend, and what pulls beside me.... a newer facelift s3 with a matureish driver behind the wheel (me been only 19) so the window goes down and i start chatting to the driver.....

1st question....... is it standard....driver replies yes....with a smile on his face coz he thinks his is faster as its the 225 facelift and mines not, not realising mines mapped but still looks standard ... a few other questions got asked when the lights went green and we both boot it. (Not speeding obviously as its illegal n all) the rate mine was pulling away was astounding (probably another 7-8ft a second quicker than his)

Any one no the 0-60 of a 260-270bhp s3??? same as a standard s4???

Yes, good chipped S3 is the same as a standard B5 S4 in a straight line. I did a few trackdays with folks from here with them, surprised me a bit

Well, on paper the 2000 2.7T A6 Auto should do 7.1s (230Bhp), mine did 5.9s chipped to 308Bhp with a Milltek.

Massive difference in performance (and sound!).

0-100kph 2006 S3 5.7s 265Bhp (ish)
0-100kph 2002 S3 6.4s 225Bhp
0-100kph 2000 S3 6.9s 210Bhp (ish)
0-100kph 1997 S4 5.6s 265Bhp

Figures courtesy of some other site I've borrowed them from.

HTH

and surprisingly enough it didn't seem any quicker after repairing a leak on the inlet manifold and replacing a knackered MAF

Lol. true dave....... sooooo much smoother though. Thanx again for that. i owe you big time. Havin a trip to audi tomorrow to get an alarm siren, dip stick holder and posibly get a price on one of them pipes... Ps, fuel econemy seems 100% better, saying that i havent had it on full boost all week as it cost me a fortune last week (£70 in vpower in a week....whats that all about???) Thanx again dave

lol, 70 quid, you're just an amature, i'm away in Geneva for a few days but i'll be back for saturday morning if you want a hand with anything, i still feel a bit guilty about the dipstick tube so feel free to get my number off steve and pop round

Mine got a remap almost two years ago at AmD, have owned it four and a half, and the difference was noticeable immediately - off the mark, through the gears and so on. What took longer to realise was the effect of 33% more torque - not having to drop from 6th on the motorway, and just more pull.

A friend was considering one recently, and my advice was to keep it standard for 2-3 months then get the remap done so he would appreciate the difference.

Lol.. its alright dave. Been to audi today, 65 quid for the siren, 2.50 for the dipstick holder... the pipe was 17 quid so i dint bother (i trust your bodge) lol. Yeh if i have any problems with the siren ill give ya a buzz. thanx again.

no problem, enjoyed the company