ECU upgrade decreases performance...

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Performance and charater retarded after upgrade..

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ECU upgrade decreases performance...

Post by mrdeli » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:24 am

I found that when i had my ecu upgraded to 0080 the character and performance of my RS4 was comprimised.... agree, disagree?
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Post by sykotoy » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:23 am

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RE: ECU upgrade decreases performance...

Post by W8PMC » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:26 am

A leftfield suggestion, but did you buy your car brand new?? If not, perhaps it had a re-map present & the software upgrade has wiped the re-map.
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RE: ECU upgrade decreases performance...

Post by audijohn » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:29 am

Disagree.
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Post by s3marc » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:06 am

Hope not... !!! mine is in for 'lumpy cold start' this morning - so I guess this will mean ECU upgrade (least that's what I told the service department - that I had read!)

Might vote tomorrow - hopefully 'no'
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Post by Jezzer » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:57 am

Mine runs beautiful after the upgrade. At the same time I disconnected the vacuum pipes to the exhaust valves and the two combined seems to have really sharpened up the performance of the car.
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Post by mrdeli » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:10 pm

No my car was new - After the upgrade it was smoother, also fixed the cold running problems, but felt a little less of an animal.
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Post by DIE-M3 » Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:46 am

Thx for the input .... seems my 'spluttering cold start' will soon be resolved? Is their anyway you can tell what version ECU you have without going to the dealer?

Jezzer pls elaborate on the 'removal of vacuum pipes' is this the same effect a 'S' button?
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Post by PetrolDave » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:37 pm

Sort of agree .... I'm pretty sure the performance is the same, but it's character has changed to being much "softer" and smoother so you don't feel it as much. Just like mrdeli said "felt a little less of an animal"

Camberley Audi want me to take my car back to do a full guided scan to send back to Audi and quattro gmbh who are looking into the issue.

Hopefully they'll eventually issue a new SW update that will get back more of the "animal" feel.
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Post by P_G » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:07 pm

From my reading of this the upgrade will remove the cold 'lumpy' engine feeling by altering mixture rate and timing. If this is the case then surely to do that it will not give as rich a mixture and would contribute to what people have described as less of an edgy or 'animal' like car?
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Post by mrdeli » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:23 pm

I've written to Audi today, and will be interested in their response....
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