Real World Performance

[mmdr7qam]

I just thought I would share some information with the forum that some of you may find interesting. I was driving home late last night and seen as though the roads were very quiet I thought I would do 0-60mph run using the on board lap timer. To say the findings surprised me would be an understatement!

I have a 2006 RS4 B7 saloon with 15K on the clock, serviced last week. My car is completely unmodified.
Road surface - Smooth, straight and flat.
Weather conditions - Dry with very little wind if any.
Outside Temp ~ 8 C
Oil Temp ~ 90 C
Half a tank of V Power fuel.
Only me on board and I weigh approx 64kg.

I revved the engine to approx 4000rpm, dropped the clutch and started the lap timer. I stopped the lap timer just after hitting 60mph and could not believe my eyes! It was showing a time of................................... Wait for it.....................................

3.4 seconds[/b

I would be interested to see what you guys think and what times you guys have had? I have had my car for over a year and have done approx 10K very enjoyable miles in that time. In my experience the engine seems to just get better and better and although I have never had the car on a rolling road it does not seem to be down on power at all. I have recently been reading a lot of the threads on valve and inlet deposits/build up which has worried me a little; but surely if the car is producing 0-60/100mph and 1/4 mile times that are quite obviously very impressive surely that is a more appropriate measure of the cars real world performance?! Add to that an increasing improvement in perceived, albeit subjective, performance, then I for one am very happy with my car and am really really enjoying owning it.

Your thoughts would be appreciated?

[scaghead]

that is murcielago pace, sounds a little suspect tbh..but you said you timed it so....get yourself down the rolling road day next saturday and see what horses she is giving you.. that is serious 0-60 pace.

[klauster]

or its not standard as your second owner?

[mmdr7qam]

Believe you me I was seriously surprised myself! Even taking the variables and possible errors into account my car is consistently sub 4.0 seconds to 60mph. I will unfortunately not be able to make it to the rolling road next week but I will hopefully do a few more runs over the next few days and see what average I come up with.

[sonny]

Iv never tried a 0-60 but should, those timings are very good, I'm taking you did a series of runs so you can see what your best one was, some may be suspicious of the timings here, if so get some one to time you while sitting in the passenger seat, most if not all cell phones have timers, it has been noted that the RS4 on board timer can be a bit slow

[mmdr7qam]

or its not standard as your second owner?

I suppose that is a possibility.

[pippyrips]

60 on the speedo is more like 5.0-54mph in the real and the stopwatch isn't the best measuring device device given the short time frame.

4.2 is the best I've heard of meaured via the onboard computer.

Whatever the time was, you've got to love 4wd!

[Gazzer68]

Best time i've had is 4.4, traction control off with the onboard timer

[Oli]

Using the onboard timer yourself is very inacurate, especially against the speedo which is up to 10% out, and especially as you timed it in 3.4 seconds!

Glad you're ;oving the car though

[booski]

64kg driver weight ??
No wonder your so quick.... LOL

[mmdr7qam]

64kg driver weight ??
No wonder your so quick.... LOL

LOL, what can i say? I guess i'm a pretty slim guy, don't know how that compares to the rest of you guys?

[booski]

I'm a stocky 100kg... 40 kg slower than you.....

[sonny]

64kg...yes that is light, maybe you are right about those figures lol.....

[jds67]

I own a stock b7 and imho has no chance of such times, my b5 is running 560 bhp the acceleration is in a different league to a std b7 and this is unlikely to do 3.4. I suggest you take it to a run what you've Sant pod maybe, i think you'd do well to see 4.5 in reality. The b7 mtm supercharged car is running 535 bhp and just gets under 4 sec's !

[sonny]

I own a stock b7 and imho has no chance of such times, my b5 is running 560 bhp the acceleration is in a different league to a std b7 and this is unlikely to do 3.4. I suggest you take it to a run what you've Sant pod maybe, i think you'd do well to see 4.5 in reality. The b7 mtm supercharged car is running 535 bhp and just gets under 4 sec's !

True, think the quote was a wake up call, low 3s is bloody quick, so fella proof us all wrong and get it on film, to bury this one once and for all, its first day back at work tomorrow, and all the office lot will be on shortly, i have a feeling this will be another 6 page thread shortly lol