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To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:19 pm
by rs4pat
As above can't make up my mined its a lot of dosh but on the other hand it would be a lot of fun
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:36 pm
by MikeFish
Supercharge!!!
If the car is in good condition and there is nothing else you fancy for the money (RS4 + cost of charger) then go for it. Makes for an awesome combination.
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:49 pm
by iduff
Been pondering the same.
Had a couple of minor wonders:
1) what does it do to day-to-day fuel economy, when one is not flogging it?
2) what does it do to carbon build-up, either volume or rapidity?
Of course, these are far overpowered (nyuk, nyuk) by the kick in the pants. OTOH, they might contribute to justifying the cost, dontchaknow?
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:54 pm
by MikeFish
If you have 620 horses, are you really bothered about losing 30 to a bit of carbon?
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:34 pm
by Lukes3
I have been thinking this for awhile, think i am going to do it soon just sorting few things out first, i will be fitting the tts kit then mrc for mapping,
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:44 pm
by Covkiller
Lukes3 wrote:I have been thinking this for awhile, think i am going to do it soon just sorting few things out first, i will be fitting the tts kit then mrc for mapping,
I've been thinking about this for a while too. I'm not worried about the MPH or carbon build up. I am concerned about the clutch and the brakes being able to slow you down. And it maxes the gearbox out at 193MPH.
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:43 pm
by coffey555
As long as you are not launching it in first gear, the stock clutch would be fine.
I would want to add the ceramic brake kit at the same time and that would be another 6k.
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:32 pm
by rs4pat
I got a price from a local company for the tts it's not as bad as I thought
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:38 pm
by marc1
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:53 pm
by rs4pat
I've read that the supercharger helps to stop the carbon build up
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:02 pm
by pule333
rs4pat wrote:I got a price from a local company for the tts it's not as bad as I thought
You mind sharing this with us?))
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:38 pm
by rs4pat
Torquetronix in Northern Ireland
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:41 pm
by pule333
rs4pat wrote:Torquetronix in Northern Ireland
And the figure was..?
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:43 pm
by rs4pat
12.5k fitted and mapped
Re: To supercharge or not to supercharge
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:44 pm
by pule333
rs4pat wrote:12.5k fitted and mapped
Go for it!