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Guys - if you own an R8, then it would be great if you posted here. I know the purist in you says it's not an RS, but this is a great place to be, in my view better than R8talk.com, at least there seem to be sensible postings here
C'mon guys, post your thoughts in the R8 section
Jon P
C'mon guys, post your thoughts in the R8 section
Jon P
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RE: Quiet forum
In my opinion, the R8 is still a little dynamic in ownership to have a strong enthusiast following.
In fairness this post must have been a fair way down the page
In fairness this post must have been a fair way down the page

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EVO did a comparison between the R8 and RS6 recently, and both cars were down on power according to the RR figures. They still produced similar performance figures to those quoted officially.Marcus-RS4 wrote:Out of interest, do the R8 guys have the same power (or lack of) issues when rolling roading the car?
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I only ask, because the engine is essentially the same as our B7 RS4 and whenever we have RR'd our cars, the power is pretty much always down on quotedgraemep wrote:EVO did a comparison between the R8 and RS6 recently, and both cars were down on power according to the RR figures. They still produced similar performance figures to those quoted officially.Marcus-RS4 wrote:Out of interest, do the R8 guys have the same power (or lack of) issues when rolling roading the car?

TBH, I wasn't too surprised to see the bhp from the rolling road figures for the R8, given the results/history of the same engine in the RS4 - I think the article was about a month or so after the Surrey RR day.Marcus-RS4 wrote:I only ask, because the engine is essentially the same as our B7 RS4 and whenever we have RR'd our cars, the power is pretty much always down on quotedgraemep wrote:EVO did a comparison between the R8 and RS6 recently, and both cars were down on power according to the RR figures. They still produced similar performance figures to those quoted officially.Marcus-RS4 wrote:Out of interest, do the R8 guys have the same power (or lack of) issues when rolling roading the car?
Reading my post again, I probably wasn't clear that it was interesting to see that 0-60, etc was still the same, if not better, when neither car made quoted figures on the RR. The RS6 was about 100bhp down, although much of that was probably the auto box.
Curious to see what RR they have used and what cooling system they had... if the cooling system isn't up to the task of providing enough air for 580 BHP, then forget even trying to measure the car.graemep wrote:TBH, I wasn't too surprised to see the bhp from the rolling road figures for the R8, given the results/history of the same engine in the RS4 - I think the article was about a month or so after the Surrey RR day.Marcus-RS4 wrote:I only ask, because the engine is essentially the same as our B7 RS4 and whenever we have RR'd our cars, the power is pretty much always down on quotedgraemep wrote: EVO did a comparison between the R8 and RS6 recently, and both cars were down on power according to the RR figures. They still produced similar performance figures to those quoted officially.
Reading my post again, I probably wasn't clear that it was interesting to see that 0-60, etc was still the same, if not better, when neither car made quoted figures on the RR. The RS6 was about 100bhp down, although much of that was probably the auto box.
Didn't think it mentioned it but looking again, the RR was Thorney Motorsports, although they quote the figures they don't hang too much on them in the end.
Full article here:
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/cargrou ... v_rs6.html
A couple of extracts below:
Full article here:
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/cargrou ... v_rs6.html
A couple of extracts below:
The first round, in the unreal world, has already been completed: yesterday we padded down to Thorney Motorsport’s rolling road in Milton Keynes. Padding is something the R8 does rather well, too. Smeared close to the tarmac and painted a stealthy, menacing black (the shade is even called Phantom Black), it slides and glides with panache.
Pity, then, that it failed to reach its promised potential on the dyno, being all out of puff at 400.5bhp against a claim of 414. However, Chris Thorney pointed out that most cars can only be considered fully run-in once they have 15,000 miles on the odo, and our R8 was just 5000 miles old, which might explain the shortfall.
This wasn’t good news for the RS6 either: Harry’s new long-termer had covered just 1800 miles when it was strapped down. Even so, it ought to have bettered 486.4bhp – well down on the claimed 572. It would have done too, were it not for the big Audi’s automatic gearbox being confused by the rollers beneath the car’s wheels and insisting on always throwing in an upshift before peak power arrived.
Never mind. With the first round declared null and void, we agree to reconvene at the Millbrook Proving Ground next morning for the serious business.
Sixty is gone in 4.1sec – two tenths faster than the RS6 managed and a whopping half-second quicker than Audi’s 0-62mph claim for both cars. One more shift and the ton is done at 9.9sec, now two tenths behind the RS6. And it’s from here that the bigger Audi really hits its stride, covering 100-150mph nearly two seconds faster than the R8. Designed for life on the autobahn, obviously.
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The couple of RS4's we have done have been pretty much on the money power wise, but when we ran the R8 the traction system had a bit of hissy fit, even with it switched off it kept holding back the power. I have been trying to find out if there is a specific sequence of things that need to be done to put it into a "rolling road mode" or something similar which will allow it run freely.
I know have a confirmed order now for the R8 5.2 V10, it seems deliveries will start this year - but not exactly sure when, it beats waiting until spring 2010. Any further news of demos ?
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With a number being advertised at less than £60k, so with a bit of a deal there are some reachable prices appearing on the market for us mear mortals.
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