the RS5 from OZ ...

[marzz]

ok, first part of the RS5 story ... (start from the bottom)


did some dyno's as well

first one - my stage 1 exhaust and upgraded first filters






next one - after custom tune from City Performance (Sydney)













next dyno to come as soon as she returns from the shop and hopefully we are done with exhaust system, at least for now ... lets see what's the new intake done to the car, it fill different, bit stronger on lower revs and pulls for a little longer, at least that's how it feels to me.


was running cut outs at some point, epic sound (front butterfly's opened of external remote) - no cat back for tunnel drives ...


played with MMI and did some codding cause why not ...

unlocked engineering menu


unlocked MP3 stripping


added battery level because it was there


unlocked video in motion, so watch some news while stack in traffic ...


also,
unlocked mirror tilting while in reverse (do it if you like your rims),
changed the reverse camera turn off speed to 5km (10km default - didn't like it),
increased camera brightness (highly recommend that one, massive improvement in vision on dark spots)
added car lock sound, cause never knew if it was locked

done some exhaust work as well

stage 1 - initially cut the resonators and center muffler out and welded in the X-converter way back, obviously had to heat paint it BLACK (sorry for crappy pics here)












drove it for a while (love the sound) but decided that running straight pipes just with rear mufflers was not good enough so new idea was born ...

stage 2 - cutouts and race glass packs etc

started at the front








front buckets ...




got dropped on H&Rs and spaced a little at some point as well






so all badges were gone or blacked out, not so sure when ...






needed more black so if the rims went powder coated satin black so the exhaust tips had to go with them



changed the steering wheel at some point to be able to get into the buckets ...

wheel off




swap



new FBSW on






some intake work ...

upgraded the filters to begin with




then did some heat shielding




then didn't like it, got the shits and custom made the whole lot and added some machine guns ...









some hydro carbon ...















some carbon additions ...









couple shots from last year ...

[marzz]

stay tuned heaps more to come ...

Part 2 (start from the bottom)

so the headers arrived last monday ...





couple of weeks ago went out for a day to Top Gear Festival (Sydney)...














recently as well got involved with KLine guys on my headers project...














KWV3 went in recently, called lower then previously, it's low ... no rubbing whatsoever
settings are pretty hard - 3 clicks of the hardest for daily
love the ride so far, noticeable difference from just H&R springs which were great,
ride is very firm but smooth,
set the camber a bit more aggressive as well ...
all of those little changes make a huge difference overall ... can't wait to have another blast on track

Front




Rear






so brakes were gone after the last track run

the old rear setup



the new rear bananas




the old front setup



the new front bananas




old vs. new


dont mind those hammer marks, they are not easy to come off

I love the way they look on the car


friend of mine dropped in with a little gift ...


on the car


RS5 vs R36 – surprisingly stock R36 is really good, handles like a dream …


RS5 vs S5 – see the difference between RS5 and S5



RS5 vs M3 – M3 ran semi slicks toyo 888 vs my street toyo tires



RS5 vs R8 V8 – well what can I say, she was carbon out ass, every bit was custom made from CF on it, the PES blower on top, gotta say I found myself the next project haha


RS5 vs Lotus – only two of those in AU, full CF body



RS5 vs Focus – they go bloody good


RS5 vs Lexus – recently Lexus became a track car …




before installation of the new staff, took it for a blast again.








got bored with H&R springs and got those bad boys from KW - V3




it was time to do some brakes work ...
so pulled the trigger on those bad boys - FL lighter Brembo's




thought that never enough of piano black accents, little addition ...

[marzz]

admin - those YouTube links don't work for some reason ...

[hlbeckley]

what a great build, looks really good...APR just launched there charger for this bad boy

[chunky79]

Love it.

[Nickyboy]

Keep more of that coming. I love build threads with lots of pictures.

[535dboy]

Welcome and thanks for the detailed write up.

[Outtlaw]

Mental! love the carbon and you cant beat a nice clean black car, stunning.
Peter

[HYFR]

<beep> the bed
Help a bother out, H&R springs, they fit with original DRC and ADS? No issues? Plug and play?

[MikeFish]

Bloody marevelous effort!!!

I've been toying with the idea of making my RS5 Rotors black / Anthracite, I even did a mock up with photoshop (see my build thread for the photo) cos I'ce never seen a decent darkened set before... well until now that is.

Dave
With regards to suspension, did you see the KW kit that Cuppa fitted to his S5 (built thread in the S5 section)? If I remember correctly it was electronically adjustable from the drivers seat, 3 settings I think. Also had Iphone control of damping.

[RS6chris!]

Now That's a nice RS5.

Loving the RS5 more and more I see it?


Some say the next one will have a twin turbo V6?....475bhp.

Sure I read that in CAR when they Interviewed that Audi head geyser?

[PhilT]

Nice work there

admin - those youtube links don't work for some reason ...

The links do not need the YouTube bit, so this

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[marzz]

Nice work there

admin - those youtube links don't work for some reason ...

The links do not need the YouTube bit, so this

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thanks for fixing the links, will do it right next time

[marzz]

what a great build, looks really good...APR just launched there charger for this bad boy

would love the APR push puppy on it but the budget for this project may not allow for it this year, see what happens ...
waiting for some technical data and $$$ release from APR anyway, there is nothing besides the fact that they got one testing on their RS5

[marzz]

thanks for positive feedback ...
some more pics

got gaskets and additional lambda bosses to go with the headers...



part number if anybody interested ...





bad boys out of the box ...





forgot there were stiff ass sway bars from GMG installed prior KWs






front - 2 adjustments: 35/85% stiffer
rear - 2 adjustments: 83/120% stiffer

some pics from installation

Front:
set to 85% stiffer





Front OEM vs GMG










Rear:
set to 120% stiffer





Rear OEM vs GMG







the GMG bar is noticeably heavier and thicker, also the bends are little different, but it fits perfectly fine, bit tricky if done first time,


little tip for anybody running with KWV3s, in order to gain access to the front rebound dumping adjustment spindle located on top of the piston rod you need to drill a little whole (on both sides) just so you can insert the KW key as shown below, otherwise you can't adjust it on the go



simple grommets from hardware store cover the wholes nicely so it looks stock, see below