Nope. Don't like it.

I will just have to go with a turbo later on.

 

There are a couple of tuners in Germany supercharging the 3.2 in the new TT which is a prettysimilar drivetrainI think... They were getting crazy hp out of that engine and supercharging is a great alternative to a turbo where you can get a very linear torque curve...

Do a search on www.europeancarweb.com , they had a supercharged TT article a couple of months ago... they were comparing itto the R8 so it must have been pretty nuts....

 

Having said that,I don't recall the SC kit from Germany being "cheap" either

 

If I can just get the tune they used or the "chip" I should be able to duplicate the amount of boost and whatever other supporting mods they used like intake and bigger fuel injectors.

I bet I can put it together for half of what they charge.

On my current vehicle I am running an Eaton M62 supper charger with 42.5 lb fuel injectors and an after-market tune. GM was selling all the parts as a kit but I just bought all the parts from varies sources and bolted them on myself... all I needed to pay for from GM was the tune. And that I got pirated from a friend with the same car and mods. I ended up putting it all together for about two thirds the cost.

 

MSRP on a new S4 is about $48k... not much more than a 3.2L A3 + nearly $10k turbo kit. Or you could get a ballin' B6 or B5 for quite a bit less (B5... 2.7 bi-turbo... *wood*)

 

I mean if you love the car and have the money to do it why not do it?

be the first one here to do it

 

I think I am going to find out what the VW R32 guys are doing.

I am sure I can make 300 HP for less than 12k... I bet I can do it with 4k. I have a lot of learning to do about this power plant though. This is my first car that is not a Ford or a GM...

 

Found a centrifugal Supercharger kit for $4500 good for 320 hp.

http://www.eurosportacc.com/supercharger.htm

I am sure with exhaust it would be a little higher still.

I need to find out if I can just buy the tune off of them and get my own supercharger cheeper elsewhere.

I would for sure find a air to air IC like off of an STI or EVO to stick on there as well. That would help with the dependability and add a few ponies to boot.

First thing I am getting a good exhaust.

I have read that some of you do not like this particular SC kit. You believe the high compression ratio does not lend itself very well to boost. I hope that by installing an inter cooler I will be able to curb any knock retard I may get from running too high of compression with boost.... but 6 lbs of boost is hardly anything to get too worried about IMHO.

 

FYI, that's the old VF SC for R32 Mark IV. VF is currently working (for about a month, recently finished their intake. Will be test fitting one in about a month on an A3) on a Turbo kit for the Mark V. So that software will not work on you A3.

 

Thanks for the info.