Audi A3 8v quattro mods and changes

grotle998 (Salahuddin Karim) 2022-04-06 13:28:15 +0500 #101

looks great!

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-04-06 18:42:25 +0500 #102

Here's a photo dump and I also have to say I'm not liking the over sized exhaust tips. I'm going to order and replace these with OEM somber looking silver tips and also get an Audi S3 diffuser for it so I can remove this hacked up one.
I have a friend studying gcm and I'm going to seek their help to hopefully find a solution for the front lip. I don't like the ones on eBay/AliExpress/ECS tuning etc.

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-04-21 16:38:39 +0500 #103

Here's a nice video of a flyby from another car point of view. You can even pickup the exhaust a little bit.

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-04-26 10:09:03 +0500 #104

So I talked to a random small YouTube guy and got a feature on his channel in a drag race. Also meant I went and took the audi to a run way vs a very very fast Elantra N (320+ HP on independent dynos) I crossed the line at around 175 or so km/h. Which means I ran close to 12.9 seconds flat. Honestly very pleased to say the least. There was some drama since a coilpack caused a misfire in both roll and drag races.
I'll post link here once he uploads the video.

The Elantra N raced a civic type R before racing me and the civic type R lost the drag race. So very tough competition for me.
Attached are some Elantra N pictures.

Here is a photo of the Elantra and civic just before the run.

If anyone's interested here's the civic type R vs Elantra N video:

Hassan1991 (Electrical Engineer ) 2022-04-26 15:13:10 +0500 #105

Waiting .

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-05-06 03:20:28 +0500 #106

well here's the one with my car in it. Whole thing was ruined by a misfire code. Replaced a coil pack on cylinder 3 and never saw the code again but yea. I also feel like doing the salute in the video was terrible idea. Especially since I ran into issues in the video

Hassan1991 (Electrical Engineer ) 2022-05-06 04:41:04 +0500 #107

That salute hit different

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-05-07 21:47:49 +0500 #108

I've never had any check lights or anything in my whole ownership. Frankly no issues either except the "bearing". So I'm sure in that instance I got that because I was being overconfident/showboating .
Btw the light turned off when the coils were replaced. Bas wahan besti honi thi meri

Hassan1991 (Electrical Engineer ) 2022-05-07 22:13:54 +0500 #109

Hahaha bss bhai kismet kharab ho to kuch bhi ho jata . Between mujy anchor bilkul pasand nae aaya
Accordingly to him the total sum up of the race was that elantra catches your audi at top end. 🤦‍♂️
You would have keep walking him without this issue.

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-05-09 00:27:44 +0500 #110

Yea I was pulling away until I said "oh that can't be good" right after I stopped smiling. Then I brakes, even before cones. You can see brake light from outside. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed it and maybe 🤞 there's another big power upgrade coming...... Maybe exhaust too and maybe backfires too...

Hassan1991 (Electrical Engineer ) 2022-05-09 01:07:50 +0500 #111

Yes, having Fun is what we should only care about regardless of the results.
Great, Best of luck. Keep us updated.

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-05-10 10:15:17 +0500 #112

Yes so I have acquired a downpipe. Here's a photo might just end up installing it myself.

grotle998 (Salahuddin Karim) 2022-05-13 14:04:32 +0500 #113

Need a sound video too before and after. Secretly hoping it sounds like a GTI

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-08-18 08:23:45 +0500 #114

Hey!!! It's been a while now. In the time since, I have gotten the 3.0 downpipe installed. The car sounds great: completely stock when you aren't pushing it and pretty raspy and character full when u step on it. I'll attach videos soon

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-08-18 08:58:44 +0500 #115

Here's a nice little mild aggressive drive around the neighborhood

Here's a cold start:

Feel free to give feedback

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-08-22 09:37:00 +0500 #116

I also got another update done, it's very subtle/minor but the car looks much better and complete with it.

The diffuser on the back

grotle998 (Salahuddin Karim) 2022-09-21 20:15:52 +0500 #117

Absolutely loving the sound and the diffuser really completes the rear!

umarabdullah (uma_) 2022-09-30 06:27:05 +0500 #118

Yea so with regret I got some news for this car. I sold it unfortunately so it is gone for good. I absolutely enjoyed the living hell out of it.

Just before I sold it off I took it to the drag strip and got a couple quarter mile runs in. Ran a very nice 12.87@ 106.3 mph but had a tiny bit of wheel spin off the line (tires were nearing the end of their life) so could've been a hair better. This was the best of the day (4 runs). I'll post the slip if I get around to doing that.

grotle998 (Salahuddin Karim) 2022-10-08 19:33:27 +0500 #119

Sad to hear but onto bigger and better things I guess. You did modify it very tastefully and it did show. Excited to see the next project

umarabdullah (uma_) 2023-01-10 08:28:53 +0500 #120

Here's some pictures I never uploaded, the car sat pretty nice and looked even nicer, darn it I miss the damned thing. Nothing quite like it.