Recently 2 of my colleagues purchased their GT350 at MSRP.
One was about 2 months back and traveled to Texas from California, the other purchased at month(October) end in northern California.
For those that have made the switch to the ESSEX kit, which PAD compound are you using? Mostly interested in hearing from track users.
In addition are there plans to on their roadmap for a rear brake kit?
As Jeff mentioned, most AUDI dealers want a symptom associated so Audi oF America will accept the charge. Not as peppy is good place to start, better yet if it threw a CEL reporting misfires.
If I recall it's about 2 hours to remove and reinstall the intake manifold. Ideal if the tech has lots...
Understand your thought process and for the most part agree. With the ADM on the GT305R it puts me into a very low mileage 997.1 2008 turbo. Not in any rush so will wait till the dust settles. Perfectly happy tracking my Viper TA in the meantime.
With respect to the OP, we should get back on...
Some owners with patience did the work themselves. It involves removing the intake manifold, putting cleaning solution on each valve stem, sit overnight to soften the build-up and scrub each valve. As you clean each chamber you have to make sure the valve position are closed to prevent debris...
Can't help with the GT350 comparison (waiting for the GT350-R prices to come down), but having owned a B5 A4, B6 S4, B7 RS4 (APR SuperCharger), all have great fit and finish. The RS4 is the closest to your RS5. Great for daily driver and entertaining. Sold last year to an audi enthusiast who...
At 1553.86 lbs and the GT350 @ ~950 lbs/per corner, sound fine for street tires with wear ratings of 100-200 (equal to 1 g-force applied), but it sounds too low if you someone uses racing slicks with 1.5 g-force applied. This is a rough guess on my part, someone with greater knowledge of the...