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There are not many car people that require a Do-It-Yourself on how to change the oil, but the RS6 is one vehicle that is not very straightforward. The oil change is a bit more involved, but the oil change interval is 10,000 miles so you you won't have to do it that often. Most dealerships will charge $400-$500 for an oil change on this car and that includes fluids, filter, and labor. You can

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If you are a fan or owner of the Audi RS6, you probably have heard of the Sportec RS600. Sportec took the stock RS6, added bigger turbos, and a few other unique modifications. One of the biggest problems with the 4.2L turbo engine in the RS6 is that it gets very hot. Since heat is a performance and economy killer, getting rid of that heat is a good thing. Sportec came up with a solution to the

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Chris and Loretta headed down to the Cumberland, Maryland, for the National Road Autosports event called the "Airport Icebreaker Autocross". This was their second trip to Cumberland and were all smiles when they heard that it was going to be great weather. After 3 events in State College with rain and temperatures in the 40's, the sun and 70 degrees was a "warm" welcome. The events at Cumberland

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The annual "test and tune" event of the Central PA SCCA is a chance to tune your car and probably more importantly, the driver. After a winter of limited performance driving, this event is usually very helpful to get ready for the upcoming season. The event was held at the CPI facility, which is a great place to learn how to autocross due to lower speeds and technical course designs. The weather

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The stock battery in our Lotus Elise has completely died. After two winters of storage and not using a battery tender, it would no longer hold a charge. I went to the store to see if I could find a replacement, but all of the size 26 batteries were much heavier. On most cars this would not be a problem, but the additional weight would hurt performance while racing. The stock battery was only

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The Audi RS6 is a high-performance luxury vehicle and along with that status comes a lot of weight! Even though 500hp+ sounds good, the weight of the car is over 4,000lbs. The car is still quick, but handling, performance, and fuel economy could be improved through weight reduction. The general rule of thumb is that every 10lbs lost, is equivalent to gaining one horse power from the engine. Not

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Turbocharged cars like the Audi RS6 require many attributes of the engine to be performing perfectly to maintain optimum performance. One of the cheapest fixes and hardest to diagnose, is vacuum and boost leaks. Many of the emissions and accessories on cars are controlled from vacuum generated in the intake system of the engine. Components related to performance and accessories, are all tied

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I'm still trying to figure out why I am unable to hold more than 10psi of boost in the RS6. It may be a boost leak, but I'm also trying to rule out anything else that could be wrong. Today I logged the transmission values and which include engine RPM, input shaft RPM and output shaft RPM. The reason for this test is to see if the three RPM values move linearly to each other. If they were not

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I've completed a custom install of a VDO boost gauge in my 2003 Audi RS-6. There are no pre-fabricated pods for the RS-6 so I had to fabricate and customize one of the dash vents to hold the gauge. The install was time consuming, but it came out well and gives me a real time view of boost levels. I tapped the boost line into the vacuum hose between the fuel pressure regulator and the intake. I

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Driver Date Car Class Time Class Results PAX Results Chris 4/26/2009 Lotus Elise IND* 30.89 1/4 1/50 (2%)

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First let me say that the Audi brand and vehicles can be so addictive. First an A4 then a S4 and now the RS6. I wasn't even looking for a new (to me) car until Brandon happen to mention there was an R8 at the import dealership in town. Loretta looked at their Web site and saw they had an 2003 Audi RS6. At first wasn't interested  because I had no reason to get sell the Audi S4. When I drove the

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Please note that I have sold this on December 11, 2009. For sale is an immaculate condition, restored and updated Citation Formula Ford. The race car was stripped down to a bare chassis in 2001 and everything on the car was either rebuilt or replaced with newer technology. It also has a new engine built by Jim at Justice Racing Engines with a "runoffs" aluminum head and forged pistons with no

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Lotus Elise Autocross - Chris More - 10/4/2009 - Run 3Lotus Elise Autocross - Loretta More - 10/4/2009 - Run 5Lotus Elise Autocross - Chris More - 9/27/2009 - Run 8Lotus Elise Autocross - Loretta More - 9/27/2009 - Run 5Lotus Elise Autocross - Chris More - 9/13/2009 - Run 5Lotus Elise Autocross - Loretta More - 9/13/2009 - Run 5Lotus Elise Autocross - Chris More - 8/23/2009 - Run 5Lotus Elise

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On November 13th, 2008 I presented to a class at Penn State's Information Sciences and Technology college. The IST class is about Data Fusion taught by Dr. David Hall, and my presentation explained how data fusion and analysis happens in racing. Data acquisition topics Covered: Race car dynamics Sensors / Calibration / Storage Acquisition / Analysis View recorded video Note: 23 minutes into

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