im about to have my timing belt replaced on my 01 audi s4, which is a pretty penny as many of u know, most of its labor, pulling of the front end and what not, so im tying to save some money and also have them replace my snub mount and fuel filter, any other suggestions to do while i have the front end off? im looking for the biggest bang for my buck here.

 

serpentine belt, and certain sensors suck as crank sensor!

 

righton, but could u be more specific with the sensors, what do i get, where and the same with the serpatine belt, and what will this do for me?

 

also, that snub mount, any difference? any other suggetions from a performance stand point? i have a magnaflow catback that im gonna replace with a 3' also i have on order, a cold air intake, 3' downpipes that eleminate my cats custom from germany, im sending my throttle body to florida to have it ported out, and than put on a dyno, and flash it that way, i have the AWE stabilizer bar and the full tein ss suspension, thats due to be put on with the timing belt

 

um well you can find everything you need on ecs or other websites that I have had put onto a website page. Look in the FAQ's section.If you don't have a chip I highly suggest doing one. The only cold air thats worth time is the awe sflo while doin the darintake! it's cheap but will add some HP everything else is a waste. Snub mount do make a difference in the rocking of the car so if you want to do one it'll tighten up the rocking of the motor which helps. DIY piggies (downpipes) are worth ut for sure you'll notice a huge difference in response. all the things you could do are preventitive maintainance and should help the car. Replace the oemcoolant temp sensor for sure because the original is faulty and mess's with the computer's ignition and fueling.Ecs has all this stuff there a great source too buy from. You can find this stuff on others too but you find deals here and there. Modding the car will do a great deal of perfomance to your car just make sure you look for the "infamous" stuff also like the TBB rip and the DV failiure

 

ok, but what is a darintake, and what is a DTS, i saw some people talking about some DTS on audizine

 

the darintake is really just cutting holes into the bottom of the intake box. You can find out how on audidiy.com. The dts is a drivetrain stabilizer. I have one on my car they make a world of a difference because they also dont allow movement betweenn the transmission and the motor keeping it from shifting and upmovement. This helps keep smooth shifts and puts the power to the ground.

 

ok so its the same as a transmission stabalizer bar? cool i got the awe on right now and the cutting holes really works huh? any other tips like this, that arent going to be harmful to the car?

 

also, i couldnt find that topic of darintake on that site, got some pics? or just tell me how?

 

This is what I did on the TB job


Really, the snub mount, & any of the upper cams seals are really about it, you kind of got to replace the acc belt, & of course the WP & thermostat. You can get the LTW pulleys from ECS. Maybe TBB & DV's if you don't already have them done.