I'm going to be buying an s4 in early december and right now I'm torn between getting the B5 or B6. Basically I'm stupid and superficial and think the B6 looks a lot cooler than the B5, less worries about turbo problems, and handles better than the B5. Obviously the advantage of the B5 is a lot more upgrades and will be faster overall.

With realistic upgrades(not a 18-20k turbocharger :P) what can the 330 HP be pumped up to on the 2004 B6?

Sorry if this has been posted before - search wasn't working well. I just keep going back and forth here and would like as much information as possible before I buy one.

Thanks guys

 

Sounds like you've covered the bases. B6 looks nicer and has an updated interior. B5 is way more mod-able and with comparable money you can make it a lot faster. I have a B7 and put pipes, intake and chip on it. Haven't dyno'd it but from what I hear the gains are 30-50hp tops. By the way, it's the MTM supercharger that costs $20K. AWE is releasing one soon that will cost $10K and is supposed to add about 100hp (I may have that wrong but it's what I remember). I'd say one of the best parts of the V8 is the sound, especially with DPs and a catback. The mileage is terrible (~16 mpg). While you can't mod it much for cheap, it's plenty fast.

 

B5 baby!

 

If you wouldnt go stage 3 in the B5, then get the B6. its nicer in alot of ways, just hets worse mileage

 

Can you go stage 2 in b6? What all is there?

 

Why is the S6 V10 tt excluded vs. B6 from this important choice?

 

not sure, what year?

 

rs6 is ttv10, s6 is v10 NA

A chip is about $700
Hyperflow Intake $400
Milltek fullback exhaust $3500

Even with those mods your probably less than 300 HP at the wheels, similar to stage 2+ B5

Past that theres the Vf/AWE supercharger, which when combined with a full exhaust should be pretty nice. Its just coming out now, $11,000 installed IIRC. Search for it.

$4600 into a B5 would get you Chip, Turbo Back exhaust, Boost Gauge, and some Vogtland coilovers and it would definitly be faster and handle better than a b6. $10,000 like the supercharger would get you to stage 3 and then some which is WAAAY faster than a B6/B7

 

+1

Like yesss4 said, AWE is releasing a $10k SC soon that puts it close to 500hp at the crank I think. Basically it'll walk on a stock RS4.

Everything about a b6 is newer, and no offense guys but the b5 does just look kinda old because it is! The recaro seats are amazing btw!

 

what do you guys think about this? the car + the BBS RS-GT rims for 23500
has the cat exhaust on it already
solid price?

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