Hi Russ
Thanks for the reply and welcome to the world of RS4s! I hope you have deep pockets! ;-) Yes, like you, it keeps a smile on my face, although did go through a period of nearly selling it, as the bills were getting very crazy! I got the existing inlet manifold de-coked and the billet linkages / core plugs etc sorted, along with many other things (a mouse had made a nest in the V and started chewing on a lot of the wiring loom!). I had a lot of other work done in that first hit (rear springs - one had broken) new matts etc etc Cost around £1750, but lots of other bits and bobs sorted too. More recently (the encounter that nearly had me selling it) was a terrible rattling from underneath / all over! Turns out it was the dreaded DRC shocks. I was also replacing the tyres and they could not adjust the four wheel alignment as the NSR adjustment had seized. So got 4 new tyres first £750 for 4 Michelin PS3s (Hi-Q gauged alloys in 3 places). Then got the dealers to check out the DRC (no-one else apparently has the tool to pressurise the DRC (a £3500 tool)). They wanted around, you may want to sit down for this, £9000 to replace just the rear shocks (not springs), sort out the locked up rear adjustment and possibly replaced the front DRC pipes / hoses (as they often fail when pumped back up to pressure) and re-pressurise. Cut a long storey short, I took it back to A M Cars, ripped out the DRC and installed Bilstein shocks all round, they managed to free up the rear adjuster and do the four wheel alignment all for around £1000!!!!! the handling is now amazing and actually feels smoother and better handling - no lowering etc as retained springs!
However, I have now been told the CATs are on their way out apparently £2000 just for Milteks! This is a car with 100k on the clock, 1 previous owner and a full Audi service history before me. Going back to my first point - I hope you have deep pockets! That said, when I open the taps with the windows down and sport mode on, people turn around and see my car disappear in a cloud of £10 worth of petrol fumes and the sound of thunder - it is all worth it!
I haven't managed to find any Audi specific local meets around Taunton yet, but I did go down to the Haynes Motor Museum Breakfast club (first Sunday of every month) last weekend and saw some amazing cars - a few RSs there. If anyone can recommend a good meet around Somerset, would be great to meet up and share sob and happy stories about their RSs!
Tom