Recent content by Champale

Thank you. I think a lot of us are ready to pull the trigger as soon as it's available.

If you are able to share, roughly how much longer do you think it will be for you guys to release the 5BW exhaust?

AWE - any updates on a 5BW exhaust? I am ready when you are!

Many years ago I decided "no more boring cars". An A6 will be a nice but boring car. I can't imagine going from my Blackwing to something with zero personality or spunk. One of my other cars is a 2025 Jaguar F Pace SVR. If you want a refined, smooth car with a beautiful interior that still...

Drove my 5BW 700 miles today to Santa Fe. Was absolutely perfect, averaged about 18mph but I was hammer down a lot. Heading to Moab tomorrow for Bronco OffRoadeo then Kalispell, then down through Wyoming and Denver before heading back to Texas. Should be close to 5k miles in 10 days! I...

OP your description of the issue has all the hallmarks of a warped flywheel. Or one that has deposits on it that are causing the shudder. It is generally most noticeable when cold. Slipping the clutch a little too much when hard launching can cause this.

It's flipping incredible in every scenario from commuting in traffic to longer freeway trips. Then its really fun on backroads, too, in ways that you can't really comprehend until you get comfortable and start pushing it.

Let's hope it's something minor like this. It really has to be something simple.

I apologize - I misread the hubcentric rings as spacers. You can also try running them without the rings. I had a wheel manufacturer tell me to do this once and I was concerned the wheels would not be centered properly but I encountered zero issues without the rings.

Also, are you able to have enough brake and suspension clearance without the spacers? If yes, I would remove them and see if that makes any difference. You have introduced 3 new things - wheels, lugnuts, and spacers. The clicking has to be related.

Some cars are very sensitive to the style of lugnuts and can cause clicking as described. OP have you reached out to Apex?

I saw a white 5BW in Indianapolis this weekend with the Corsa exhaust (I could see the mufflers) and, from my perspective, it sounded freaking fantastic as he flew past me and made a right turn. Even my friends with me (we were there for the 500) said wow that sounds great.

The 5BW is truly joyful once you figure out the modes (and especially the way you turn all of the TC/ESC stuff off). That V8 makes every day better, I promise. It does need a little more exhaust volume, though. However, the 4BW is hardly 2nd rate in any way, shape, or form. I drove one a...

I bought the 5BW because I take adult passengers in it most days and the 4BW wouldn't work (I'm 6'2"). I have driven 2 different 4BW 6sp cars and LOVED the way they drove, enough that I keep thinking about getting one to pair with my 5BW. The turning radius is dumb but I really don't think...

Heck one of the IMSA edition matte black ones sold for 25k under MSRP brand new last year at Sewell San Antonio. It was offered to someone I know at 20k off, they declined, but then it sold shortly thereafter at 25k off. My point is those "special" editions are literally just sticker jobs with...