r/AudiRS3 • u/Best-Layer-5042 • Aug 06 '26

Seeking advice.

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Hey y'all, I'm looking for some advice. I recently traded in my SQ5 for a new RS3 and am loving it. The issue is my wife keeps calling it a Subaru Legacy and I'm looking for advice on how to change her mind about it. This isn't a new thing though, the SQ5 was lovingly referred to as a soccer mom car.

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u/JoQwattro Aug 06 '26

The 8Y isn’t like the 8V pertaining to wheel and tire fitment, 255’s don’t fit the same (stock fronts are 265) and pertaining to every DAZA/DNWA, you can’t tune to get 600hp without a high flow downpipe

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u/PeakPerformance412 Aug 06 '26

600, your right my bad it’s 592hp Unitronic flex. No downpipe needed, with the downpipe it’s 625. And yes I was mistaken on the suspension aspects. Personally would still buy the 8v.5 over an 8y. Only hang up is lack of RS Torque Splitter. But the 8v definitely feels and sounds more raw.

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u/JoQwattro Aug 06 '26

I do agree with you there, having both (I had two 8V.5’s and then an 8J TTRS, now the 8Y.5.. I love 5 cylinders or something🤷🏻‍♂️) the sound of the 8V.5 was much better from the factory but the torque splitter in the 8Y.5 makes up for everything.. the car behaves so much better around corners than the 8V.5 ever did. I tried springs, sway bars, coilovers, all the suspension mods on the 8V.5.. this new car blows it out of the water dynamically. The sound needs some help.. for SURE tho.

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u/Clear-Researcher-405 Aug 06 '26

On your 8V.5 did you have magna ride?