After getting somewhat more comfortable with the handful of tools we all have at our disposal and going over the first bits of various other community projects (still working through everything for pointers, useful .XDF categories that keep everyone on the same page, translations, syntax, not to mention technical German to english translations to keep me sane, etc) I've gotten a few logs.  I'll stress that I'm not very familiar with the platform 2.7t, and certainly not familiar with Motronic's torque demand tuning strategies so bear with me as I may ask some stupid questions/assume things incorrectly.

That said, attached are a couple very short logs.  The car should/is completely stock and at this point I'm assuming is in good running condition save for  an intermittent fault with the bank 1 EGT (may cause issues, still learning the platform).  Boost seems pretty low to me at 8ish psi peak tapering down to 6 though the offset between desired and actual as well as duty cycle looks to be in line with what the ECU is asking for.  Is this normal?  Also any insight on what/how else you all think I should log would be appreciated.

Oh yeah, using the 551r in this thread/from Nyet's repository(suppository?) as well as the .cfg.

Thanks for weighing in, nyet, wanted to make sure.  I'm curious about the amount of average knock retard, I know its close to redline but it seems interesting that it divebombs so much. 

I'll look into whether or not I made a mistake RE logging req load.

Having looked at your log, that is quite a bit of knock correction, which is likely why your boost is so low at redline. What fuel are you using?

Yea, we can always move it back or start adding to the thread when you have a working stg1 file and some logs that just need fine tuning

wrt to 91: yes, even on 91 those knock numbers are not great.

Maybe something simple as a bad batch of gas though; i'd leave it alone and wait until you get a fresh batch of 91 (preferably from a known good brand or non-sketch gas station, i guess).

I'd not go chasing knock further until you can rule out fuel problems, unless you're seeing odd long term trims.

I really should go back and look at your logs and peek at EGT readings but long story short:

If the KR is from EGT, it likely means one or both sensors is failing. Replace, or code out.

RS6 EGT swap is overkill unless you're running some sort of exotic setup where EGTs are a big concern.

the stock wideband EGT model (not based on sensors) is pretty accurate unless you have a lot of hardware changes.

The EGT section in the tuning wiki is 100% transferable to R.

I assume your ar is 4z7 and not 4b0 or I would suggest a M box conversion