200-20V w/ V8 front anti roll bar.

Bernie Benz b.benz at charter.net
Thu Dec 12 09:34:51 EST 2002


I assume that you are talking about your V8 and that PN is the bar for same.
That is the same PN as is listed for the '92 S4.  So, apparently they use
the same bar.

Bernie

> From: Charles Baer <charlie at istari.com>
> Organization: Istari Technologies
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:45:13 -0700
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 200-20V w/ V8 front anti roll bar.
>
> I was pretty sure my '90 had a rear bar, checked the FA and found
> this:
>
> stabilizer 4A0 511 409 B
>
> no other info, but odds are it would make a beefy unit for a '91
> sedan or wagon.
>
> Charlie
>
> Djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> --
>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
>> Bernie,
>> As far as I know, the V8 was never made with a rear bar.  I'm not sure what
>> front bar the urS4 used, but I don't believe you could fit it to the 200
>> anyway.  From what I understand, the front control arms are longer on the
>> urS4, and the geometry was altered.
>>
>> I really enjoy the improvement from adding this bar, but the 200 still leaves
>> much to be desired in the handling department.  If I had a bunch of time on
>> my hands, I'd love to try and develop a way to incorporate a second control
>> arm in the front, so that suspension geometry didn't hinge on a piece of
>> spring steel.
>>
>> I don't know if you have any BTDT with BMWs, but I long for the handling of
>> my old E28 5 series.  If I could just have that handling, the 20v power, and
>> a quattro drive system...  hmmm...
>> Take care,
>> Dave




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