favorite - strut/shock/spring combo?

[robert weinberg]

Thanks for your insight Mike!

here's' my deal - what I've learned from my 10 years with my Taurus SHO is that if you want the car a certain way - just do it!

i bought the SHO with 62,500 on it in early 1999. i left it stock, but will had fun with it until it had 103,000 miles. at which time, i bought a bunch of sho shop stuff used - underdrive pulleys, sho shop y-pipe with high flow cats, pro flow 77mm maf and edlebrock exhaust. once i took it out for a spin, i couldn't believe what i was missing for the last 40,000 miles. the car dynoed 211HP to the front wheels (about 250 at the crank) - a 30HP improvement. not bad for an already high strung normally aspirated 3.0L V6.

soon after that my cheapie Remington H-rated 215/60/16's were shot. i bought some Yokohama AVS-ES100 225/55/zr16 and couldn't believe what i was missing after 45,000 miles

then i got some used eibach springs and new tokico struts, sho shop subframe connectors, sho nut aluminum subframe bushings and a 26mm rear sway bar from an 89 SHO (remember, front wheel drive) at 114,000. with the power, rubber and suspension set up - the thing whaled straight into a corner and stuck like glue - now i really got to thinking. i could NOT believe i drove the car so long with out enjoying it all dialed in.

point being - i'm not planning on pissing money away, but doing enough research to make wise choices to get the Audi tastefully modded so i can really enjoy it.

it's not getting any younger and neither am i ;-)

see ya,
Robby


--- On Wed, 7/9/08, Mike Miller <mikemilr at blackfoot.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Miller <mikemilr at blackfoot.net>
> Subject: Re: favorite - strut/shock/spring combo?
> To: centaurus3200 at yahoo.com, "200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 10:06 PM
> let me expand a bit - I've had 3 different 200's.
> One I drove stock springs and tire size for about 100k mi
> then put on Bilsteins and went to 225/60/15 on stock rims.
> The 2nd I had 225/50/16 with stock springs and Bilsteins
> The 3rd had eibach/bilstein and the same 225/50/16. I
> prefered the last combination. 1st and 2nd non chipped but
> with the WG spring from an 85 turbo(faster ramp up) - the
> last one with a hoppen chip and the 85 turbo WG spring.
> Wife said the non chipped with the 85 spring had better off
> the line than hoppen chip w/o the spring.
> 
> mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mike Miller 
> To: centaurus3200 at yahoo.com ; 200q20V mailing list 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: favorite - strut/shock/spring combo?
> 
> 
> I've driven stock, stock with Bilstein,  and
> Eibach/Bilstein - even on Montana's gravel roads, I
> prefered the Eibach combo
> 
> mike
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: robert weinberg 
> To: 200q20V mailing list 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:12 PM
> Subject: Re: favorite - strut/shock/spring combo?
> 
> 
> i'm confused - why are you displeased?
> 
> i did listen to you - i'm no longer looking at konis
> and H&R springs - which would make the car overly
> aggressive (as my SHO was). i'm researching used 1992
> URS4 springs or V8 springs. the reason i mention bilsteins
> sports - is because they are much cheaper than konis. boge
> are the same price virtually as bilsteins - and are close
> to stock in dampening, no?
> 
> i believe you are saying that even with URS4 springs, the
> bilsteins have too much rebound unless i go with a much
> more aggressive spring, like H&R or Eibach? and then
> the car would ride like a rickshaw?
> 
> Robby
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/9/08, Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
> > Subject: Re: favorite - strut/shock/spring combo?
> > To: centaurus3200 at yahoo.com
> > Cc: "200q20V mailing list"
> <200q20v at audifans.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 8:30 PM
> > Not so, Robby! Apparently you don’t believe or
> understand
> > a thing  
> > that I’ve added to this thread. You are polling for
> > fellow non  
> > believers. You want it all! A non believer in simple
> > physics, but  
> > money can buy everything! Go of it, boy.
> > 
> > Bernie
> > 
> > 
> > On Jul 9, 2008, at 5:50 PM, robert weinberg wrote:
> > 
> > > very true bernie,
> > >
> > > i guess my thing is i need a poll of people and
> their
> > experiences.  
> > > bilsteins are a fair amount cheaper than konis.
> if i
> > can get  
> > > acceptable ride and still be able to joyfully
> fling it
> > around with  
> > > bilsteins and V8 springs compared to blowing $789
> for
> > konis and H&R  
> > > springs, i'm all for it.
> > >
> > > again, i MAY track the car at some point - like
> once
> > just to see  
> > > how it does - but it's a big ass sedan,
> it's
> > not a track car. it's  
> > > meant to tear up the highway and the occasional
> > mountain road.
> > >
> > > Robby
> > >
> 
> 
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