Rear anti-sway bar for 4000Q?

[Russ Maki]

I've talked about this with Larry Boyer (a well-known 4kq owner in Quattro
Club circles) as well as Larry's favorite mechanic, Todd Diaz of Autobahn
Service in Milwaukee. They say you can simply scavenge the front sway bar
from a 4k and use it in the back, as the rear suspension on a 4000 quattro
is fundamentally a mirror image of the front setup. I know Larry has
successfully tracked his 4k for some time with this rig in place. I'm not
entirely clear on how it's installed, but I've recently pulled the front bar
from a donor car and plan in the next month or two to have Todd drop it in.
Once he's done I'll report the fine points of the installation.

I just track-tested my freshened engine this month, by the way, and was
*very* happy -- thanks again to Ken Keith for the used Schrick cam and to
Mik Tipton, wherever you are, for the ported NF cylinder head. 5000 RPM
never felt so good!

Russ Maki
Ixonia, Wis.


> From: VFChris at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:19:49 EDT
> Subject: Rear anti-sway bar for 4000Q?
> To: quattro at audifans.com
>
> Hi list,
>
> Does anyone know of a cheap solution to add an anti-sway bar to the rear
of a
> 4000Q?  Blaufergnugen (perhaps others) offers a new one for about $290,
but
> I'd like not to pay so much.
>
> As a thought, does an anti-sway bar from some other car like a CQ or
90Q20V
> fit on the 4000Q?  This could then be purchased used.  I assume one from a
> UrQ would fit, but there are certainly not many of them that have been
junked.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Please send to me privately as well as
to
> the list.
>
> TIA,
>
> Chris  (VFChris at aol.com)