Type 44 quattro rear anti-swaybar?

[Avi Meron]

Brett,
I don't know exactly what Phil was talking about, but.  If you look at the
Etka you will find a sway bar for the 92 S4.  Problem is, it is not a "bolt
on" so you will have all kinds of trouble fitting it to a type 44.
Mr. DeWitt Harrison from CO will be happy to help you out since I KNOW for
fact that he acquired one of those bars................

Below is a comment from Dewitt:

The bar will not bolt up, at least not to US type 44 cars. There is no
provision on the rear subframe for the bar clamps and there is no
provision on the rear bearing carriers (uprights) for the end link
brackets.

DeWitt Harrison
88 5kcstq

Take care,
Avi
www.ultranator.com

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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 5:46 PM
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Subject: Re: Type 44 quattro rear anti-swaybar?


At 4:26 PM -0800 11/12/01, William Ng wrote:
>Has anyone on the list tried to install a rear anti-swaybar to their 5ktq,
>200q? A search didn't turn up any aftermarket sources.

Actually, there was an intense thread on the subject about 2 years
ago.  Phil Payne actually faxed me(from the UK, I was impressed!) a
copy of the fiche page showing the euro rear sway bar assembly and
P/N's; apparently many euro type 44's came so equipped.  I'd love to
know why no US models did(stupid americans that can't drive?)

I don't remember very clearly, but I think it was simply a matter of
getting the parts and installing them(if someone knows different,
please correct me.)  I'm not sure about how wide a range of type 44's
the setup would work on.  I think someone during the discussion
offered the opinion that it would be far more valuable than a front
strut tower brace as a suspension upgrade, but alas the memory fades.

If someone was willing to do the legwork, this would probably make a
fantastic group purchase, I think.  There are a ton of type 44's
running around the US, they're easily shipped(the bars, not the cars
:-), since they're practically indestructible(although they're
probably pretty heavy; I dunno how cross-atlantic shipping works.)
You'd have to run a bulldozer over the crate to break one of those
bars.  We're not talking super-fragile, crappy-packaging eurolights
here.

   I think Metrix told me, when we did the eurolight group purchase,
that about 50% of the lights that came from Germany were broken.  One
didn't survive the journey to my house, despite double-boxing...

B
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