Euro-UrQ: '80-shocks vs '87-shocks

[Huw Powell]

> I ask this because it was always my dream to buy an early ('80 or '81) UrQ
> and convert it into a rally UrQ (just the looks, it would remain a road car)
> and I already bought a good set of second hand yellow Koni's that came from
> an '80 UrQ.

Seems like a funny order to buy the car in... but then again, I usually
have parts I need lying around by the time I get another car.  The
killer was (NAC) the upper radiator hose in the attic that fit my F250...

> In theory, with these Koni's, this '87 car will rise 2 inches

Shocks don't determine height, springs do.  However, I believe that
struts/shocks made for a given height spring will be designed to operate
around an appropriate "rest" position.  Also, of course, spring rates
and shock damping factors are designed to go with each other.  Or should
be...

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Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

http://www.humanthoughts.org/