CGT with 4Kq sway bar

[edkellock at juno.com]

I was going to say about the same thing, but you said it better Ti.

I have essentially the same setup as you do Dave, except I have an Addco
rear bar.  I bought it many years ago and with the stock front bar, the
car seemed to push more and had a very uneven step from understeer to
oversteer.  After I did the 4kq front bar, it took me a couple months to
remember I had the rear bar.  That went back on and the car is way fun.
I can still get it to push, but I have to pitch it pretty inelegantly to
do so.

Ed
Colorado Springs

On Thu, 1 May 2003 11:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> writes:
> David writes:
> >  I'm putting a larger front roll bar on my CGT (using a stock 4000q
bar). S=
> > he is riding on Boge Turbos and stock springs (stock wheels &
185/60/14 tir=
> > es). I know that by stiffing up the front only, I will cause the car
to hav=
> > e even more understeer. But how bad will it be?
>
> Actually it won't be bad at all.  While in theory a larger bar up front
> would increase understeer, on these cars a moderate increase in front
roll
> stiffness actually helps.
>
> > IIRC, the stock bar is a 21=
> > mm and the 4000q bar is a 26 or 27. Eventually, I'll put the stock
21mm bar=
> > at the rear but for now it will be large front bar only...
Thoughts/Comments?
>
> The 4Kq and UrQ front bars are 23mm.
>
> -Ti
> 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> 1984 5000S turbo
> 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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