Suspension options

[Jim Green]

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:07:00 -0500, McCohens at aol.com <McCohens at aol.com> wrote:
> It is time to get new springs/shocks for my 80 quattro turbo.  The car will see about 10 track days a year in an advanced run group and street use the rest of the time.  At least once a week it has all four seats filled.
> I am thinking Bilstein struts and H&R springs.  The question is their street or race version.
> The car currently has SPAX struts and springs.  It is so low I had to jamb $30 of rubber spring spacers in to get the car up my driveway.  Not happy with either of the SPAX products.

You sound like a good candidate for coil-overs.  You can make your own
Ground Control Kit using two rear 4kq kits, or just spend a little
extra and get everything perfect from 2Bennett.  I'm using these with
Koni yellows and 315 springs all the way around.  I can get the car to
oversteer with the proper tire pressures on the track.  I'm not 100%
on the Koni's, so go for the Bilsteins.  I've never heard a complaint
about them.  I can put 4 people in my car and drive normal with 215 40
r17 tires on the car without rubbing in the rear.  I'd say it's at
about 1.5" drop right now.  Technically it's just high enough for my
exhaust to clear the speed bump at work:)
HTH,

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Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
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