V8 1991 front suspension coils swap too 100Q ?

[Brett Dikeman]

At 4:47 PM -0600 10/8/04, tom winter wrote:
>on 10/8/04 3:48 PM, Brett Dikeman at brett at cloud9.net wrote:
>  > Rob Winchell once put a set of V8 springs in a 200q20v, and
>>  afterwards he discovered he had created the world's first 200q20v
>>  allroad.
>>
>>  So, if you plan to take the car rallying and need about 6 extra
>>  inches of ground clearance, by all means...
>>
>my '87 5000 csq avat has springs from a V8. The setup includes Boge Turbo
>Gas shocks (this was done by the previous owner, so I can't take credit for
>it, and maybe the previous owner wasn't telling the truth, but I think he
>can be trusted).
>
>It's a pretty firm ride that isn't so great around town on bumpy roads, but
>it feels great at 80mph. I wish I could provide more details, but it
>certainly didn't lift the car an extra 6" inches.


An archive search turns up that the springs involved in The Allroad 
Incident were off an S6, not a 200q20v.

Sorry for the confusion.  That would be the SECOND time I've screwed that up...

B
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