t44 strut tower brace pic

[Ingo Rautenberg]

V8's do NOT exhibit any of this tear/crack in the webbing.  The bracing is
very high order magnitude - plus, additionally, the V8's had additional
structural reinforcements throughout -- these would have been a good idea
for the '91 200q20v, since the additional stresses are due to the wider
track configuration it shares with the V8.  Just my opinion, though :-)

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Keith" <auditude at gmail.com>
To: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
Cc: "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; "200q20V
mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: t44 strut tower brace pic


> But, is it enough orders of magnitude to do so?!?!  =)
>
> Do V8's exhibit the same tear/crack in the webbing?
>
> Ken
>
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:49:16 -0500, Kneale Brownson
> <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> > I think it adds to the bracing the firewall provides.  Or, rather, fails
to
> > provide.  Because the towers crack on the 200q20v, which relies solely
on
> > the firewall.  If you look at the pix of the mounting, it is formed off
the
> > sheetmetal of the tower, both front and back.
> >
> > At 05:10 AM 1/27/2005 -0800, Dan DiBiase wrote:
> > >--- Ken Keith <auditude at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:31:36 -0500, Kneale Brownson
> > >> <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > At 02:30 PM 1/26/2005 -0700, Ken Keith wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > >I didn't think V8's had braces, but that's mentioned too.
> > >> >
> > >> > V8s indeed DID come with braces between the strut towers.  It's a
bar
> > >> with
> > >> > two bolts at each end.
> > >>
> > >> Totally.
> > >>
> >
>>http://www.audiconnection.com/cars/sold/1990_audi_quattro_v8_cyan-red_w-bl
a
> > >ck/MVC-194S.JPG
> > >>
> > >
> > >Is that really intended for bracing? It seems like it's too far back
> > >(right in front of the firewall) to really provide any significant
> > >additional rigity....
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