[s-cars] Re: [urq] Follow up on Spacers

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Colin,

We had a rather lengthy discussion about this at the beginning of April.
But you may want to look at this:


http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/torque.htm

-Ingo
'91 200q20v...Slightly modified
'83 Urquattro
('90 v8q RIP)
http://hometown.aol.com/quattringo/index.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>; "Audi S Car List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "qlist"
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:12 PM
Subject: [urq] Follow up on Spacers


> Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for info on what and where
to
> find these.  Seems that 5mm H&R is the preferred product and
> http://www.ecstuning.com/ seem to be the only place supplying over the web
> although 2 Bennett and others will supply based on a phone order.
>
> An important thing that no one mentioned but I picked it up from ecs, is
> that the bolt length needs to be able to accommodate the spacer.  I think
> 5mm will not impact the integrity of the bolt, but I am going to check.
> There is a formula in aerospace that says at least half the length of the
> bolt should be in threaded contact with the female part of the fastener
> without requiring special materials to compensate for high stress torque.