[s-cars] Avant vs sedan spring rates

[Bob Rossato]

Absolutely.  I forget the circumstances of how I came to do this, and we
won't dwell on it, but when I changed my springs and shocks a few years back
I went to do a quick drive down the road to settle the new suspension before
doing any alignment on it.   As soon as I pulled out of the garage a few
feet I noticed the front end bobbing up and down badly.  Dum-dum me forgot
to install the nut on the top of the front shocks and at the first bit of
suspension extension the shock pistons came out of the shock mount and the
car was riding solely on the springs.  It moves plenty with no shocks in it.
Haven't you ever seen some beat up shitbox going down the highway with the
front end porpoising down the highway?  Them's blown shocks.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Aaron
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:19 PM
> To: bob.rossato at att.net
> Cc: Audi - Scars
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Avant vs sedan spring rates
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> Do the shocks have sufficient gas charge to effect spring rate?
>  Otherwise I dont see what effect they would have - the speed of the
> movement would just be different - not the amount.
>  Or?
> Aaron
>
> bob.rossato at att.net wrote:
>
> >Unless both sets of shocks are in the same condition you can't
> infer anything
> >by the results you got.  The shocks on the sedan may be shot.
> The avant may
> >have stiffer rear springs but I would think the fronts would be the same.
> >
> >Bob