[s-cars] Re: Suspension upgrade

[Fred Munro]

Larry;

Did you try flipping your top plate? If you are maxed out on caster you can
remove the top plate, rotate it 180 degrees and re-install. It gives you a
lot more caster adjustment ( at the expense of camber).

I thought I'd have to do this on my car (right side caster was maxed out at
0.2 with camber at -0.5) but replacing the sway bar chassis bushings and
pulling the right side of the bar forward gave me 0.9 caster and -0.5 camber
both sides.

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Larry C Leung
Sent: December 18, 2004 7:38 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Cc: evan.desjardins at gmail.com
Subject: [s-cars] Re: Suspension upgrade


The key to the 2nd Gen 2Bennet camber plates (BTDT) is that they
have the ability to rotate axially during adjustment, so that they can
be adjusted for both caster AND camber (that is IF there is enough
adjustment in them. I'm going to have to do the Igor mod on my
stock mounts to gain a little more caster. I guess my car sagged
a bit too much, so I've got good camber, but I'd like more caster,
which is set to the positive end of spec. BUT, the car is totally
symmetrical, something my 200Q could never get to. And, no
untoward wear.) I'm with Keith, the 2Bennet plates are worth the
added expense, and BOY do they look nice too! (look like the
proverbial $300 military toilet seat, made of billet unobtanium).

LL - NY


> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:10:17 -0500
> From: Keith Maddock <keith.maddock at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Suspension Upgrade
> To: Evan Desjardins <evan.desjardins at gmail.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <933ee18904121611105e67a39 at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Evan Desjardins <evan.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
> > S-Fiends,
> >
> > I also need to purchase
> > the camber plates to correct the alignment for $239.95.
>
> While you are $liding down the $lippery $lope, I highly recommend
> spending a bit extra and getting the 2Bennet Camber/Caster plates
> instead.
> http://www.2bennett.com/body_type44suspension.html
>
> I had the ECS correction plates in my 93 S4 and they were better
> than
> nothing, but still did not leave much flexibility to dial in the
> alignment to a good setting.
> As a result, with 17" rims and summer tires, the steering was quite
> darty especially on rutted roads.  (gotta love those 10+-axle,
> 250,000
> lb trucks they can drive here in Michigan!).
>
> I bought my 95.5 S6 avant with these 2Bennet plates already
> installed,
> and the difference (even with the exact same wheels/tires) is
> phenomenal, and    Other listers have installed these at a 90 degree
> angle so that they are caster/camber plates, and have reported
> excellent results.
>
> The benefit is adding caster so you don't have to run a lot of
> static
> camber in order to get good cornering performance.  This also helps
> improve the tire wear pattern.
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