[s-cars] re: Shocking news from Evahboost

[Trevor Frank]

I don't like the v8 springs, they put the car too low imho and if used
should be spaced up at least an inch.  Guy's with bilsteins who run
them, as I did are basically always on the internal bump stops and this
tends to give a very bouncy ride.  The shocks are not and should not be
run on the internal bumps, the only solution is to raise the car up or
completely change the suspension, i.e. more travel by cutting down the
top of the strut or something.  I like running about 14.5" from the
front top lip to the center of the tire.  The V8's put you at something
around 12-13" and make it near to impossible to get your suspension to
work for you.  I know lot's of people with either koni's or bilsteins
and v8 springs I don't know any that don't complain about bottoming out,
a lot.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cybertron [mailto:cybotron at rcn.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:24 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] re: Shocking news from Evahboost

Hap,
What spring set would you recommend for us "off the shelf" types? If I
had the struts revalved,
which set of springs would give me a firm, taunt, performance based ride
with less body roll on corners
and less dive on braking, with out sacrificing the long range
driveabilty (1000 mile vacations) with the
kids in the back? My choices are between the H&R -V8's or S6+'s, and the
current group buy offering
of S6 sports. I enventually want to try a track day or two. Anyone else
with an open opinion, please
feel free to toss your .02 cents in the pot.

95 S6
MTM
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