[s-cars] Suspension

[Taka Mizutani]

Doug-
I "talked" to Scott Justusson at length about suspension stuff when I had my
'91 200q. The basic gist of it was to get as big of a front sway as possible
on the car, that it would help tremendously with the handling of the car.

I found out that 32-34mm would be about right for the car- now the problem
is that because of the setup on Audis, you can't just swap out the sway bar-
as it is a crucial part of the suspension, no one makes an aftermarket one
due to liability. You would either have to find a cooperative fabricator or
you need to do what the Mk IV Golf people do- double swaybars (IIRC, you
can't remove the front swaybar in the Golf because of the way the stuff is
assembled.).

Nothing is available off the shelf. There was an Abt part that was 28mm or
so, but long out of production.

If you want to get a better explanation of how the big front swaybar works,
Larry would be the person to ask- he is very knowledgeable about suspension
geometry and the like. I think he's pissed at me because of the crash
protection debate.

Taka


On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Douglas Landaeta <dlandaeta at gmail.com>wrote:

> Taka,
> Any more info on the suggestion of a custom front sway bar? I'm due for new
> sway bar bushings, if something were available for the UrS4, I'd consider...
> Doug
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Custom front swaybar would be a big help, as would bracing the steering
>> rack
>> mounting points and the front strut towers.
>>
>> Custom valved shocks would help if you're going to do lowering springs.
>> Bilstein or Koni would be a good choice.
>>
>> Camber plates and increased negative camber, increase positive caster and
>> zero toe is a good compromise for street driving.
>>
>> Taka
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:37 PM, alexander witham <
>> alexander_witham at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi listers,
>> >
>> > I know this subject has been covered on multiple previous occasions, but
>> > I've been once again toying with the idea of upgrading the suspension on
>> the
>> > S6.
>> >
>> > I'm a spirited driver and want to be able to enjoy the car down twisty
>> back
>> > roads and might even venture onto the track on occasion. Ride quality is
>> > really secondary.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts?
>> >
>> > Thanks all,
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> >
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