[s-cars] Hypercoil S6+ replca springs

[Douglas Fifield]

My S6 Avant rides on H&R's with Koni sports.  Great setup for the
track but teeth rattling here in northern MN.

D.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net> wrote:
> Erik,
>
> Very interesting.  My avant has Abt/Eibach's and Bilstein Sports, which
> are pretty good, but my former sedan had Koni Sports, first with H&R's
> (too low, worthlessly harsh...turned out they were actually 200q
> springs) when I originally got it, which I replaced with '92 S4 springs
> with the Koni Sports at just a hair softer than the mid point. They had
> been about 2/3 stiff.   I would say that combo was the best riding
> set-up I've driven on for my particular situation of lots of broken and
> NOT smoothly laid concrete highways and roads here in Houston.  In my
> experience, I haven't found any Eibach's to be too stiff on the S-cars,
> but they are the 'old' Sport versions and maybe soe newer ones were
> stiffer...can't believe there would be 'race' springs for the S6, but
> who knows.  Koni's on full hard would be too much, but the fix there is
> just turning them down.  I would try that before blowing money on the
> springs, although I think the S6+ springs are about the same as the
> '92's, and they do ride a bit smoother and a bit higher.
>
> Steve
>
> On 2/4/2011 10:57 PM, Erik Addy wrote:
>> My car is currently rolling on Eibachs and Koni Sports installed by a PO.  I"m
>> pretty sure they are set full soft.
>>
>> Anyway, I don't know if it is a me getting older, or the roads here in MN
>> getting worse (they have gotten REALLY bad over the last 10yrs), but I think the
>> car rides like crap.  I never thought my Type 44 with H&R's and Bilsteins was
>> anyware near this bad, although that had 16s vs 17's.  My 90q20v with
>> Eibachs and Bilsteins (and 205/50-15's) was pretty firm, but I expected that out
>> of the small chasis car.  Anyway, I don't see the point of driving a "Miss
>> Piggy" that rides like this.  If I'm going to suffer this kind of ride, I want
>> the car to handle like a Miata or something, and that's not going to happen.
>>
>> Anyway, since I have to put the car up on stands and replace the brakes anyway,
>> I was thinking of swapping the springs out.  Anyone have any experieince with
>> the Hypercoil S6+ replica springs?  Seems like they may be a little
>> lower/stiffer than the '92 springs, but I'm not sure.  Idealy, I would
>> like feedback on how they ride vs the Eibachs, and how much higher the car would
>> sit.  I would actually prefer the car be about 10mm higher anyway.
>>
>> Anyone have any '92 springs FS?  How much higher are they in the front then
>> the Eibachs (I forget which variation of the Eibach I have, I think it is the
>> last one).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erik
>>
>>
>>
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Douglas in MN
95.5 Audi S//6 Avant
73 BMW R60/5 mit Toaster Tank