[s-cars] Upgrading B5 A4 suspension

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

I personally like H&R coilovers, when set up correctly.  For the autocross, you generally don't need wheel travel, so lower, stiffer is almost always better.  For street, you need the most wheel travel, and for a road course, somewhere in between.  Alignment makes a huge difference, too.  For autocross, you generally want toe out, as an example.  That'll help the car turn in, but straight line will suffer in both friction and twitchiness.  There's no free lunch... It's a balance.

Mark Rosenkrantz
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On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:

> Well, you have a good setup.  Of course it can go lower, and of course it can get stiffer. But then the street suffers.
> 
> You say its not as precise as you want.  Beware the hidden elephant on the table.  Its an Audi with a big hunk of mass in front of the front axel.
> It si tough to make that turn.
> 
> Just my two cents. want an autocross car? Gut a miata, put in a structural roll cage, etc.  Or maybe an old boxster.
> 
> Grant
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> On Apr 18, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Lee Levitt wrote:
> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I've been running a Bilstein, Eibach, Hsport suspension on my '01 A4 1.8t for 3 years now, and am wondering if I can improve the handling by going to a different setup. For the street it's fine, for autocross it's not as precise as I'd like. Or maybe it's me. :)
>> 
>> I did an autocross school on Sunday, got 10 runs in on my street tires (Dunlops) and another 10 on BFG R1s. The car was a lot more controllable with the latter and I was putting down times equal to/better than many of the BMWs ( admittedly I have more autocross seat time than many of the other attendees...and the timed course was not power friendly.)
>> 
>> Anyway, I'd like to improve my results, and would appreciate all inputs. :)
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>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Lee
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