[urq] re-quattro-ing a quattro - ALSO

[Keith Lloyd]

Jon

For what it's worth I run my 87 WR on stock springs, stock bilsteins, stock 
w/bone bushes but solid aluminium subframe mounts with superflex polybushes 
on the anti-roll (sway?) bar. Nice ride on normal (bad) roads here in the 
UK. I know what you mean about the tram-lining on 8" ronals. When I switch 
to 6" ronals for the winter with Toyo snowprox it becomes a joy to drive. 
Most important though is wheel alignment. It must be right and I would 
imagine chopped springs alters the alignment somewhat and must have some 
effect on how it drives.
I can't help re: the gear box but I would imagine short gears while fun, 
gets a bit wearing after a while.
I know what you mean about the "look" but if the car not feeling good to 
drive means it spends it's life in the garage I reckon you would be better 
off making it "feel" right and then you'll start to enjoy it all over 
again.......and then you can forget about the beetley thing your friend is 
selling. :-)

Regards

Keith

'87 WR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Archibald" <talisman05 at gmail.com>
To: "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1:49 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] re-quattro-ing a quattro - ALSO


Looks great, thanks Martin!

ALSO - the short 5th gear on my 4.11 4kq gearbox drives me mad. Having
the first 4 gears close together is great for the occasional angry
blast-off, however I would LOVE a tall cruising gear for road trips.
I'm pretty ignorant with regard to transmissions - anyone have any
idea whether it would be feasible to swap in a taller 5th to a 4kq
gearbox? I'm kind of shuddering at the idea of r&r'ing that tranny
again, but I think it would pay off long term...

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Martin Pajak <martin at quattro.ca> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I had H&R and Koni Sports on my '85, then switched to stock springs and
> Billies.
> Enjoyed the stock springs a lot more.
>
> 195/65 15 is a good choice for winter tire.
>
> I used truck mudflaps, you get two car size flaps out of one truck unit.
> I've attached some pics of my old '83 with them.
> Others will not see the attachement but you should be able to.
>
> HTH
>
> Martin Pajak
>
> http://www.quattro.ca
>
> 1982 Audi Ur-quattro, SQ project
> 1983 Audi 80 quattro, Euro 2-Tür
> 1984 Audi Ur-quattro, 20vt with 6-speed
> 1993 Audi 90 CS quattro, 2.5 TDI with 6-speed
>
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