[V8] Subframe bushes

too many quattros thequattroking at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 8 21:30:24 PDT 2008


i know they are not.  totally different.




Shayne

PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro


> From: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:02:15 -0400
> To: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>, Ron Wainwright
> <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: V8 Audi Fans <v8 at audifans.com>
> Conversation: [V8] Subframe bushes
> Subject: RE: [V8] Subframe bushes
> 
> Can anyone confirm if our V8 subframe bushes are these the same fitment
> as for the urS cars?
> 
> -dc-
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: too many quattros [mailto:thequattroking at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:28 AM
>> To: Ron Wainwright
>> Cc: Coleman, David; V8 Audi Fans
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Subframe bushes
>> 
>> hehe, actually, i am moving faster then i have ever moved on any car
> int he
>> past!  my last major project has been going on for 10 years now!  I am
>> ALMOST DONE!  the v8 i started about a year ago.  i hope to finish it
> this
>> summer.  i have a job that takes me around the world so it is hard to
> keep
>> up on my desires when i am never home.
>> 
>> as for the bushings, i don't think it will be worth while until i get
> at
>> least 5 people.  so far, i have 2.
>> 
>> if i get 5 or more, i will pull the bushings and get a quote on making
>> copies.  for the record, i am not interested in making $$ on the deal,
> just
>> enough to cover my efforts of going to the PO to mail.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Shayne
>> 
>> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:03:02 -0700 (PDT)
>>> To: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>,
> <v8 at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [V8] Subframe bushes
>>> 
>>> Count me in :-)
>>>  I'll ask some others who are not on the list as well.
>>> 
>>>  & wasn't your V8 "undergoing" a 4.2 conversion last
>>> time we talked ;-)
>>> 
>>>  Ron "undergoing" 4.2 conversion
>>> 
>>> --- too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> hey, if i had a fair enough count of people who were
>>>> interested, i would
>>>> pull my bushings and have them copied.  my v8 is
>>>> under going a 4.2
>>>> conversion so i don't drive the car.  It cost me
>>>> about $300 to do my set
>>>> because of the setup time.  material was nothing.
>>>> like $30 worth...or
>>>> something crazy cheap like that.  my bushings were
>>>> done RIGHT.  i consulted
>>>> a with a  mechanical engineer friend of mine who
>>>> pulled out a bushing and
>>>> bearing design manual and calculated how big the
>>>> inner race needs to be.
>>>> and would u know it, the one from the factory rubber
>>>> bushings was damn near
>>>> spot on!  so, i cut those out and used them.
>>>> 
>>>> in short, i am sure if there was enough interest, i
>>>> could get a bunch of
>>>> them turned for under what it cost me to do mine.
>>>> 
>>>> I would also like to note, that i can't do this
>>>> project until the end of may
>>>> at the earliest.
>>>> 
>>>> let me know if anyone has interest.
>>>> 
>>>> oh, and dave, COME GET SOME 280 PARTS!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shayne
>>>> 
>>>> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>>>> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: "Coleman, David"
>>>> <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:39:03 -0400
>>>>> To: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>,
>>>> V8 Audi Fans
>>>>> <v8 at audifans.com>
>>>>> Conversation: [V8] Subframe bushes
>>>>> Subject: RE: [V8] Subframe bushes
>>>>> 
>>>>> I remember previously asking you about those ones
>>>> you made... I don't
>>>>> know who my local delrin-part manufacturer is, but
>>>> I'd sure love a set.
>>>>> Count me in for a set if you decide to make some
>>>> more.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I promise not to pay in '72 280 parts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Dave-
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
>>>> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>>> too many quattros
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:21 AM
>>>>>> To: V8 Audi Fans
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [V8] Subframe bushes
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> i made some out of delrin.  nice upgrade.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Shayne
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>>>>>> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> No they are not the same - last I heard they
>>>> were dealer only.
>>>>> Don't know for
>>>>>>> sure.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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