[V8] V8 Digest, Vol 75, Issue 6
Roger Woodbury
rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Sat Jan 9 04:26:01 PST 2010
Oh, I am not sure this is right at all. It's been a while since I have used
my Swedish, but I read the caption as: "Swedish police display one of their
new techniques for inspecting roll over crash worthiness at annual
inspection".
But I could be wrong.....
Roger
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: wandering V8 (7013885254)
2. a long drive in the V8 (Karl Middlebrooks)
3. Re: a long drive in the V8 (Dave Head)
4. Re: a long drive in the V8 (Seamus O'Carey)
5. correction Swedish Police vs Criminals or Volvo WC70 vs Audi
100 (c.skoog)
6. Swedish Police vs Criminals or Volvo WC70 vs Audi 100 (c.skoog)
7. CD and burping Bose (Mark Kalbskopf)
8. Intermittent ABS light and diff locking up solved (Mark Kalbskopf)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:10:36 +0000
From: 7013885254 <chance9121 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] wandering V8
To: Jason Wilkerson <wilke_jb at yahoo.com>, V8 list <v8 at audifans.com>
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Yea just the fronts usually get replaced if I'm not mistaken? The rear two
on the front subby are NLA from my findings. Scott at SJMautotechnik is a
good guy to source them from as he also can help you with the process and
has a writeup on his site.
---- Original Message ----
From: "Jason Wilkerson" <wilke_jb at yahoo.com>
Date: 1/5/10 1:30 pm
To: "V8 list" <v8 at audifans.com>
Subj: Re: [V8] wandering V8
Ok then, next question - If I need subframe bushings - where do I get the
bushings? I remember that two are easy and cheap to get, but I somehow
remember two of them being NLA? Anyone? Thanks.
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Brian K. Ullrich <bullrich at ullrichsys.com> wrote:
> From: Brian K. Ullrich <bullrich at ullrichsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] wandering V8
> To: "'Rich Ehlert'" <bkrddrvs at gmail.com>, "'V8 list'" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 12:30 PM
> I wonder if that is a trait of the
> studded tires? In the Dallas-area, we
> never use studded tires in winter. I would think that even
> if the sub-frame
> mounts were marginal, a concerted effort by the driver to
> track straight on
> grooved roads would be successful, at least until the
> bushings just
> completely gave way.
>
>
>
> So, if the suspension and steering components are ok, then
> I have to think
> that the sub-frame bushings are the culprit. The lower
> control arms and
> other steering components bolt up to it. That's still got
> my vote.? :-)
>
>
>
> ? _____?
>
> From: Rich Ehlert [mailto:bkrddrvs at gmail.com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:44 AM
> To: Brian K. Ullrich
> Subject: Re: [V8] wandering V8
>
>
>
> Just a thought.? Mine used to track left to right
> following the grooves in
> the road provided by the studded tires allowed here in WA
> & ID.? Thought I
> had a problem, but if I make an effort to stay out of the
> grooves, It stays
> on line.? Once I get on roads without a lot of
> traffic, I don't seem to have
> a problem.? Tracks straight & true.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Brian K. Ullrich <bullrich at ullrichsys.com>
> wrote:
>
> Second on the subframe bushings. This is the exact behavior
> mine exhibited
> before I changed them.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I vote for bad subframe bushings. These are old cars; if
> the bushings
> haven't been replaced (within the last 10 years), it's
> time.
>
> --
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:09:37 -0600
From: "Karl Middlebrooks" <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com>
Subject: [V8] a long drive in the V8
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First, thanks to the couple of folks, who have offered me a replacement set
of rings for the trunk of my '93. I've been off the air for a while, and
will follow up on those emails shortly.
I'm finally back in West Texas after driving the '93 down from Oregon over
the last 3 days. I was pretty well-behaved and didn't show flagrant
disregard for speed limits too frequently, though I'd forgotten that in
highway driving, I really have to watch my speed while driving the V8 or
I'll wind up doing 90 without really realizing it. The drive was really
enjoyable, and I was pleasantly surprised at the gas mileage I got on the
highway; uphill in mountainous regions wasn't great, but I didn't slow to a
crawl while climbing mountains like most folks, so I was happy.
I was thankful for clear weather; my current set of Yokohama tires is not
made for snow and ice, and I'm happy to have the V8 around here. I have
clients in a few surrounding towns and look forward to being able to do some
serious highway driving with it. I hadn't made the drive from Oregon to
Texas in a V8 before, and it was an extremely comfortable ride. A few
oddball thoughts from the trip:
1) Arizona apparently has a statewide exhibition of their pothole collection
going on right now. It's pretty fantastic.
2) Screw you, Nevada, for stepping down speed limits from 70 directly to 45
when approaching towns that barely merit being on a map.
3) I don't even want to know if the Clown Motel in Tonopah, NV has
clown-themed rooms. I'm not ever, ever, ever staying there.
4) A brothel based out of a maroon-colored double-wide mobile home doesn't
do anything for me.
5) I actually saw a place called S-Mart. I did not stop to ask if anyone
named Ash worked there, or if they sell boomsticks.
6) Dunno what was going on, but I will never speed on I-10 between Phoenix
and Tuscon. I lost count of cop cars after around 20 or so.
7) El Paso is eventually going to devour all of West Texas and some of
Eastern New Mexico.
8) If you're moving faster than me, I'll gladly move out of your way as soon
as I can. However, tailgating me will neither encourage me to go faster nor
move out of your way immediately. It might encourage me to drive right next
to a semi for a long while until you decide to drop back at least far enough
that you can read my license plate again.
9) Yes, it's an Audi. No, I don't mean that it's an A8; I know damn good and
well the model name of my own car. And yes, of course, it has a V8 engine in
it.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:08 -0500
From: Dave Head <v8q at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [V8] a long drive in the V8
To: Karl Middlebrooks <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com>
Cc: Audi V8Q Mailing list <v8 at audifans.com>
Message-ID: <4B465FF8.1070306 at bellsouth.net>
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The town of Eloy (junction of I 10 and I 8 outside of Tucson has been a
speed trap since the 60s. I had a cop chase me out of there in the mid
70s when I was driving to Tucson in my Firebird. He sucked a valve
trying to catch me (to tell me I had a tail light out). When his buddies
caught up with me around Picacho Peak they were not amused. I had been
doing a steady buck and a quarter - looked in the rear view mirror and
saw lights getting closer...
Karl Middlebrooks wrote:
> First, thanks to the couple of folks, who have offered me a replacement
set of rings for the trunk of my '93. I've been off the air for a while, and
will follow up on those emails shortly.
>
> I'm finally back in West Texas after driving the '93 down from Oregon over
the last 3 days. I was pretty well-behaved and didn't show flagrant
disregard for speed limits too frequently, though I'd forgotten that in
highway driving, I really have to watch my speed while driving the V8 or
I'll wind up doing 90 without really realizing it. The drive was really
enjoyable, and I was pleasantly surprised at the gas mileage I got on the
highway; uphill in mountainous regions wasn't great, but I didn't slow to a
crawl while climbing mountains like most folks, so I was happy.
>
> I was thankful for clear weather; my current set of Yokohama tires is not
made for snow and ice, and I'm happy to have the V8 around here. I have
clients in a few surrounding towns and look forward to being able to do some
serious highway driving with it. I hadn't made the drive from Oregon to
Texas in a V8 before, and it was an extremely comfortable ride. A few
oddball thoughts from the trip:
>
> 1) Arizona apparently has a statewide exhibition of their pothole
collection going on right now. It's pretty fantastic.
> 2) Screw you, Nevada, for stepping down speed limits from 70 directly to
45 when approaching towns that barely merit being on a map.
> 3) I don't even want to know if the Clown Motel in Tonopah, NV has
clown-themed rooms. I'm not ever, ever, ever staying there.
> 4) A brothel based out of a maroon-colored double-wide mobile home doesn't
do anything for me.
> 5) I actually saw a place called S-Mart. I did not stop to ask if anyone
named Ash worked there, or if they sell boomsticks.
> 6) Dunno what was going on, but I will never speed on I-10 between Phoenix
and Tuscon. I lost count of cop cars after around 20 or so.
> 7) El Paso is eventually going to devour all of West Texas and some of
Eastern New Mexico.
> 8) If you're moving faster than me, I'll gladly move out of your way as
soon as I can. However, tailgating me will neither encourage me to go faster
nor move out of your way immediately. It might encourage me to drive right
next to a semi for a long while until you decide to drop back at least far
enough that you can read my license plate again.
> 9) Yes, it's an Audi. No, I don't mean that it's an A8; I know damn good
and well the model name of my own car. And yes, of course, it has a V8
engine in it.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:01:21 -0800
From: "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] a long drive in the V8
To: v8 <V8 at audifans.com>
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The question is: did the Coors get to its destination? XD
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Dave Head <v8q at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> The town of Eloy (junction of I 10 and I 8 outside of Tucson has been a
> speed trap since the 60s. I had a cop chase me out of there in the mid
> 70s when I was driving to Tucson in my Firebird. He sucked a valve
> trying to catch me (to tell me I had a tail light out). When his buddies
> caught up with me around Picacho Peak they were not amused. I had been
> doing a steady buck and a quarter - looked in the rear view mirror and
> saw lights getting closer...
>
> Karl Middlebrooks wrote:
> > First, thanks to the couple of folks, who have offered me a replacement
> set of rings for the trunk of my '93. I've been off the air for a while,
and
> will follow up on those emails shortly.
> >
> > I'm finally back in West Texas after driving the '93 down from Oregon
> over the last 3 days. I was pretty well-behaved and didn't show flagrant
> disregard for speed limits too frequently, though I'd forgotten that in
> highway driving, I really have to watch my speed while driving the V8 or
> I'll wind up doing 90 without really realizing it. The drive was really
> enjoyable, and I was pleasantly surprised at the gas mileage I got on the
> highway; uphill in mountainous regions wasn't great, but I didn't slow to
a
> crawl while climbing mountains like most folks, so I was happy.
> >
> > I was thankful for clear weather; my current set of Yokohama tires is
not
> made for snow and ice, and I'm happy to have the V8 around here. I have
> clients in a few surrounding towns and look forward to being able to do
some
> serious highway driving with it. I hadn't made the drive from Oregon to
> Texas in a V8 before, and it was an extremely comfortable ride. A few
> oddball thoughts from the trip:
> >
> > 1) Arizona apparently has a statewide exhibition of their pothole
> collection going on right now. It's pretty fantastic.
> > 2) Screw you, Nevada, for stepping down speed limits from 70 directly to
> 45 when approaching towns that barely merit being on a map.
> > 3) I don't even want to know if the Clown Motel in Tonopah, NV has
> clown-themed rooms. I'm not ever, ever, ever staying there.
> > 4) A brothel based out of a maroon-colored double-wide mobile home
> doesn't do anything for me.
> > 5) I actually saw a place called S-Mart. I did not stop to ask if anyone
> named Ash worked there, or if they sell boomsticks.
> > 6) Dunno what was going on, but I will never speed on I-10 between
> Phoenix and Tuscon. I lost count of cop cars after around 20 or so.
> > 7) El Paso is eventually going to devour all of West Texas and some of
> Eastern New Mexico.
> > 8) If you're moving faster than me, I'll gladly move out of your way as
> soon as I can. However, tailgating me will neither encourage me to go
faster
> nor move out of your way immediately. It might encourage me to drive right
> next to a semi for a long while until you decide to drop back at least far
> enough that you can read my license plate again.
> > 9) Yes, it's an Audi. No, I don't mean that it's an A8; I know damn good
> and well the model name of my own car. And yes, of course, it has a V8
> engine in it.
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:35:36 +0100
From: "c.skoog" <c.skoog at swipnet.se>
Subject: [V8] correction Swedish Police vs Criminals or Volvo WC70 vs
Audi 100
To: v8 at audifans.com
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Darn that keyboard ;-) : It's an XC70 of course.
And by the way, different sorces here in Sweden says it's an Audi 100
others says it's an Audi A6, could be either of them!
Swedish police did a long high speed chase on two drug addict criminals
and it ended like this!
(sorry for the long link)
http://bil.feber.se/art/171564/den_svenska_polisen_vet_minsan/?utm_source=fe
edburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bilfeber+%28Bilfeber+|+Nyheter
+f%C3%B6r+bilv%C3%A4nner%29
Christer
-93 V8 4,2L
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:22:43 +0100
From: "c.skoog" <c.skoog at swipnet.se>
Subject: [V8] Swedish Police vs Criminals or Volvo WC70 vs Audi 100
To: v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <4B47CC53.4060307 at swipnet.se>
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Swedish police did a long high speed chase on two drug addict criminals
and it ended like this!
(sorry for the long link)
http://bil.feber.se/art/171564/den_svenska_polisen_vet_minsan/?utm_source=fe
edburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bilfeber+%28Bilfeber+|+Nyheter
+f%C3%B6r+bilv%C3%A4nner%29
Christer
-93 V8 4,2L
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:11:42 -0500
From: Mark Kalbskopf <gbmarc at cox.net>
Subject: [V8] CD and burping Bose
To: v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <6F435EA0-E1C0-4177-9710-C32735286FF1 at cox.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
My daughter is about to go back to college with the Quattro.
For some strange reason she's not impressed with the burping Bose amps
or the lack of CD player.
(If my dad had offered me a V8 Quattro instead of a 1990 Honda Accord,
I would have been ecstatic!!)
Anyway, I see that FCSR in Florida will repair my amps for about $80 a
side. (I've already tried doing the capacitors myself and failed)
But what about a CD player? What are some good solutions that listers
have found?
Mark K.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:23:35 -0500
From: Mark Kalbskopf <gbmarc at cox.net>
Subject: [V8] Intermittent ABS light and diff locking up solved
To: v8 at audifans.com
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I should conclude the story of my ABS light coming on and scuffing
tires at slow speed, as it might be a help.
Back in November I was determined to get rid of the ABS OFF light
coming on and this tire scrubbing, so I disconnected all 4 ABS sensors
and measured the resistance across each one, hoping to detect an
anomaly. The front right one was slightly different, so I ordered and
installed a new ABS sensor for just this wheel.
I then tested the car but the problem still wasn't fixed. I forgot
about the repair in frustration.
Last week, I ordered the two rear sensors. I was about to begin
installation, when I noticed that I had forgotten to reconnect the
left rear sensor underneath the rear seat. It had been disconnected
since November.
Bingo, problem solved. So the front right one was bad after all and I
never knew it. Bang head against wall!
So it you need a rear ABS sensor, I have two at a reasonable price!! :)
Mark.
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