[V8] S6 springs in 5kqt? What will happen...

[NIck Miller]

Yea, its a bit jacked up.  Stock C4 springs in an older T44 gives you the
rally stance.  It wouldn't be so bad for snow and for dirt/gravel roads
either.  Looks silly though.

my asumption is that lowering springs for a heavy car won't lower the
lighter car more than a few mms.  They only drop 1.5in in the v8, so
probably nil in a car half a ton lighter.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks a good bit higher than stock to me.  Kind of cool if you have to deal
> with a lot of snow or do any off road driving.
>
> Ed
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> So, I've seen what S6A stock springs look like in a 5kqt, which weighs
> ~3100lbs.  S6A runs about 3900#'s, V8 ~4100#s, and the S4 C4 gen about
> 3800#s.  I'm thinking, I have a set of lowering springs, still, sitting
> around.  What will happen when you put them in a car at least 800lbs less
> than what they were meant for?
>
> I've always really liked the idea of stiffer springs at nearly stock ride
> height with Bilstein HDs but could never find someone to custom wind me
> some
> springs.  So maybe Eibachs and HDs would be a good fit in a lighter car.
> Keeping stock ride height gives you clearance, and allows you to preserve
> suspension geometry and not need camber plates.  Honestly, once you go past
> parallel with your front control arms all the time you're asking for
> trouble
> and poor handling characteristics anyway, and audi had it pretty close on
> my
> V8 anyway.
>
> here's a pic of such a car with stock S6a springs.
> http://i53.tinypic.com/2qbx7w9.jpg
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