Re: Blown Bellows

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Mon, 10 Jul 1995 AUDIDUDI@delphi.com wrote:

> > That is part of the energy absorbing bumper jeff, I was told by one of the
> > audi techs that it is used to absorb some of the shock of the lite front
> > end hits from cracking the plastic on the bumper......
> 
> I figured as much but why is there only one of these and why is it mounted
> off-center?  It seems logical to me that Audi would've used a pair of them
> and mounted them symmetrically if they are really part of a safety system. 
> Perhaps my bodyshop friend knows more about 'em...

	The assymetricity (?) is prolly due to the fact that the engine is
biased toward the right side of the car. 


Later,									
Graydon D. Stuckey								
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu								
'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, GDS Racing Stage 1
'83 Mazda RX7 w/13B, GDS Racing Stage 58474