RE: 4KQ top front stress bar: Sources?

["PAT MARTIN" <MARDKINS@msn.com>]

I said that I got the parts for a Saab not from it. 
 Get some square aluminum tubing, some round flat pieces for the struts, and 
the sweaty welder of your choice and viola.  If you want to get fancy and add 
the adjustable just get 3 nuts and a threaded rod, 1 right hand thread, one 
left hand thread. 

Pat Martin
864000csq 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge,advanced and loving it.  Drilled and 
stopping it.  Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates.
95 subaru legacy 



Which Saab did you get parts off for strut bar and how hard was fitting?
Thanks    Rick


>it will work if you move the brake fluid resevoir. The one I tried was I 
>believe a Neuspeed for a A1.   But Sparco does make a bar that fits and 
>several people have them.  Hopefully one of them will see this and tell us 
>where they bought them.  Otherwise any good custom weld shop should be able 
to 
>fab one up.  I made one for a Saab and even made it adjustable for less than 
>$20 in parts.
>
>Pat Martin
>864000csq 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge,advanced and loving it.  Drilled and 
>stopping it.  Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates.
>95 subaru legacy 
>
>Leigh Anderson wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know of a shop that has experience making top front stress
>> bar for a 4KQ ('85).  Can't find any off-shelf sources, e.g. Neuspeed is
>> a no.
>> 
>> Back in '91 archives a person w/ handle of bazooka! noted a shop in
>> Campbell CA called MotoTech or something like that, but there was no
>> such listing in dir assist.
>> 
>> Ideas anyone?  10/18 PIR track day w/ NW Quattro club coming up fast.
>> 
>> Leigh Anderson
>> 
>> leigh_anderson@mentorg.com
>> 
>> QUATTROS UBER ALLES
>> 
>
>Leigh,
>
>This discussion came up a couple of months back.  I seem to recall
>somebody saying (Pat Martin?) that a stress bar for a Jetta would fit if
>you didn't mind not being able to take the top off of the brake MC. 
>Care to confirm or deny this Pat?
>
>If you find anything special, let me know.  I tried once with an
>original Audi part designed for a TQC.  It didn't work . . . I had
>clearance problems with the positive terminal of the battery.  While it
>was _supposed_ to be welded into place, it wasn't exactly the method
>that I had in mind! <grin>
>
>HTH!
>
>Gary
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>Gary G. Erickson            Member #82 NW Audi Quattro Club
>Business Solution Integrators, Inc.
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