Re: Bigger sway bars.

[Martin Slotterback <zing@mail.lm.com>]

quattro@rogerswave.ca wrote:
> 
> I know many of you have asked the question of where to get a thicker
> sway bar for your 4kq.
> The stock size is around 24mm and from experience (see the picture on
> my web page) I was not happy with it.  Even adding a rear 20mm sway
> bar did not help things (gave me lovley power slides though).
> I took the stock sway bar to the local junkyard to see if there is a
> car with a simularly dimentioned bar only thicker.
> Guess what?  The closest design to the quattros was the front sway bar
> on a 1982-91 Camaro/Firebird.  For a fee of only $25 I was able to
> take it home complete with bushings/brackets and bushings/links.
> I had a subframe with control arms that I keep just for emergiencies
> so it was easy to see how things are going to fit without spending
> any time under the car.  The bar is 35mm in diameter and it is
> hollow.
> I had to remove a 2" piece from each end of the bar as close to the
> link mounting as possible to reduce the stress and reweld.
> I used the stock control arm bushing but with the Camaro link and
> Camaro sway bar link bushing.  The Camaro bar brackets and bushings
> bolted up (after redrilling) to the 1986 4k subframe (with the two
> instead of single bolt bracket).
> Since the 4kq is still in the paint shop I installed the subframe
> (the 4kq has a different subframe with the two tranny mounts) in
> the '82 Coupe just to see how it works.
> I must say I should find something to install for the back sway bar
> 'couse the front end  pushes wide now.  Does not sway though,
> not even a bit.
> I don't worry about the 4kq becouse I can install another one at the
> back (might even try to go bigger this was not the performance
> packege suspension bar).
> I know lots of you will not approve of a GM part on your Audi, than
> again the price of an aftermarket sway bar may change your mind.
> Martin Pajak
> quattro@rogerswave.ca
> www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5939
> 
> 1982 Coupe (438,000 km)
> 1984 4000s quattro (320,000 km under the wrench)
> 1970 Porsche 911E Targa (also under the wrench)
> 
> Who put my tools in the dishwasher?


  Sounds good {the sway bar} but the climate control is made by GM. ;}