ur-q Roll stiffness and cornering

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9704208641.AA864171751@genchip.uunet.ca> "Mike Hopton" writes:

>      I agree with Jeff on this one, certainly regarding the North American 
>      ur-qs. The fiche shows a change in spring starting with VIN  # F 
>      85-E-900-329, interestingly the shocks changed at VIN # F 
>      85-E-900-001?? I've also read that this reduced ride height by about 
>      20mm.

There's a spring change, sure, going to two part numbers - one for a/c cars and 
one for non-a/c cars.  But the technical specifications show no breaks in the 
running gear parameters - these are eight pages on the fiche.  "Ride height" is 
one parameter, shown constant from 1980 to 1991.  Also - the setup values show 
no change.  Apart from the springs, there are no other part number changes, 
except for a comment in the service fiche about "a few selected cars" being 
fitted with slightly different components, and how to recognise these.

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 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club