RE: quattro-digest V4 #2049

["Spire, Ed" <ed.spire@missioncritical.com>]

> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:34:16 -0400
> From: John Legelis <john.legelis@fmr.com>
> Subject: Re: S6 alignment
> 
> It sounds like you are describing 'camber thrust', which is a common =
> problem with high performance cars.  I'm not sure about the S6, or
> Audis =
> in general, but on some cars it's possible to de-camber the front =
> suspension a degree or two.  That should make the straight line
> handling =
> a bit more predictable, at the expense of some cornering performance.
> =20
> 
> I'm familiar with this phenomenon because when I set my Alfa Spider up
> =
> for the track, with -2deg front camber, it handles great, but is kind
> of =
> scary on the highway. =20
> 
> Good Luck,
> John Legelis
> Boston
> 
> p.s. Try lowering the tire pressure a bit (but not too much, you don't
> =
> want to bend a wheel in a pothole)
> .ans.net
> 
Der UBERWGN is a 95.5 S6 avant and shows no such behavior, so it's not
endemic in the breed.