RE: do i have to get a bigger rollbar if i get the 2Bennett setup?

["Lewis, Gary M" <Gary.Lewis@West.Boeing.com>]

I contest that you speak to him at all...

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Gary M. Lewis
1986 5000   CS Turbo 5 Speed   195,000 miles 1.8 bar
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> From: 	Michael Williams[SMTP:daserde@ucla.edu]
> Sent: 	Thursday, May 28, 1998 10:31 PM
> To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: 	do i have to get a bigger rollbar if i get the 2Bennett
> setup?
> 
> Hey all, my friend chris morlock (yes, again) is insisting that since
> im 
> upgrading the rest of the suspension, that i MUST increase the size of
> 
> the rollbar and add one in the rear.  I contest that the one up front
> is 
> already huge for the weight of the car and doesnt need to be upgraded,
> 
> and that in the rear the tie rods act as a roll bar.  Im getting 350lb
> 
> springs up front and 270 in the rear.  So do i have to upgrade?  He is
> 
> gettign his info from the chassis teacher at skyline college here in
> the 
> bay area.  They do have an excellent automotive program,.  But he wont
> 
> believe anyone that has done it and says that its fine and he wont 
> believe that the car is severely overengineered....
> 
> later...
> 
> 
> Michael Sheridan Williams
> ICQ# 11740998
> 
> 1985 4000 S Quattro 175,000+ miles, Pearl White, Koni
> Yellows/2Bennett, 
> strut brace, Sport 8000 Tires, K&N
> 1986 Oceanic Blue, 4000CS Quattro--Parting Out(ask if you want
> anything)
> My father's: 1986 4000 CS Quattro--Graphite 161,000 miles
> 
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