RE: Wheel rate v. spring rate (was 17" wheels on an Ur-Q)...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <463d7c73.36a80634@aol.com> JustaxPHX@aol.com writes:

> Actually, what makes *me* think is whether Audi originally designed the Ur-Q's
> suspension around 205/60-15 tires on a 6x15 wheel or 215/50-15 tires on an
> 8x15 wheel.  So far as I can tell, the suspension geometry wasn't changed
> much, if at all, to compensate for the change and given the difference in
> diameter between the two, they both can't be correct.  Is anyone else puzzled
> about this like I am or privvy to the logic behind Audi's decision?  Perhaps
> it was just one of those "happy accidents" that worked out far better than
> anyone thought?

There's an interview with Hans-Juergen Sauer from the original team
in the 1997 UK magazine that explains how the 8" wheels came to be on
the car.

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