Re: 25v I-5, no such engine

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Phil Payne wrote:

> You're not driving it right.  Slower into the bends, then accelerate.
> The force vectors combine to shift the effective load backwards, sharing
> it more equally.  If you go in fast and coast, you'll get understeer.

	Uhhh, I do drive it right.  BUT, the 4kq and ur-q are still
inherently understeering cars.  Yes, you can get them to oversteer but
when I moved my battery to the rear (no turbo so battery was in front) and
got rid of AC it handled NOTICABLY better on the track and street.  Others
have noticed it to.  The ur-q doesn't handle Bad by any means.  Quite the
opposite, but, it can be better.  For me, stiffer rear springs in most
Audi's seem to fix a lot of the understeer condition and make it MUCH more
balancable.  (I haven't driven TONS of Audis so some of what I say is from
what I have heard from others with Coil-overs and some personal
experience)
	Anyhow, I am very happy with how Audi's handle, but on the track
or Auto-Cross course more oversteer is very welcome for me.
	L8R

	Todd