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Re: The way of the rear sway bar?
I know the quattro has the rear ind setup, thank you all for pointing that
out. I wanted to know why Audi canned the rear bar for the s4 and if they
changed suspension tuning for it.
#2 Did the 86 and up 5k/200 quattros have a rear bar?
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*Steve Sachelle Babbar
*'87 5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Ti Kan wrote:
> Sachelle Babbar writes:
> > > > I have a book and it might be in my manual of the rear suspension type of
> > > > the 84 5kT. It says.....with integral sway bar." I have never seen one and
> > > > my wrecked 84 in my back yard has an identical suspension as my 87 which
> > > > does not make any reference to an rear anti roll bar.
> > >
> > > It's inside of the torsion beam.
> > >
> > So then what about the 85 and afters? Do they have this anti roll bar?
> > Where was the one on the 91 200tq and the 92 s4?
>
> Only front-drive Audis have a torsion beam rear axle. The quattro models
> have a fully independent setup. Some models have a separate rear
> anti-woll bar, others don't.
>
> -Ti
> 96 A4 2.8 quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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