Re: 5kTQ swaybar upgrade? 30mm?

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

At 05:22 PM 9/30/99 -0400, you wrote:

>> I hope I don't go down in flames on this one, but I believe that the bar
>> JG is referring to is, in fact, 28 mm and that he would agree after checking
>> the parts bin.  Since torsional stiffness increases with the 4th power
>> of diameter, those 2 mm add up to a significant increase in roll stiffness.
>> The heavy bracket P/Ns are there in the fiche too. Don't forget to order
>> the rubber mounts and longer bolts that go with. Maybe you can
>> just reuse all the old stuff but I figure there must be a rationale for
>> the bracket change beyond the extra 2 mm.
>
>I'll measure the one of the front of my '93 V8 after bit, and post 
>the results.
> 
>    - Charlie
>

Yeah, that oughta by the one. The ABH engine I think.

>
>Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  614-471-1418  
> http://elektro.cmhnet.org/~charlie/  Columbus Ohio   USA
>
>
> 4 wheeled fleet:	     
>_______________________
>93 V8 Quattro     4,200cc