Re: 5kTQ swaybar upgrade? 30mm?

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

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:37:05 -0400 (EDT), Charlie Smith wrote:
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>Well, my caliper says 26 mm.  That's measuring the part that comes
>back to the wheel from under the front pan - but it should be the
>same diameter everywhere.  This car was produced in 11/92 ... so what
>exactly uses the 28 mm bars?

And JG added:

>According to the fiche, the 3.6L cars came with a 26mm bar and the 4.2L cars 
>came with a 28mm bar ... of course, this is an Audi and as you know, 
>*anything* is possible.

I have purchased the front bar for the ABH engine code V8 according
to the P/N listed in the fiche (441 411 309 H) and it did measure at 28 mm
in the center of the bar. I didn't check the diameter at the ends but that
could plausibly be reduced from the basic bar size since the ends are so
heavily worked to put in all those fancy bends.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq
87 635 CSi