Re: [tech] suspension - Front upper stress bar Q's

["andkat" <forgotit1@home.com>]

I don't think anybody would notice the car handling any different with or
without a upper stress bar.  The only time I've seen the paint on the strut
towers cracking is after somebody hit a curb.  There is just know way those
things are going to flex enough to make a difference. The lower is a
completely different story.

Andy 1.9 '79
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Block <RandyB@E-Risk.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: 15 January, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: [tech] suspension - Front upper stress bar Q's


>Ok,
>Since were on the subject of suspension components.
>I am currently running a Neuspeed upper strut tie bar, always have on my
>A1's
>What are others running that they believe to be better and why?
>I have always had my doubts about the Neuspeed unit due to small tubing
dia.
>and possible flex at the bends.
>I have had to BOW the bar to get it to fit before, this seems to discredit
>the functionality of the bar, right?
>Should the bar have SOME flex in it?
>I have seen other designs that seem to provide more stiffness, Dick W's
>square tube bar, Craig's stainless bar, bars with much larger tubing dia,
>etc... etc...
>My guess is the reason the Neuspeed bar is so common is simply due to the
>#'s made and the low price.
>
>I guess my question is:
>Is STIFFER better, or should there be a little flex in the upper strut tie
>bar.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Randy B
>81 (Mars) Scirocco S - Techtonics Tuning 1847cc 8V
>81 (Cosmos) Scirocco S - future Oettinger 16V project
>87 Jetta GLI 16V - daily driver
>
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