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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #45 on: March 10, 2011, 12:53:10 pm »






 :driver: The only race I run with the 19" Monzas.     :wink:







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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #46 on: March 10, 2011, 12:58:32 pm »
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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #48 on: March 10, 2011, 01:23:58 pm »
You guess what happened?  :sad:





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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #49 on: March 10, 2011, 01:24:38 pm »
Nice photos, nice car :).

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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #50 on: March 10, 2011, 08:58:14 pm »
Fantastic photos! Love your car 

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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #51 on: March 11, 2011, 12:22:50 am »
Thanx, honeys !!  :drinking:
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Re: Bruce' black one: airbase, Nürburgring & slalom
« Reply #52 on: March 20, 2011, 12:26:28 am »

For everyone interested in anti roll bars I made this table to compare the several stock and aftermarket bars.
Be careful when comparing tube and solid types !!
In general:  aftermarket sway bars are stiffer and they are adjustable front and rear to balance the car.   :happy2:
They all reduce body roll. Ride comfort is reduced just by a small amount.


Some examples:



model / diameter front ( x thickness) / diameter rear (x thickness)


OEM:


A3 Ambition/S-Line: 22,5 x 3,5 / 20,7 x 2,8 both tube

Golf V GTI: 23,6 x 3,5 / 21,7 x 3,0 both tube

Golf V R32: 22,0 solid / 21,7 x 3,0 tube (4-motion)

Golf VI GTI: 23,6 x 3,5 / 21,7 x 3,0 PR-0BF or 21,7 x 3,6 PR-0BM (DCC?) both tube

Golf VI R: 22,0 solid / 21,7 x 3,6 tube (4-motion)

Scirocco R: 23,6 x 3,5 / 21,7 x 3,6 both tube

Touran 170 HP: 23,0 solid / 21,7 x 3,0 tube

Passat R36: 23,6 solid / 21,7 x 3,6 tube (4-motion)

Sharan 2011: 24.0 mm / 20.0 mm both solid




adjustable sport after-market ARBs:


Whiteline: 22 / 22 mm  both solid  (non adjustable)

H&R 'regular': 26 / 22 mm both solid

Eibach AntiRoll: 26 / 23 mm both solid

KW clubsport: 26 / 23 mm both solid

H&R 'big boy': 28 / 24 mm  both solid


H&R 'big boy' II: 28 / 28 mm  both solid  (available at AWE only)

H&R 4-motion: 25 / 25 mm both solid

Whiteline: 24 / 24 mm  both solid

Neuspeed: 25 / 25 mm  both solid

Autotech: 25 / 25 mm  tube

APR/Hotchkis: 27 / 27 mm tube
(does anybody know thicknesses?)


KW CS are identical to Eibach, just painted yellow instead of dark red.


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An awesome car and some awesome pics.

What happened on the track/airfield with the cone? Oversteer spin?

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Yes, it was cold and a bit wet, so no chance to the get the rear tyres warm.
So we had overstering probs. Had a friend driving my car when I took the picture.
One hour later I had similar problems.  :evilgrin:
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WALK, front bushes of S3 arm, S3 hub and bushes of rear trailing arm.
All bushes come from Whiteline.

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Bruce - on your pictures above can you confirm what you have their please.

Are you running S3 hub and arm with everything else OEM Golf e.g. wheel bearing. :smiley:

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Yes, the GTI wheel bearings were still good, so I stayed with them.
As I said on the S3 hub thread all the bearings have the same dimensions.





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