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Old 04-13-2008, 04:36 AM
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A friend was asking me last night about the RS4 chassis. Is it the A4 chassis with all the RS4 "stuff" put on, or is the RS4 chassis purpose built from the ground up? I know Quattro makes the car, not audi, and I recall reading that it shares very little with the A4 (Something like water pump and front doors)
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The A4, S4, RS4 are built on the "8E" chassis.
Old 04-13-2008, 11:21 AM
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Default I thought RS4 chassis is modified/stiffer...

does anyone know? I know some of you have been to the factory. Let's hear it...
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Default IIRC, they send bare 8E chassis from ingolstadt to neckarsulm, where Quattro then builds the RS4.

and they share a lot more than just the water pump and front doors. virtually all of the electronics are shared, for example.
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Default It has different components attached to it but they all have the same chassis....

many of the suspension components, mounts, etc are indeed stiffer.
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"chassis" is confusing ... the body shell is a monocoque.
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