What components are different on the s6 suspension compared to the sport 4.2?
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Forged aluminum uprights and control arms instead of formed steel = unsprung weight savings...
...as well as an even stiffer and lower than "sport" spring/shock set with better damping. Same treatment for all S models.
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Same aluminum parts as 4.2 and 2.7; different shocks and springs?
The 4.2 (and 2.7 I think) have had the aluminum parts since introduction in the US. My early 2000 4.2 certainly does. Per a prior post the intro date was different (later) in Europe and elsewhere from what I've read in the Audi worldwide site press release archives. The 2.8 (now 3.0) was cut over to these later than the 2000 introduction of the 4.2 and 2.7 in the US. The aluminum stuff was first rolled out in the A8 a year or so earlier in response to a lot of handling cricism from what I saw in the press.
S6'ers will have to comment on the springs and shocks in the field. The Audi press releases have cited a 30% increase as I recall, but they've also said that in sports suspension related PR--you would have to check it at the parts # level perhaps--harder to do here apples to apples where the sedan is a 4.2 and the wagon the S6.
S6'ers will have to comment on the springs and shocks in the field. The Audi press releases have cited a 30% increase as I recall, but they've also said that in sports suspension related PR--you would have to check it at the parts # level perhaps--harder to do here apples to apples where the sedan is a 4.2 and the wagon the S6.
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I stand corrected. It's the 2.7 and 2.8 that have formed steel uprights I believe; as for....
...the question about the shocks,from what I understand the springs/shocks on the S6 are 10mm lower and somewhat stiffer than the sport package available on other A6 models as I stated in my first response. Is this an improvment? I would say yes.
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