TT recall, why, and poss. solutions!
10-20-1999, 05:48 AM
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TT recall, why, and poss. solutions!
I just got back from Europe, and there was quite an uproar in the magazines regarding the TT's handling--and as you can see from the front page at this site, a RECALL has been commenced in Europe.
To give you a background, there have been quite a few instances, in Europe--where traveling at higher speeds is the norm on the Autobahn's--that under sudden hard braking---the car goes into a spin--induced by the rear end braking free and coming around.
The TT is quite heavy on the front half anyway, hence the larger brakes on the front vs. the tiny ones in the rear. Most of the initial braking--I've heard as much as 80%--is in the front& with the weight load shift--it's plain to see why this could occur. Quite a few of these instances have occured in wet weather as well as dry.
An example: Imagine driving down the highway at 75mph+ all of a sudden people brake hard in front of you, you apply mid to hard range brake pedal pressure and the car immediately goes into a spin and WHAM!! The other cars stayed in a straight line. That's a real story!!
You can opt for better tires, wider track etc. mount sway bars and better shocks, and Audi is offering a spoiler for the rear deck--ie: to induce more downforce at high speed.
My recommendation is to opt for better tires, ie: 235/40/17 or even upsize and go w. the sway bars. Perhaps some tuners can modulate the brake pressure to translate a bit more to the rear brakes. Just some opinions, hope the INFORMATION helps.
To give you a background, there have been quite a few instances, in Europe--where traveling at higher speeds is the norm on the Autobahn's--that under sudden hard braking---the car goes into a spin--induced by the rear end braking free and coming around.
The TT is quite heavy on the front half anyway, hence the larger brakes on the front vs. the tiny ones in the rear. Most of the initial braking--I've heard as much as 80%--is in the front& with the weight load shift--it's plain to see why this could occur. Quite a few of these instances have occured in wet weather as well as dry.
An example: Imagine driving down the highway at 75mph+ all of a sudden people brake hard in front of you, you apply mid to hard range brake pedal pressure and the car immediately goes into a spin and WHAM!! The other cars stayed in a straight line. That's a real story!!
You can opt for better tires, wider track etc. mount sway bars and better shocks, and Audi is offering a spoiler for the rear deck--ie: to induce more downforce at high speed.
My recommendation is to opt for better tires, ie: 235/40/17 or even upsize and go w. the sway bars. Perhaps some tuners can modulate the brake pressure to translate a bit more to the rear brakes. Just some opinions, hope the INFORMATION helps.
10-20-1999, 06:05 AM
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Is this an ad for people to buy your wheels so TT's don't crash?
If the problem was that easy to fix, wouldn't that be lots cheaper than spoiler and all the suspension upgrades? Don't you think the Audi engineers have already done analsys on the problems and the proper ways to correct them?
-Jenner
RIP '99.5 1.8T QMS Spoiler/Garrett/MM Spiders
'00 180QX TT(Friday!)
-Jenner
RIP '99.5 1.8T QMS Spoiler/Garrett/MM Spiders
'00 180QX TT(Friday!)