Reducing Front Weight Bias

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  • s2_wot
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    changing the gearbox to one from an A5 quattro seems to be pretty much the only OEM way to move the engine rearwards with respect to the location of the front wheels.

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  • rynaqui
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    I've heard some people on here with project cars managed to move the engine slightly further back? (Not sure how it is possible). Engine is the biggest killer as they are super heavy.

    The radiator isn't that heavy to begin with though so it's a very marginal difference..

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  • targus
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    move psp and replace with a electric one
    fibreglass bonnet, wings, bumper.
    coilovers should be lighter than the urq stuff.

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  • URquattroGus
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    Reducing Front Weight Bias

    So, all of these cars are front end heavy, but I wondered if there was much I could feasibly do to reduce the front end weight of my quattro.

    Ideas;

    1) Replace the Brass Rad with an Aluminum one
    2) Replace the Steel bonnet with a Glass Fibre or even Carbon bonnet (££)
    3) Change the front wings (very reluctant to do this)

    How much weight if any do you think these measures would strip away?

    Probably marginal? I also don't like the crappy finish of some of the fiberglass bonnets that I have seen.
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