I remember that someone was removing weight from their A6 and
03-13-2012, 08:43 PM
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I remember that someone was removing weight from their A6 and
I remember that they did find some weights somewhere, but cant remember where. Maybe I already took them out or something, but does anyone know what I'm talking about? I think it was in the rear somewhere, seriously they found weights in the C5, I want them out if I could find them. If anyone knows let me know, thanks... seriously, it just popped back in my brain and I really remember reading about someone removing actual weights on the C5...
03-15-2012, 04:18 AM
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hahahaha, funny. seriously, where are the weights? I really really remember reading and seeing pictures of a guy on this forum or maybe another audi forum taking weights out...
03-15-2012, 06:42 AM
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I remember that they did find some weights somewhere, but cant remember where. Maybe I already took them out or something, but does anyone know what I'm talking about? I think it was in the rear somewhere, seriously they found weights in the C5, I want them out if I could find them. If anyone knows let me know, thanks... seriously, it just popped back in my brain and I really remember reading about someone removing actual weights on the C5...
03-15-2012, 06:38 PM
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Here's the dirty little secret.....
There is no extra weight that was added in the engineering stage or during the production stage, we already drive a sedan with a heavy drivetrain
and if these cars got any less than 21mpg with a V6 on the highway sales would of been in wet toast land even in the begining of the C5 model run, the ony weight that was shed was into the late 02's to 04 with aluminum suspension uprights and the aluminum block 3.0, I notice a considerable difference between my 01 2.8 and 04 3.0 with ride and handling.
The only car manufacturer that I know that added weights was GM on the late 60's convertable Camaro and they were called ballasts filled with mecury
at the corners.
I doubt that Audi would add dead weight, it's just not cost effective any way you slice it.
and if these cars got any less than 21mpg with a V6 on the highway sales would of been in wet toast land even in the begining of the C5 model run, the ony weight that was shed was into the late 02's to 04 with aluminum suspension uprights and the aluminum block 3.0, I notice a considerable difference between my 01 2.8 and 04 3.0 with ride and handling.
The only car manufacturer that I know that added weights was GM on the late 60's convertable Camaro and they were called ballasts filled with mecury
at the corners.
I doubt that Audi would add dead weight, it's just not cost effective any way you slice it.
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03-15-2012, 06:38 PM
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If you want to just pull the rear seats up. Simple as that no strings attached.
03-16-2012, 04:10 AM
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I can't believe GM would use mercury as ballast. Of cource, Mercury was a dead weight to Ford....
03-16-2012, 10:41 AM
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Perhaps it was a joke or something. I wasn't looking to remove seats, or my ac or anything, but I remember a picture with a guy removing weights from the C5, and if it was true, I wouldn't want any weights in my car... Whatever then...