Strut tower brace/wheel upgrade/intake mod

[alan pritchard]

3---- why bother??  the  power gained by such a system will be eaten by the
alternator powering the fan imho. also im sure i read somewhere that ram air
effect comes on around 90mph..........but saying that the larger the scoop
the greater the effect should be...


----- Original Message -----
From: <nicksimc at plu.edu>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:01 AM
Subject: Strut tower brace/wheel upgrade/intake mod


> Hello all, new lister with some questions on easy/cheap upgrades for an 82
> 4ks.  I'm a student on a budget, but have access to a u-pull yard with
> plenty of deceased Audis, as well as a good mechanic, both with decent
> prices.  I intend to do as much of the work as I can or with the help of a
> friend who is descended from a long line of motorheads. Thus I hope to
> avoid going to the mechanic as much as possible.
>
> 1 I intend to purchase a strut tower brace as soon as possible.
> from what I have gathered from researching the audifans archive as well as
> other sites, Jamex seems to be the way to go, but I would appreciate any
> suggestions/opinions etc.
>
> 2 I would like to put some larger wheels on this car, at the very
> least upgrading to the slightly larger rims found on later models.  If I
> can add some width as well, that would be great, but I'm not sure I'm up
> to a 5-lug conversion at this time.
>
> 3 I was also pondering the air intake situation.  This may be a
> hare-brained scheme, but it seems possible to build a scoop augmented with
> a fan so that air would be pulled into the intake at low speeds and start,
> switching off once it can function as a ram intake. The easiest way to do
> this would seem to be to control the fan using the thermo-time switch, but
> I want the fan to work even if the engine is warm and stopped, or at a
> light...  If anyone can think of an easy way to switch the fan on and off
> depending on the air/car speed, that would be ideal.  (Obviously I have
> spent _way_ too long looking at Huw Powell's website... ;) )
>
> Thanks all,
>
> M Nicksic
>
> 82 4ks
>