Coupe GT hood and turbo

[Marc Swanson]

> I have heard that when doing a turbo upgrade on the coupe gt the
> air filter
> from a type 44 does not fit under the hood well.  As I have considered
> upgrading the engine and need a new hood I was wondering if a
> sport quattro
> hood like the ones available from TAP would ease the situation.  I believe
> these are like the hood on the top of this page
> http://igdc.com/ejfluhr/Audi/Coupes.html.  However they are ~$700 so maybe
> it would be cheaper to go another route.

cheaper?  You bet.  Cheapest way would be to take your stock airbox top and
hack up the lower airbox so you can spin it around.  More elegant and still
fairly cheap solution is to buy the UrQ airbox top and "Igloo".  Each piece
is about $100 fro the dealer.

see http://www.mswanson.com/audi/digipics/airbox.jpg (note that the
frequency valve is on the car in a different spot.. it doesn't fit the way
it is shown)

http://www.mswanson.com/audi/images/finished1.jpg for a bad picture of the
piece installed on the car.


-Marc-


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