Pierburg Pump, Brakes, etc., etc.

[Steve Sears]

Larry,
The Home Desparate grilles probably look like they belong there more than my home-made jobbies.  I didn't find cutting the plastic that hard though in-situ.  Took the wheel off and you can get right in there.  I did use a real heavy-duty x-acto with a sharp blade - and was very careful not to have the blade suddenly cut an uncontrolled swipe.  The hardest thing I found was heat-bending - even on the lowest setting and with a tight nozzle the heat gun had a tendency to overheat (ie-smoke) the plastic.  I got the vent idea when I heard that some TT owners were doing it on their cars....as I seem to recall....
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: LL - NY 
  To: Steve Sears 
  Cc: quattro at audifans.com 
  Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:59 PM
  Subject: Re: Pierburg Pump, Brakes, etc., etc.


  I have a set of fender liner vents made from a Home Desparate 4" round Heater Duct grille,
  some black spray paint for plastic and a hole saw and Carpet Knife on my UrS6. Located
  the IC and oil coolers, figured out the air was going from bottom to top in the coolers, located
  the grilles immediately above the IC and OC locations (i.e. a 4" round hole). Painted the grilles
  and siliconed them into place in the fender liners. I did have to clearance the bottom of the flange of the IC's grille. No measured data on their effectiveness, but they seem to be holding up well cosmetically and I don't get any notable heat soak (haven't tracked the car yet, so that may be a moot point) so it seems like a worthwhile cooling mod that concievably take less time than the home made louvers (that plastic is tougher than I thought it was). Best part was it was possible to do without having to remove the fender liners (for those whom don't have garages. I didn't when I did  this).

  LL - NY


  On 5/12/06, Steve Sears <steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca> wrote:
    Hi all,
    Pictures of homemade fender vents attached.  Really, I can't see the harm in
    helping to remove some heat from under the hood.  I have no problem with my
    master cylinder (knock on wood), but pretty near every plastic and rubber 
    piece under the hood could do with a little less heat in there.  As Taka
    said, a vent over the passenger side of the engine compartment would be
    nice, and I looked into putting some vents - like M3's have - in the 
    fenders, but the fender vent was the best "no money" alternative I came up
    with.
    Pictures at links:
    http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/23847/img_3711_1_1.jpg 
    http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/23847/img_3713_2_1.jpg
    Vents made with an exacto knife, some needle nose pliers and a heat gun.
    Open end of vents point down, and I'll be the first person to post if I 
    encounter any problems with the setup.
    Cheers!
    Steve Sears
    1987 Audi 5kTQ
    1980 Audi 5k
    1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes


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