armchair engineering

[Joshua van Tol]

On May 12, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Mike Arman wrote:

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> (weird - this was sent at 9:30 AM and didn't show up by 3 PM - six  
> hours
> is a long distance at the speed of light . . . )
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>> I know the temptation to armchair engineer is strong with many of
>> you ;-) but give thought to the fact that Audi didn't see fit to
>> install (part or modification X)
>> and I have NEVER seen a vehicle with a heat shield around the master
>> cylinder, even in an insanely packed engine compartment like the TT.

There's at least one example out there. Nissan 280ZXs of some  
configuration had them (probably the turbo version).


>> Maybe it'll work and there will not be any downsides, but I would be
>> concerned that there is -some- reason Audi didn't do it, other than
>> "hee hee, let's make them buy new master cylinders every few
>> years" :-)  I would also say that if you are going through MCs every
>> few years- something's wrong.