[s-cars] aluminum TURBO CROSSOVER TUBE

[George Grubr]

is it gold plated?

what failed on my car was the fixture/mount on intercooler side - not the
pipe itself. So me, not knowing any better,  ordered new one (original audi
that is). Replaced, and few miles down the road the turbo side fixture
peeled right of the pipe. So, instead of waiting a week for a new pipe we
used some plastic cement and hose clamps to get the fixture mount back on.
No problem, few miles down the road the turbo side michelin hose was of the
pipe again - perhaps we did not got the clamp tight enough. Another round
and we are back to the starting line ...

to make long story short the new original replacement pipe is POS - is it
softer than the old one and with RS2 turbo at 30+ psi the pipe simply bowed
and deformed on turbo side including the reinforcement metal ring inside.

So we put back on the old pipe with fixture mount from the new one glued on,
reinforced metal ring on turbo side and viola, we're back in business
......this is on 138k miles 95.5 Stage IV so the pressure does get higher
....

On my 92 S4 II+ the original crossover pipe was ok at 165+k miles so .......

George

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of Christopher Gharibo
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 22:56
To: * S List
Subject: [s-cars] aluminum TURBO CROSSOVER TUBE

What is list's opinion on the aluminum TURBO CROSSOVER TUBE from ebay?

I am thinking of replacing my 95.5 S6's with this aluminum piece when the
time comes? Is there a CHEAPER source?

Pros and cons?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46098&item
=2438742269


Thanks,
CG


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