[s-cars] Belly Pan Needed

[Bob Rossato]

IMO, the belly pan is definitely needed.  It provides ducting for the stock
intercooler (assuming you still have one), has built in NACA ducts to direct
some cooling to the brakes (how effective the ones on the pan are is open
for debate, but it's better than nothing), and it keeps the engine bay area
much cleaner and free of rust especially if you're in a snow belt area where
they use tons of salt.  The latter point may not be an issue for you Teddy
as you're in CA, right?  The oil cooler is fine as it has it's own ducting
through the lower part of the bumper.

And if you do replace the belly pan make sure you use ALL the fasteners.  I
can guarantee all of you that have had these fly off have not used the front
two dzus fasteners.  You cannot rely on the bumper holding the front in.
Especially if your bumper has had a run in or two with those sneaky curbs.

Everybody hates these things, but honestly they are really not that
difficult to deal with at all.  With the aid of a set of Rhino ramps to lift
the car up, I can remove and replace it in less than 5 minutes combined
without rushing.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces+bob.rossato=att.net at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces+bob.rossato=att.net at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
> Theodore Chen
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 1:47 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Belly Pan Needed
>
>
> good timing.  my car's belly pan blew off a few weeks ago.  today, i
> reinstalled it after patching it up with a lot of duct tape.  i was
> unsure about how well it was going to hold up because a lot of plastic
> had been ground away.  i found out that it won't stand up to 100 mph runs
> on the freeway.
>
> so my car is bare bottomed once again.  i wonder how badly i need the
> belly pan.  the water and oil temperatures didn't change at all, and
> neither did the gas mileage.
>
> $150+ seems like a lot of money to pay for a piece of plastic.  is
> this the same part used on the 100?  i may even just buy some roll plastic
> and make a new belly pan.  i already made an undertray for my
> mustang, which
> didn't have one from the factory.
>
> -teddy
>
> --- Tom Mullane <tmullane at snet.net> wrote:
>
> > Aren't they cheaper than that at the dealer?  I think I was quoted about
> > $150 a few months ago.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 22:27:00 -0400
> > From: Keith Maddock <keith.maddock at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Belly Pan Needed
> > To: "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Message-ID: <933ee189041008192726d0664b at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > <keith.maddock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I see Blau has them at $176.95 + ?? freight,  plus $23.80 for
> the hardware
> > kit.
> > >
> > > I would assume (for me) that Blau's shipping would be cheaper due to
> > > closer proximity to Michigan.  I emailed them for a shipping quote.
> >
> > They quoted $20-22 for shipping to MI, sounds better than Dad's then..
> >
> > Not in stock, but they can have them within about 2 days.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Keith
> >
> >
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