[s-cars] Pop Goes the Michelin Man

[Fred Munro]

But the crossover pipe IS aluminium, Bob - oh, wait, you have the S6, don't
you?

Pity :)

Fred Munro
'94 S4 (aluminium crossover pipe AND a 2-stage hood strut!)

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Robert Myers
Sent: April 8, 2005 7:34 PM
To: Taka Mizutani; Igor Kessel
Cc: Dave Forgie; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Pop Goes the Michelin Man



Now if the cross-over pipe were aluminum rather than plastic that system
just might work.

At 07:19 PM 4/8/2005, Taka Mizutani wrote:

>Igor-
>If this is a major issue with your car, I would suggest doing what the
>factory did with
>the Sport Q- using those threaded rods to couple the two pipes
>together via welded fittings.
>
>James Bufkin has some photos of this at his website- bufkinengineering.com.
>
>Hard to describe without looking at the photo, but basically makes
>hose clamps unnecessary and physically couples the two pipes together
>so that you don't have to worry about a hose end slipping.
>
>I figure with the uber garage, you probably have a MIG welder by now.
>
>Taka
>no Samcos yet on the STi
>
>
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