[s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)

Mark Rivera mrivera at webcats.net
Thu Jan 11 09:51:20 EST 2007 

Does anyone have a good pic of the belly pan?  Robert, I'm sure something
could be done for clearance, so long as everyone with a FMIC had the same
issue.  My guess would be that the pans would be made to fit an unmodified
car, and folks could trim and make minor adjustments as necessary.  The
material will surely be relatively thin gauge aluminum, so modifications
would be simple with a pair of tin snips...

Mark
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Robert Myers [mailto:robert at s-cars.org]
  Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:39 AM
  To: hoog23 at aol.com; mrivera at webcats.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)



  If sheet metal belly pans are developed let me suggest at least one change
in the basic pattern.  Provide a trap door through which the oil filter can
be changed and oil can be drained from the engine.  That would also require
some sort of fastener to keep the door closed.  Hinges and a screw or two?

  Also, at least in my case, there is a piece of pipe for my FMIC which
drops a little below the "plane" of the belly pan near the horn.  It would
be helpful to have some simple direct method of accommodating such
variations.

  At 09:20 AM 1/11/2007, hoog23 at aol.com wrote:

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    I got a slightly damaged clean one that could be used as a 'mold.'

    I think it lasted about 2 weeks before my wife took it out.  I ended up
putting my original back on with zip ties.


    -----Original Message-----
    From: mrivera at webcats.net
    To: s-car-list at audifans.com
    Sent: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 8:53 AM
    Subject: Re: [s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)


    Speaking of a sheetmetal replacement, does anyone offer these?  I might
be
    willing to have some made here through work if there's enough interest.
We
    could maybe set it up as a group buy.  The UrS4 I bought a few months
ago
    didn't have one, and I'd really like to make one instead of paying a
small
    fortune for a piece of plastic.  We even have louvering capabilities
here,
    so the sky's the limit so far as design goes.  I just don't have a part
to
    start with.....  Anyone willing to help?  I'm sure you all have ideas
how
    you'd improve the factory piece...

    Mark

    -----Original Message-----
    From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
    [ mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
    calvinlc at earthlink.net
    Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:17 AM
    To: Tom Winter; s-car-list at audifans.com
    Subject: Re: [s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)


    After the first time that I had to take it off and put it on to change
the
    oil, it never went back on again.  That was 83k miles ago...and I live
in
    the Denver area as well.  The only adverse thing that I know of that is
    quantifiable is that you don't get very good cooling from the
intercooler
    with it off, lose a little power.  I have been meaning to make a sheet
of
    sheet metal that just covers up the intercooler area but I just haven't
    gotten around to it yet.
    --Calvin


    -----Original Message-----
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    [ mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Tom Winter
    Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:21 PM
    To: s-car-list at audifans.com
    Subject: [s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)


    Well, I had a belly pan. But it must have gotten ripped right off the
car by
    some of the deep, icy ruts we have here in Colorado. Ya woulda thunk
that I
    would have noticed some sort of sound, but, nope. Gotta turn down the
tunes,
    I suppose.

    It will be easier to change the oil this weekend with the bastard
already
    torn off, but I'd like to replace it.

    First, though, any problems if I don't? (aside from the obvious dirt and
    other junk spraying up into the engine compartment) I've got a bunch of
    travel coming up and there's no way to deal with it immediately. No time
at
    all. . .

    And, what might I expect to pay for such an important part? I suppose
that
    similar year A6's will be the same (like 95s and 96s?). Me thinks that
it
    will be easier for me to source a used one from an A6 in these parts.

    And, if you live in these parts, (Colorado front range/I-70 corridor to
    Aspen) and have a used one, whatcha want for it?

    Thanks in advance, all.

    Tom
    95 S6 Avant


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