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

LL - NY larrycleung at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 11:15:39 EST 2007


Since my belly pan is actually off the car ATM while the S-beotch rests
(trying to see
WHICH part of my Fumoto is leaking, anyone ever have a leaky Fumoto valve?),
I can
take pics and some rudimentary measures of the pan. As for clearing a hose,
(as Robert
suggests) if it's soft enough sheet metal, I would think a large hammer
would do ;-).

BTW, the trap door suggestion would be awesome.

LL - NY

On 1/11/07, Mark Rivera <mrivera at webcats.net> wrote:
>
> 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:
>
>     *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm)
> Pro*
>     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-----
>     From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>     [ 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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