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

Mark Rivera mrivera at webcats.net
Fri Jan 12 11:22:05 EST 2007


Thanks, but Ian already sent me photos.  Just need to get my hands on one
now...

Mark
  -----Original Message-----
  From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
  Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:16 AM
  To: Mark Rivera
  Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)


  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:

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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-----
        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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