FijiTT

so does that mean im keeping my turbo cooler with no plate at all?

coasTTal

After losing my underbelly pan due to the nasty ice in Chicago and then screwing up the two radiator fans Dieselgeek decided to make me the test guy for one of these.

After several emails back and forth and pictures I see these are now in production.

I am positive this has saved my oil pan. I now drive over undulating brick streets and hear some pretty good scrapes sounds.

Also, having driven with it for 5 weeks around town and on the interstate I can see no differences in temperature of my oil or water.

This is a very high quality product and a bit of a pain in the *** to install, at least the first time. But, considering the dozen or so screws the existing belly pan has and how hard they are to relocate, removing the few bolts/nuts for this plan should be much easier.

ClarkSJ

and where is it exhausted? Or is there no real flow path and the air is just static in the engine compartment? Does it flow up and to the turbo area? And how much will the air flow contribute to cooling the turbo? And can the air be exhausted given that the hood and cowl areas are sealed with a rubber gasket? How does it reconcile with the air flow coming in from the front grill?

I guess I better pop the hood and take a look with these questions in mind

TTuned

Gotta love the name! I'm getting one myself. :-)

TTinCT

probably a good investment this summer....

TTinWV

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The installation went well - Jim's instructions are very detailed and spot on. My TT doesn't have the stress bar mentioned in the installation instructions (Audi quit using it in 2001). So, Jim's going to send me a couple of rivnuts and bolts to make the rear connection a bit more firm. Other than that, it is very straight forward - took me about an hour.

dieselgeek.com

I went ahead and ran a small batch of a specific version of the MKIV Panzer for dedicated MKI TT use only. The new version has access holes for the driver side front mounting bracket which also allows air to get through the skid plate and into the engine bay. The access holes make the install very easy as compared to coasTTal's version without access holes. Hat's off to coasTTal for helping me flesh this one out!

Jim Royston
dieselgeek.com

TTinCT

and more than likely will pull the trigger this summer....just got another project at the moment consuming my $$! ;-)