Swapping the engine cover

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:33 am

Just purchased the engine cover off ebay. Quite sexy when new. The lettering and logo is a matching frosted finish like the aluminium trims in the interior and aluminium optics on the exterior.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:36 am

Tolerance in manufacturing is not great. You can see when I try to line up the covers against the intake runners, both covers don't line up perfectly. Maybe Audi used different manufacturer for this.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:39 am

However, the 4 mounting areas line up great against each other on both covers at the back. I have included pics of the engine with the cover off so it's easier to spot the 4 mounting clips.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:40 am

Part number in case people want to know.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:42 am

Weight comparison. The carbon one is the lighter version.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:48 am

Viola. No issue with installation even though both covers don't line up perfectly. The cover is quite easy to take off, just pull off gently with your fingers at each corner. I tried to do it last night when engine was hot and it wouldn't come off, but this morning it came off easily after cooling off overnight.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:49 am

And off it goes into storage till I get other carbon parts for the engine bay. I want to see how they turn yellow with heat in comparison to one another.

Post by **Wilko** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:34 am

Looks good.

Can you provide the eBay link as I've been looking for one, but can only find one located in the States.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:12 pm

Mine was from the US also.

Post by **nwk00** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:00 pm

nwk00 wrote:Tolerance in manufacturing is not great. You can see when I try to line up the covers against the intake runners, both covers don't line up perfectly. Maybe Audi used different manufacturer for this.

Made a mistake, the covers are actually identical in size. The left and right intake runners are staggered so when I line the left side of one with the right side of the other, they obviously can't line up perfectly. My bad.

Post by **Brooner** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:10 pm

one on ebay.de

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Audi-RS4-8K-S4-B ... 3ce21263e4

499 Euros

Post by **RS6chris!** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:41 pm

I hope that weight loss is noticeable in the improved performance!

Post by **Rev** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:55 pm

Throw in the wallet weight loss and performance can only go one way.....

Post by **nwk00** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:25 am

I will be sure to post a runway take off picture when I am in negative weight territory

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