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Whose kept their oem air intake?
shoaybmakda:
Should have done some proper research! Well I'm fitting it today hopefully so worst case if I don't get on with it can always sell it on and go back to stock.. Slipper my slope indeed! :signLOL:
Scottymon:
--- Quote from: Vwgtiking on December 11, 2015, 09:39:01 am ---Scotty, that sounds good but I want to replace the pipe from turbo to maf. Have you kept the plastic pipe? What filter have you used and any noise difference?
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Nah I kept that standard mate. I have a K&N panel, but makes no difference...
I had a Carbonaro (Spelling?) does nothing, but didn't expect it to really, sold it.
Had a Neuspeed Pipe on a stick, lots of noise and extra breathing top end, sold it :)
Had a Volant CAI for a while too, was ok, not so much noise and looked very OEM, but again didn't have as much low down torque as the standard crap box (I call it that, because I hate the design, with all those bloody bungs that split on you), here's the Volant:
r5gtt:
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on December 09, 2015, 08:17:49 am ---
--- Quote from: r5gtt on December 08, 2015, 11:04:57 pm ---After fitting a pipe and filter I'm very much doubting them now unless the cars had a very minimal stage 1 which I'm not contemplating at the moment. I can't understand why they are selling these DV'z if they cause problems as the big tuners sell them and don't mention anything regards losing power :confused: Not saying you don't know but I'm just shocked at this. My tt had mods Badger5 v3 tip, Cone filter FMIC relentless down pipe de cat cat back milltek de baffled charge pipe and no issues with power before a re map in fact a little bit throatier and after the remap it was very quick.
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Gains on a stock map are minimal, often find you lose some low down torque and gain a small amount of top end HP. Only really worthwhile when remapped at a minimum. There are also good designs/intakes and bad ones, and the MAF housing size & diameter along with the MAF calibration in the software are critical for optimising performance and need to be matched.
Revo software for instance (and this is from experience) - When upgrading to Stage 2 software, I used the original MAF housing cut from the airbox, and as a result saw poor response/performance, high fuel trims (+15%!) and low MAF readings. Swapping to an aftermarket intake and MAF housing (same MAF housing diameter and sensor placement as the Revo intake) saw the car run much better. Even swapping from my current MAF pipe to that of another manufacturer (the Ramair kit which positions the sensor slightly differently) results in a big drop in performance. This is due to the MAF calibration being matched to their intake.
Why do 'big tuners'/companies do anything? To turn a profit. There is a gap in the market for people wanting the dump valve noise and they fill it, make it sound as good as possible to maximise sales and profit. Since when is any company 100% truthful about how good a product is? How often do you see those electric fans that go in your intake claim an extra 25hp? Or those fuel magnetiser things that go over the fuel pipe and claim to increase performance and fuel economy?
The difference with your TT is that you used the original MAF and MAF housing, so you'll see nothing but gains by removing restriction with the filter and TIP, the MAF reading and scaling would still be 100% correct
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Thanks for the explanation Dan, I was also thinking maybe if I fitted a mesh in before the MAF might help as it's restricting the full flow like the oem one and help me with my woes?.
I did think about thr tt having the oem maf housing and yes everything else is a bonus for the tt 225 :drool:
Thanks
M
r5gtt:
--- Quote from: K9 on December 10, 2015, 09:32:22 am ---
--- Quote from: r5gtt on December 07, 2015, 11:34:16 pm ---I'm selling my neuspeed P-flow pipe and Ramair filter as my DSG isn't happy with it not driving properly.
Going to buy the above replacement panel filter instead. don't want the noise as I'm going to make noise from the forge DV i have lol
M
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Why didn't it drive well?
Writen with my fingers
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Basically what happens with this Neuspeed is I get lots of air sucking in with high revving but cars not going anywhere like a manual car clutch slipping???
Put the oem ugly box back on and """wham""" cars like a rocket again.
Love the sound but dislike what it's doing to my car's performance and swollowing all my fuel up too.
Standard map so maybe that's the problem here. can't say for sure but I'm going to sell the Neuspeed P-flow with the huge Ramair filter and juat stick the ugly box back on.
M
white91:
Basically VW spend a lot of money developing an air box, then some bloke buys some pipes and builds one in his shed, there's the difference
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