All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Whose kept their oem air intake?
r5gtt:
Audi spent a lot of money developing an airbox but look what happens when you replace it with a 3 inch Badger tip and cone filter :jumping: :jumpmove:
VW are just a rip off as they even cheated the world with the emissions hahaha
rashg60:
--- Quote from: shoaybmakda on December 11, 2015, 04:00:23 pm ---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:
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Has this been fitted Shoayb? How did it go? Post a video/pics if you can. Or better still drive down to Nottingham, have some shisha, then let's go for a blast!
If you decide to sell, let me know, may be interested. Although I am unsure at the moment. Will have to see it in the flesh and listen to it before making a decision.
shoaybmakda:
@rashg60 sounds like a plan we will have to arrange a mini meet :happy2:
pudding:
--- Quote from: Madone on December 08, 2015, 07:56:20 am ---I am stage 2+ on my eddy with standard air box and vwr panel filter. I can't quantify how much the panel filter adds or doesn't but the car drives prefectly and makes perfect stage 2+ power. I tried a induction and hated the noise.
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Same. You won't get a better compromise than the factory solution. The amount of money car makers spend on NVH and flow optimisation is scary. Designing a bit of drain pipe with a filter on the end really doesn't take much skill at all, but if folk aren't bothered by every day refinement, then a 3-5% gain right at the top end can be expected, but it will probably blunt the bottom end a bit.
What I dislike the most about after market filters is cotton gauze. It sucks as a filter. I know it's been an internet debate for decades, but unpleat a standard filter and lay it out on a table. Do the same to a K&N and there's no denying the physics - surface area 101. One will need changing at 20,000 miles. The other will need cleaning in a 3rd of that mileage, but if folk don't mind a bit of extra maintenance, again, the reward is a very slight gain up top.
I'd always start with the exhaust first on a turbo engine because the turbo itself is the restriction, not the air filter.
Madone:
It's never going to be as simple as a bit of drain pipe and a filter. As you say VW spend a fortune of tuning the intake system as a whole. It's all matched together, I am sure the intake length, manifold design, Intake runner etc etc is all optimised for the airbox. I tried a induction kit and it ruined the low down torque and general low speed drive ability.
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