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VWR Intake disappointing
csrigo:
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on June 29, 2018, 02:03:03 pm ---The ETA was 4-6 weeks after they finish redesigning and changing bits, which they still had plenty to do 3 weeks ago. I wouldn't expect it to be ready until at least August, if not longer/ever.
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking. TBH out of principle I would rather not buy one of these kits for the fact they kept supplying these unfit ones that could potentially damage the cooling system on the car which in my mind is ridiculous to start with. They know it is a flawed product that could potentially cause catastrophic damage and yet no recall as far as I am aware..could be wrong tho.
The problem being from reviews they work well (when modified to fit correctly) which is the point I suppose. Just garbage for the price.
pudding:
I haven't heard anything since the 15th, but I'm not expecting to for at least another 2 - 4 weeks tbh.
I like the Racingline intake because it's quiet as far as these drainpipe style intakes go, and it's MAF error is pretty reasonable compared to some.
The HPA v2 is a manifold btw, and definitely not worth the money or effort! There are a couple of decent intakes from Germany, namely Diblas and HG motorsport, but they are something like 500 euros......which is an expensive Brexit price now that the Euro is almost £1.
I suspect most, if not all of the delays will be with ITG. I've witnessed first hand how quickly Racingline work on things.
Dave J:
I really do like the look and sound of this intake more than any other on the market, which is why I bought one. I'm still frustrated that the availability date of this revised version is still unknown. Surely VWR, with a good project planning team could confirm when the revised intake will be available.
I'm still worried about driving my car everyday & that the coolant nipple will be broken off again.
If this isn't sorted by August when my next service is due, I will go back to the standard filter now and chuck the VWR thing in the bin. I couldn't sell it on due to my conscience. Currently, I have no confidence that a revised kit will ever be issued to existing users, & I really worry about the reliability risk on my engine by a so called 'upgrade'. Where do we stand in terms of trading standards in terms of selling a product unfit for use, now that it has been acknowledged by VWR? How about if my engine blows up in the meantime due to this kit running the coolant dry?
Sorry to be so annoyed, but I am utterly frustrated that this is not moving quickly. I really do not care that VWR say they are balancing their time with our complaint against getting new products to market - there will be no market left for them if the products for the MK7R prove to be like this one...
csrigo:
--- Quote from: Pudding on June 30, 2018, 12:59:33 pm ---I haven't heard anything since the 15th, but I'm not expecting to for at least another 2 - 4 weeks tbh.
I like the Racingline intake because it's quiet as far as these drainpipe style intakes go, and it's MAF error is pretty reasonable compared to some.
The HPA v2 is a manifold btw, and definitely not worth the money or effort! There are a couple of decent intakes from Germany, namely Diblas and HG motorsport, but they are something like 500 euros......which is an expensive Brexit price now that the Euro is almost £1.
I suspect most, if not all of the delays will be with ITG. I've witnessed first hand how quickly Racingline work on things.
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Lol apologies I meant the HG FSeries v2....predictive on the tablet must've put that in and I've not noticed....side note I have looked at the intake manifolds before out of curiosity and agreed didn't think they wld be worth the money. Had a cast Dbilas..i think..on a 20vt mk4 that I didn't buy but noticed the port orrafices werent that much bigger...all about flow I guess.
After all my moaning I bought one of these intake kits and fitted it last night.. I will stick some pics up later...the bracket at the grill got chopped to adjust to my airtec cooler...n75 hose got trimmed that was fouling the most on mine.... I have about 10mm gap between the coolant elbow and box however it does come back and marginally touch it after a run. I may have an idea..need to see. I will check my LTFT today with regards to the MAF sensor it defo should be profiled more...seems sealed 'ok' for now but I will wait till I vcds and change as needed.
pudding:
Yeah that looks like a good intake and no doubt fits a whole lot better :grin:
In 2 VWR intake kits, my MAF was loose as hell. The weather seal wasn't compressed at all. I was seeing trims in the 5 - 8% region with my pipe modified to nip up the weather seal. Would probably be higher if I left it! For reference, my standard intake with a brand new MAF and running stock software is showing <1% trims. 8% is a big error if OEM is that close to zero. The ECU is bunging in nigh on 10% more fuel than it needs to, and remember that's a long term average, so can spike to higher percentages. Keep an eye out for black smoke, crap mpg and poor off boost throttle response etc.
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