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Dubtek:
Just thought I'd post up something we are working on at the moment....

Its not as per the one pictured below, as thats an Evo 7 headlight, but we're doing the same thing, making an air intake mould which will hopefully be road legal and retain all the original lights. If we cant achieve this then we'll make it a track only mod. Either way I think with the intake being where it is on the Golf it will make for a really good mod and allow a nice new flow of cold air flow directly into that filter.

Will keep you posted on developments and post a picture of the finished product as soon as its done..

RedRobin:
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That's a very interesting and novel idea :congrats:

As the Twintake proves, there's no doubt that more 'cold' air (fresh air might be a better description) can be sucked in from around the headlight area and it avoids the water ingress potential when the intake is at foglight level.

However, although I'm no expert, my gut feeling tells me that it might not get through MOT due to headlight beam requirements. Certainly this mod couldn't be applied to sealed Xenon units.

Thinking aloud, it would appear to significantly add air flow to a GTI with ITG tubular intake.

Are you thinking of this mod as an extra air intake to the normal upper grill front?

paulk:
the oe intake on the grill is so small its unreal...i cant belive there are no after market ones with a larger intake mouth...even the carbinio ones have a very small catch area :stupid:

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: paulk on June 29, 2010, 09:42:02 am ---
the oe intake on the grill is so small its unreal...i cant belive there are no after market ones with a larger intake mouth...even the carbinio ones have a very small catch area :stupid:


--- End quote ---

....Again, I'm not an expert but I had long conversations with Andy @ ITG while they were developing their 2.0T FSI intake and my understanding was that the most efficient type of air inlet was a Venturi shape and it wasn't a question of size of inlet. Full frontal inlets are going to grab more air than those which are positioned more towards the side.

I wouldn't underestimate the OEM frontal upper grill inlet position.

paulk:
but its so thin....must be a easy way to make it larger

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