All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Forge or ITG Intake
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: h4rdy on August 12, 2012, 05:18:13 pm ---
Catch cans are snake oil on a road car.
Stick with the PCV.
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....CatchCan system? - I'm very happy with mine by Forge but wasn't with the BSH. Not sure if I would have bothered if buying now - Forum opinions are very split. But I wouldn't go as far as calling them "snake oil". They REDUCE, not stop, the amount of nasty stuff, even on a performance modified road car, and surely that can't be a bad thing. A good one such as by Forge is expensive though.
Review: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,16343.0.html
I think the OEM PCV has been revised - I wonder why? :popcornsoda:
Marshall:
--- Quote from: h4rdy on August 15, 2012, 12:44:16 am ---If you meant where did I get it, it was from a forum member with the maxogen part as well.
But VWR, Awesome and APR sell it as well.
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Well don't think I'll be buying one of them.
I wouldn't pay £441 for an intake.
It would need to be gold plated.
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RedRobin:
--- Quote from: kevs fr on August 15, 2012, 10:01:55 am ---
Well don't think I'll be buying one of them.
I wouldn't pay £441 for an intake.
It would need to be gold plated.
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....Just be grateful you don't run a BMW and fancy an aftermarket intake. Prices are all relative and depend on what money you have spare to spend.
sub39h:
i read somewhere on the forum that the Forge WinTake is due to be released in the UK soon. if US prices are anything to go by they'll be around £100 cheaper than the TwinTake, and considering it's the same piece of kit but without the (most likely pointless*) second intake it should give you exactly the same increased airflow as the TwinTake but cheaper
*i call it pointless as the two intakes still feed into an inlet pipe with a smaller diameter, meaning that the air flow is restricted to that of a single intake at the point of convergence. i'm no expert in flow dynamics, but i'd imagine that the WinTake and TwinTake will have a negligible difference in performance on this basis.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: sub39h on August 15, 2012, 10:45:52 am ---
i read somewhere on the forum that the Forge WinTake is due to be released in the UK soon. if US prices are anything to go by they'll be around £100 cheaper than the TwinTake, and considering it's the same piece of kit but without the (most likely pointless*) second intake it should give you exactly the same increased airflow as the TwinTake but cheaper
*i call it pointless as the two intakes still feed into an inlet pipe with a smaller diameter, meaning that the air flow is restricted to that of a single intake at the point of convergence. i'm no expert in flow dynamics, but i'd imagine that the WinTake and TwinTake will have a negligible difference in performance on this basis.
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....As you can no doubt imagine, when news of the Forge Twintake first hit the forums in America where it was also being tested and developed, there were loud and widespread doubts expressed about the side fed pipe and also the air convergence. Forge USA explained all about the airflow and filter surface areas etc and I have included that info in my Review (linked in this thread earlier).
The fact as I understand it is, illogical as it may seem to be to a layman, Forge's tests show that the Twintake delivers more power than the single pipe Wintake. I had long phone chats with Forge about this and they told me then that they had tried a single pipe version and might release it later as a cheaper alternative - This is the Wintake.
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