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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2013, 12:55:48 am »
Cheers, love the Volant Powercore.
Anyone know where to buy one? Or one for sale?

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #31 on: May 27, 2013, 08:10:32 am »
^^^^ American eBay or direct from Volant in the US of A.  :happy2:
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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #32 on: May 27, 2013, 12:28:14 pm »
It's much quieter than an open air, infact when driven normally you'd barely notice it:

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Compared to a Neuspeed P-Flo:


Neither video is mine. 
IF you want the noise all the time, then go for an open cone, otherwise a closed system will suit you better.

The bottom video is my car, it is a loud intake and can at time draw attention your way.
It chatters and dumps very loud. I personally like it and think that it is a great bit of kit for the price. Easy to fit (except the clip that holds the intake pipe above the turbo, very tight to get at).
if you go to my youtube page from that video there are a few videos of the sound inside the car.

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #33 on: May 27, 2013, 08:55:58 pm »
^^^^ American eBay or direct from Volant in the US of A.  :happy2:

Cheers, just had a look $900! Plus shipping, taxes etc. Dam like it but not at £500


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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #35 on: May 28, 2013, 10:41:13 am »
It is yours mate, my engine bay is dirty in comparison, so stole your pic :happy2: 

It works out a lot more expensive when you have to pay taxes, think mine came to ~£250... which was more than I wanted to pay tbh... but at least it's different and as said, I like the OEM look.

Different and still substantially cheaper than twintake or ITG/VWR  :happy2:
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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #36 on: May 28, 2013, 02:13:19 pm »
Or just found this site:

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/volant-powercore-cold-air-intake-volkswagen-gti-20l-0608-p-108224.html?currency=GBP

Pretty sure I paid £148 for mine plus shipping from USA, add VAT to that if the shipping label is legible
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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #37 on: May 28, 2013, 02:37:14 pm »
Or just found this site:

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/volant-powercore-cold-air-intake-volkswagen-gti-20l-0608-p-108224.html?currency=GBP

Pretty sure I paid £148 for mine plus shipping from USA, add VAT to that if the shipping label is legible

Do you have a link to the site you got it from? Or name of company, cheers that price sounds great.

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2013, 06:52:55 pm »
Or just found this site:

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/volant-powercore-cold-air-intake-volkswagen-gti-20l-0608-p-108224.html?currency=GBP

Pretty sure I paid £148 for mine plus shipping from USA, add VAT to that if the shipping label is legible

Do you have a link to the site you got it from? Or name of company, cheers that price sounds great.

Si

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #39 on: May 29, 2013, 10:54:43 am »
The company is called "WCP Diesel" in USA, you can find them on google easily, price comes up as $270 but you can make an offer, start low and keep increasing by $5 eventually you will get the lowest price they will accept, pretty sure it converted to around £148 or £158 (It was 15 months ago I forget).

Enjoy.

If you have a relative/mate in USA they offer free shipping included in price and get your mate to send on, otherwise arrange with company.

Might be a good option to arrange your own courier if you have access and WCP will allow it.
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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #40 on: May 29, 2013, 11:04:28 am »
Cheers, site says they will accept $243, about £160. Hmmm how to get delivered...

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #41 on: May 29, 2013, 12:44:31 pm »
I must have paid £158 then with slightly different exchange rate.

You could ask if you could organise your own courier (UPS are usually cheapest using their "Express Saver" service) that way you fill in the forms yourself to ensure correct delivery.

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #42 on: May 29, 2013, 03:06:03 pm »
Mine cost £60 to deliver but then got burnt by ~£45 duty...

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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #43 on: May 30, 2013, 11:28:28 am »
Cheers guys. I'll look into best way to get one here.
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Re: Which air intake?
« Reply #44 on: May 30, 2013, 05:56:53 pm »
Off to Florida in September, looks like I'm going to have to leave a spare 5kg in the suitcase  :smiley: