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Which Air Intake Position is best?....

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cmdrfire:

--- Quote from: Keith@APR on September 21, 2009, 05:53:10 pm ---
You will not find a higher pressure zone of incoming air outside of the engine bay other than the leading edge of the hood right where it meets the grille.  This means the OEM scoop location is by far the best spot.  If anyone can produce wind tunnel data that relays differently I am all ears but VAG's own wind tunnel testing proves this quite handily.



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Thanks Keith, that more or less confirms my suspicions.

RedRobin:
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That's really good to know, Keith, and especially from someone directly involved in such matters within the industry.

I was at Brands Hatch yesterday and had a good look at some of the race GTI's. The ones which locate their filter cone behind the headlight module, don't have any floor panels as the oem road cars do - So of course they get more 'fresh' air fed to them from below than when this location is used on road cars.

Thanks, Keith :drinking:

Keith@APR:

--- Quote from: RedRobin on September 21, 2009, 06:27:34 pm ---^^^^
That's really good to know, Keith, and especially from someone directly involved in such matters within the industry.

I was at Brands Hatch yesterday and had a good look at some of the race GTI's. The ones which locate their filter cone behind the headlight module, don't have any floor panels as the oem road cars do - So of course they get more 'fresh' air fed to them from below than when this location is used on road cars.

Thanks, Keith :drinking:

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Any pics?  Are they mk5 chassis?

RedRobin:
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@ KeithAPR : -

Yes, Mk5 chassis. I didn't photograph all of them but you can see the floor matting through the gaps and this would normally be covered in on an oem GTI.





Quite a few race Mk5's were using an enclosed cone filter in the oem ram location but had the oem engine cover on - :confused: ?? Methinks that's a very nice and functional looking cone filter.

Notice the abundant use of plastic ties! :grin:

Msportman:
Confirmation from Keith @ APR of a new intake system especially for Stage 2 customers.

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7673.0

Should be interesting :wink:

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