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Ramair induction kit

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Dave(tm):
Been considering one myself. Let us know how you get on with the group buy...

Dave

th3_f15t:

--- Quote from: AJP on July 07, 2015, 08:29:20 pm ---Either of you two willing to do before and after dyno's?

Would love to see how it affects the torque curve as quite a few people say you lose out on torque at low revs!

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I fitted a RamAir kit onto my GTI, and I lost a bit of low end torque but gained quite a bit at the upper end of the rev range. I got mine for £155 (think I got a 70mm version mind) but for the cost it's brilliant. When you think the more expensive ones are over double the cost but don't net twice the gains this kit does it's crazy to spend more!

Ruggy:
To be honest, I'm more interested in the sound.
Power gain or loss will be negligible anyway and won't really make any difference in the real world.

AJP:

--- Quote from: Ruggy on July 07, 2015, 10:22:50 pm ---To be honest, I'm more interested in the sound.
Power gain or loss will be negligible anyway and won't really make any difference in the real world.

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Interesting that most tuners recommend an intake as part of stage 2 hardware though.

There's a thread somewhere covering the real need for an aftermarket intake on stage 2, or whether the standard intake does the job. Opinion was divided. I'd bet the real gains come from the downpipe and cat.

But yeah, without sending this thread off on a tangent, I'm kind of with you - in that while I wouldn't call the peak gains of an aftermarket intake negligable, I'd question just how essential they are for stage 2 maps.

If you're buying for the noise then there's nothing wrong with that. I think a lot of us have grown up hearing Cossies, Evos and the like, hissing and chattering up the road, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't think 'wow!!!!' at the time!

Ruggy:
See, that's my point. I'm staying on a standard map, at a push I may go stage 1 further down the line.  Not massively bothered about big power as it's not as if you can really use it on our roads anyway. Plus don't want the associated costs of uprated clutch etc.

Always found that the quest for big bhp figures are more willy waving than anything else!
Just my opinion though and no doubt many people will disagree with me.

Anyway, didn't mean to derail the thread!

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