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GTI Forge TWINtake air intake - Review....
john87:
It won't cause a problem in the short term, but many golfs have suffered a problem from water entering the ignition coils (even with standard engine covers in place) so running the car with a missing engine cover, could in theory, make this problem occur quicker - but every component 'under there' should have a degree of water-resistance... including electrical connectors etc
gigolo456:
cheers for that!! I guess it begs the question now as to how easy it is to modify the engine cover to fit when said Twintake is fitted!!?? :confused:
stealthwolf:
Someone's done a kind of guide on here (more a description of what they've done to their car). Basically involves chopping a few bits off.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: gigolo456 on June 14, 2012, 10:52:50 am ---
Hi Robin, hope you're well, as you'll probably know, im getting a Twintake fitted at the weekend, can i just ask plse if the fact that there is no engine cover at that point, could it have a detrimental effect on the engine itself, like water flying up when you go through puddles, etc? I can see though that you do have a cover still on yours!! :rolleye:
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....Not having an engine cover isn't a high risk to the engine but water etc does get splashed through and so I think it's a better practice to have an engine cover. Race cars don't bother with a cover (or wheel arch liners and so on) but their engines are taken apart and so on far more often than on a road car.
nezquick:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on June 15, 2012, 01:44:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: gigolo456 on June 14, 2012, 10:52:50 am ---
Hi Robin, hope you're well, as you'll probably know, im getting a Twintake fitted at the weekend, can i just ask plse if the fact that there is no engine cover at that point, could it have a detrimental effect on the engine itself, like water flying up when you go through puddles, etc? I can see though that you do have a cover still on yours!! :rolleye:
--- End quote ---
....Not having an engine cover isn't a high risk to the engine but water etc does get splashed through and so I think it's a better practice to have an engine cover. Race cars don't bother with a cover (or wheel arch liners and so on) but their engines are taken apart and so on far more often than on a road car.
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A mechanic once told me that the only reason you run a modified cover when using a intake is to protect the coils, so theoretically so long as you keep them really well greased up then everything should be fine.
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