MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: chimp400 on August 24, 2020, 12:41:04 pm
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When I bought my Ed 30 I promised myself I’d keep it standard but the slippery slope began when I put a cat back BCS exhaust on!
I quite fancy a bit more induction noise but to be honest don’t want to spend megabucks, I’ve seen the ram air kit which seems reasonable enough.
I’ve got a stage 1 r-tech map on it, I’m aware they don’t add anything performance wise.
Is it worth bothering with?
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Buy my Evoms intake lol! You'll get some gains and Darth Vader type noises coming from the bonnet. :laugh:
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Any intake will allow a small bit more noise.
Is it worth it? Only you can answer that ???.
I personally think it's not worth it and wouldn't change the intake unless you go to a stage requiring the hpfp upgrade or a larger turbo. I ran a performance oem filter replacement in the filter box until I went K04. Also...I have seen results by a Tuner in an article meant to show the HP results after installing both a turbo-back and intake. The baseline average was established...then the Intake was installed and all pulls showed only zero to 4 HP on one pull. Then the Turbo-back was installed and again showed just zero mostly to 4 HP above baseline. This was done before loading a canned tune requiring the intake and at least a DP.
You will lose the engine cover if the RAMAIR is a full intake tube...which isn't completely a bad thing. Often the engine cover/filter box, is partly responsible for why the "fuel pressure regulator-N276" ends up broken on the HPFP. People removing and re-installing them carelessly causes the N276 connector to crack.
I have a few vids of me just driving around which you may want to listen to. I recall it was quieter some 11 years ago. Remember, mine has a K04 so it may produce more sound than an intake on the stock K03 with an intake: https://www.youtube.com/user/zoomdis/videos
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Don’t think I could tolerate noise all the time, would just prefer something on boost really.
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What about trying a drop-in filter element first? Pipercross, FK and K&N make them. Still wondering about the RAMAIR you might use...does it connect to the engine cover after removing the stock filter element, or is it the full intake tube?
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https://www.ramair-filters.co.uk/shop/automotive/induction-kits-automotive/jet-stream-induction-kit-automotive/vag-jetstream-induction-kits/ramair-performance-cone-air-filter-heat-shield-induction-intake-kit-ea113-2-0-tfsi-k03-turbo-audi-a38p-skoda-octavia-1z-seat-leon-1p-vw-golf-gti-mk5-mk6-vw-scirocco/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImPjrr9y16wIVb4BQBh0-Iw0ZEAQYASABEgLY0vD_BwE
They do 2 versions, the one above and the oversize which has too many ugly joins for my liking.
https://www.ramair-filters.co.uk/shop/automotive/induction-kits-automotive/jet-stream-induction-kit-automotive/vag-jetstream-induction-kits/performance-stage-2-oversized-air-filter-hard-pipe-induction-kit-audiseatskodavw-2-0-tfsi-k03-k04/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwczEvt216wIVzd_tCh1AfQA4EAQYASABEgIjdPD_BwE
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Whilst it's not intake noise, have you done the pre-cat delete yet? That'll give you a deeper meatier sound plus earlier spool and a bit more power for negligible spend.
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No not done that yet.
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When I bought my Ed 30 I promised myself I’d keep it standard but the slippery slope began when I put a cat back BCS exhaust on!
I quite fancy a bit more induction noise but to be honest don’t want to spend megabucks, I’ve seen the ram air kit which seems reasonable enough.
I’ve got a stage 1 r-tech map on it, I’m aware they don’t add anything performance wise.
Is it worth bothering with?
Au contraire mon ami...... they do actually free off a soupçon of power at the top end, from 5000rpm upwards. A cheap ol' common or garden ham sandwich sponge on a pipe can free off around 10hp, whereas a more stoutly beef and horseradish fella can free off 15-20hp. You need to be at stage 2, 2+ to see those kind of gains though.
I give you 3-4 months before you refit the OEM intake :grin: It's actually a really good design. Very short intake path. Responsive, quiet and good for 300hp. It's just an annoying fecker to remove.