MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: jimmy-s3 on January 17, 2011, 05:32:21 pm

Title: Standard air intake question
Post by: jimmy-s3 on January 17, 2011, 05:32:21 pm: Im not sure wether my car is missing a blanking plate on the back of the air intake?
Obviously the air flows through the front grille into the air intake duct, but there is a section missing on the rear. Is this so air flows into the engine bay aswell as the intake manifold or is this part really missing?
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: Janner_Sy on January 17, 2011, 05:34:19 pm: thats normal. it allows an excess of air or water to flow out. the intake sucks the air anyway so it'll get as much as it can
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: jimmy-s3 on January 17, 2011, 05:40:07 pm: cheers JANNER_SY
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: Jaywoo-GTI on January 18, 2011, 09:32:27 am: There was a Mod on Vortex forum a while back to blank of the rear of the intake and cut some pieces inside to make it flow better,

It showed good results very similar to a Carbonio, My personal experiece was good with this mod as my golf ran 214bhp on the rollers with this mod and a k+n panel filter only.
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: jimmy-s3 on January 20, 2011, 09:35:26 pm: Ive now modified my standard air box (blanked the rear off and fitted a piece in there for better air flow!

Im now going to replace the standard air filter but not sure which panel filter is best?

Can anyone offer any recommendations?
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: Janner_Sy on January 20, 2011, 10:06:19 pm: id save your money. you get a very slight increase induction noise and thats about it
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: Jaywoo-GTI on January 21, 2011, 11:09:37 am: I used a K+N on mine as i got it for free, Seemed to do the job and seemed to make a difference.
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: cupra_k1 on January 21, 2011, 01:37:21 pm: As said above, best gains will be had by doing away with the standard panel filter altogether and fitting a decent cold air intake as the main restriction is in the airbox itself.

I have a virtually new Pipercross panel filter for sale if your interested, but personally i would save up and invest in an ITG or Forge Twintake cai. It really all depends how far your looking to go in terms of modding the car.
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: jimmy-s3 on January 21, 2011, 06:50:01 pm: How much do you want for the pipercross?
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: cupra_k1 on January 21, 2011, 09:49:45 pm: Quote from: jimmy-s3 on January 21, 2011, 06:50:01 pm
How much do you want for the pipercross?

PM sent mate.
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: RedRobin on January 21, 2011, 10:52:49 pm: .
I had a Carbonio plus ITG panel filter in the oem engine cover box but the only gains were a tiny bit of responsiveness and more efficient air flow but not worth doing for performance increases. Good eye-candy though. I now run a Forge Twintake. ITG know what they're doing and deliver excellent results but I personally think their Maxogen intake looks homemade. Each to their own.
Title: Re: Standard air intake question
Post by: jimmy-s3 on January 22, 2011, 09:41:29 am: I really just want it for better air flow at the moment!