MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: john87 on February 25, 2012, 10:04:02 am

Title: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: john87 on February 25, 2012, 10:04:02 am: Managed to fit the TWINtake yesterday, once I found a shop that sold a 24mm long-reach bi-hex socket :grin: and I'm enjoying the 'darth vader' noises, albeit quite a bit louder than I thought!

A couple of the 70-90 hose clips / jubilee clips included with the kit didn't seem to tighten correctly (kept jumping threads and wouldn't go any tighter) so I'm going to nip to Halfords today and get a few new ones...

apart from that I'd recommend the kit thoroughly, and don't give up when trying to fit the last canister :fighting: its a right B*stard but you'll get there eventually!
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: bacillus on February 25, 2012, 10:10:31 am: I found it helped greatly by prelubng the inside of the silicone hose using a little soapy water.

Everything then just slid in easily... :laugh:
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: JackG on February 25, 2012, 10:27:56 am: I still think the twintake is deffinately 100% louder than my ITG
When the twintake was on my car (DSG ED30) and we fitted it to a members car on here (manual ED30) the sound it produced was halfed, was deffinately louder on my car being DSG than a manual :scared: still sounded great but I'm mega confused :signLOL:
Love the twintake and miss mine loads
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: john87 on February 25, 2012, 11:07:49 am: Aah, I should have comtemplated the lube idea :wink:

Mines is a manual and is plenty loud, god knows what its like on the DSG :drool:

Even this morning when I had the cruise control set to 70mph, came to a slight rise on the motorway, you could hear it start to breathe, followed by a light 'pssss' when the car reached the brow of the hill :smiley:

Its like a Vick's inhaler for your engine :happy2:
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: Weston on February 25, 2012, 11:43:09 am: If you think it's loud from inside get someone to drive the car towards you, even when going slow it's quite loud!
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: h4rdy on February 25, 2012, 12:23:12 pm: Quote from: JackG on February 25, 2012, 10:27:56 am
I still think the twintake is deffinately 100% louder than my ITG
When the twintake was on my car (DSG ED30) and we fitted it to a members car on here (manual ED30) the sound it produced was halfed, was deffinately louder on my car being DSG than a manual :scared: still sounded great but I'm mega confused :signLOL:
Love the twintake and miss mine loads

When I had mine I had a group of teenage girls spin round when it chattered!
I took it off soon after!
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: parks on February 25, 2012, 12:30:41 pm: strange its so loud as its a 'closed' kit rather than an open filter?

is there a single closed design of the twintake? i know the american market have a single one...

anything like a viper or BMC design?
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: bacillus on February 25, 2012, 01:00:55 pm: Quote from: parks on February 25, 2012, 12:30:41 pm
strange its so loud as its a 'closed' kit rather than an open filter?

is there a single closed design of the twintake? i know the american market have a single one...

anything like a viper or BMC design?

Yes there is...
http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=260310&product=FMIND13
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: john87 on March 01, 2012, 10:09:59 am: I can hear it spool up when I pull away from sitting idle, and can hear it go into hyperdrive when I give it welly...the rest of the time I just hear the air rushing through the pipework and the recirc valve doing its job rather loudly :happy2:
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: john87 on March 03, 2012, 07:15:05 pm: I paid.340 for it from awesome GTi, think larkspeed used to sell it cheaper but not any more. Forge themselves sell it discounted to forum members in the region of 340 AFAIK
Title: Re: TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!
Post by: Syrag64 on March 04, 2012, 02:17:32 am: I don't care how much they cost...they sound awesome! But did get mine for £200 2nd hand off a member on here..............thanks to whoever they were...sorry I've forgotten who it was..... :ashamed: