MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: anderson9 on June 03, 2014, 09:13:33 pm

Title: After an new air filter...
Post by: anderson9 on June 03, 2014, 09:13:33 pm
Any suggestions on which one to buy, don't want to spend to much. Thanks in advance
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 03, 2014, 09:14:15 pm
OEM does the job  :happy2:

Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: anderson9 on June 04, 2014, 08:46:15 am
So no need for an upgrade ? Just after a bit noise
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 04, 2014, 08:58:01 am
So no need for an upgrade ? Just after a bit noise

Ahhhh you never said you were after an upgrade  :laugh:

Search function is your friend. EVOMS or ITG Maxogen are the best for noise and performance. Hit YouTube for videos of the noise  :happy2:
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: anderson9 on June 04, 2014, 09:21:51 am
Sorry for the bad description, thanks mate!
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: Gene Hunt on June 04, 2014, 12:19:46 pm
What is the best panel filter to get please?. Want to keep the o.e look. :smiley:
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 04, 2014, 12:22:07 pm
What is the best panel filter to get please?. Want to keep the o.e look. :smiley:

I ran a K&N panel and it was great. Slight increase in performance and throttle response
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: rich83 on June 04, 2014, 01:30:26 pm
What is the best panel filter to get please?. Want to keep the o.e look. :smiley:

OEM paper filter is fine.  :happy2:
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: Gene Hunt on June 04, 2014, 01:42:56 pm
What is the best panel filter to get please?. Want to keep the o.e look. :smiley:

OEM paper filter is fine.  :happy2:
.........thanks. :happy2: Running that now just wondered if any of the '' performance panel filters'' were any better?.
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: bacillus on June 04, 2014, 03:16:47 pm
I used to use an ITG panel filter in the past and felt something extra vs the oem paper one.
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: SurreyED30 on June 04, 2014, 06:19:40 pm
VWR make panel filters mate, I've rear there quite good but around £40-£50 mark iirc
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: alexharvey on June 04, 2014, 09:32:41 pm
im sure the VWR panel filters are made by ITG
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: SurreyED30 on June 05, 2014, 08:11:50 am
^ correct mate
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 05, 2014, 12:20:01 pm
What is the best panel filter to get please?. Want to keep the o.e look. :smiley:

OEM paper filter is fine.  :happy2:
.........thanks. :happy2: Running that now just wondered if any of the '' performance panel filters'' were any better?.


Didn't I answer that above?
Title: Re: After an new air filter...
Post by: 56OctyVRS on June 13, 2014, 10:06:04 am
I ran a paper filter at stage 2+ and it ran perfectly fine. Tried performance filters and there was no perceivable difference. Just change your cilter every 10k and you will be fine.
On my current car I have tried K&N and Pipercross and I still cant feel any difference in performance over std.
If you research independent filter tests; there is a 0.90% pressure drop difference between the highest flowing filter and the std paper filter. That means there is very little flow difference between them all.