MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Standard air box power
Post by: ginge 0116 on October 19, 2014, 03:27:04 pm

Just looking at getting my car maped and was wondering what power the standard air box with a piper cross panel is capable of achieving? Is there a point where it will be useless? Just a down pipe with decat fired to my gti.

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: bigeyd on October 19, 2014, 04:58:20 pm

Stage 1 for certain with an uprated piper cross filter

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: rich83 on October 19, 2014, 05:09:16 pm

I ran a stock airbox and stock filter and it ran 290 (ed30 stage 1) on SRR rolling road

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: bigeyd on October 19, 2014, 05:13:22 pm

300 with an uprated one  :happy2:

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on October 19, 2014, 05:13:48 pm

I'll probably be going Stage 2 R-Tech with just panel filter and DP & SC which should be good for around 315bhp.

I've heard of people doing stage 2+ with standard paper filter

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: ginge 0116 on October 19, 2014, 06:18:54 pm

Thanks guys, mine is the ko3 any idea what power I'll be looking at with down pipe and panel filter?

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on October 19, 2014, 06:33:50 pm

I'd guess around 258bhp, but it depends on the condition of your engine and who's mapping it

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: 56OctyVRS on October 19, 2014, 08:35:37 pm

Mine ran 270bhp stage 2+ with std airbox and paper filter. Don't be fooled by after market filters as mine ran fine with the paper. With the k&n I had a boost fluctuations which went when the paper one fitted.

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: th3_f15t on October 19, 2014, 10:22:10 pm

I run just a K&N panel filter in the standard air box, granted I also run an APR carbon intake which is purely for show, but that coupled with a cat-back exhaust and a DV+ sees me around the 250-260BHP (need verifying).

From looking into it about a year ago, many of the tuners argue that there's little need to swap out the standard air intake until you run a bigger turbo. So for standard GTI with a K03 turbo, it's not cost effective so I was lead to believe.

Title: Re: Standard air box power
Post by: xjay1337 on October 20, 2014, 12:07:52 am

There are plenty of charts out there to prove a good 10bhp gain from a decent intake.
I put a stock intake back on my Golf as I'm splitting it (still with the Revo Stage2 software) and it definitely lacks a teeny bit top end compared to when it had the evoms.. . More torque though.