MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: Tfsi_Mike on December 03, 2009, 09:45:18 pm

Title: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 03, 2009, 09:45:18 pm


http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=190203&product=FMMKV1

A cheep piece of kit.  What effect would it have?  If it made any kind of improvement to the runing of the engine id pay that for it to be honest

Any one have one fitted??
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: yin on December 03, 2009, 09:50:34 pm
Zboyd runs one you can see it in this link  :happy2:


http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=18509
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: john_o on December 03, 2009, 11:11:18 pm
ooo more toys , so any dyno graphs or pics of the inners of the original tb hose ?
mmmmmmmmmm :pomppomp:
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: SteveS on December 03, 2009, 11:13:03 pm
oh come on, that cant do anything surely! not on its own anyway!
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: bacillus on December 03, 2009, 11:17:50 pm
oh come on, that cant do anything surely! not on its own anyway!

me thinks that John was being sarcastic...
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: SteveS on December 03, 2009, 11:19:51 pm
i wasnt directly replys to his post, but the product. its not worth the hassle for one bit of tube
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 04, 2009, 05:49:19 am

Just aesthetics then  :happy2:  Was maybe a bit ambitious to expect much from a bit of pipe
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: john_o on December 04, 2009, 07:44:15 am
sarcasm doesnt always translate well on a  forum  :signLOL: Im learning that..... (sorry RR  :drinking:)
In this case I wasnt though,  I havent seen the inner flow of the TB so Ive no idea if theres a benefit, so I'm not going to shoot it down without evidence
there must be some reason why forge produce a pipe........(I would hope)

the other discharge pipes (Neuspeed / normal hoses by a member on here) certainly seemed to have a dyno proven improvement. (albeit they are much longer pipes.)
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: SteveS on December 04, 2009, 09:30:27 am
if its going to help at all, it would have to be part of changing all the hoses. but better for forge to sell separately i would guess
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: chungster on December 05, 2009, 02:30:19 pm
i can't see any performance gains on that bit whatsoever...just a bit of bling really.

now replacing the Turbo > IC > TB pipes are defo worth it due to the compressed nature of the OEM items.  :happy2:
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 05, 2009, 04:53:32 pm
i can't see any performance gains on that bit whatsoever...just a bit of bling really.

now replacing the Turbo > IC > TB pipes are defo worth it due to the compressed nature of the OEM items.  :happy2:

Link or supplier to K04 version please???
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: vRS Carl on December 05, 2009, 08:46:13 pm
I have one on mine and it gave me 32bhp and 68lb/ft :P

Seriously it made naff all difference. However i did notice that the OEM one would swell quite a lot when revving the engine even at stand still (i'm Stage 2+) so i replaced that part as it is a bit stiffer and doesn't swell anywhere near as much. I did notice from data logging that the car made slightly more boost (0020 on average) so it is not something you would ever notice or be able to measure (maybe get 0.01bhp increase) and to be honest the difference could have been caused by a change in intake temp or anything.

For me it just more for reliability

Carl :happy2:
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 06, 2009, 11:40:59 am

Thanks for the responses. 
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Janner_Sy on December 06, 2009, 12:35:22 pm
I have one on mine and it gave me 32bhp and 68lb/ft :P
Carl :happy2:

mint so you made 232bhp then :P. long time no speak carl. hows tricks?

@mike

you are going nuts with your mod list recently lol. god job for sy's portable garage heh!!
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 06, 2009, 12:59:38 pm
I have one on mine and it gave me 32bhp and 68lb/ft :P
Carl :happy2:

mint so you made 232bhp then :P. long time no speak carl. hows tricks?

@mike

you are going nuts with your mod list recently lol. god job for sy's portable garage heh!!


Portable garage needs to be on standby for after xmas leave :D  :party:
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 06, 2009, 01:05:34 pm


http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=190203&product=FMMKV1

A cheep piece of kit.  What effect would it have?  If it made any kind of improvement to the runing of the engine id pay that for it to be honest

Any one have one fitted??

I wasn't expecting bags of torque or horse power.  Thought maybe the inside diameter may be better or being less prone to flexing / collapsing.  Looks like its just an eye candy thing thought obviously...
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Janner_Sy on December 06, 2009, 02:34:00 pm
its open as long as im not working late, which as you know happens a fair amount. I spend more time n work than i do out.

mike, why dont you contact SFS hoses and if they dont do a hose set for the k04, offer up yours for some free trialling. To be fair they will  be exactly the same as the k03 length wise, maybe with a different diameter at the turbo end,


Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: chungster on December 13, 2009, 01:24:38 pm
Just found the Eurojet version which you may be interested in!

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurojetracing.com%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fphotos%2FMK5STG1-2.jpg&hash=de452d964ff99c1837137d787ddf259d5c62ccf6)

 Eurojet TB Pipe (http://www.eurojetracing.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MK5STG1)
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Janner_Sy on December 13, 2009, 01:32:50 pm
thats looks quite good actually, and cheap!!
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 14, 2009, 09:24:04 am
 :happy2:

Cheers!  KO4?
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: yin on December 14, 2009, 09:38:50 am
Mike JBS do the eurojet for the KO4 £140 + fitting it is on there website


This is it fitted to there KO3  Leon no powder coated

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fm136%2FJBS_Auto_Designs%2FEurojetThrottleBodyPipeSmall.jpg&hash=e21f875569c386e027dd3c0f1ea46b1e481e76b7)
Title: Re: Forge Silicone Throttle body hose for 2 ltre FSiT
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 14, 2009, 09:43:06 am

Looks very close to the fans  :confused:  SFS were saying they made adjustments to make for 10 - 15mm more clearance (on the Ko3)

JBS are fairly close to me but havent been overly impressed with their customer service in the past