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Yeh its ok. Minor scrub on the rub strip. That guy was ripping it. Did you think it was my fault?

You got any pics of the cold air feed that you've made up olop_chris?
I really do wonder whether or not to get a BMC!
It's all bout the cold air feed it seems though

The fixings are temp, Its the standard pipe thats the most restrictive...get rid of it IMO.

Silky V wrote:

loud wrote:

Silky V wrote:In my opinion, the induction kit on the GTI isn't worth it.

The reason being is that the airbox sits on top of the manifold and ends up getting hot anyway. So there is no advantage to the induction kit except for the louder sound.

If the airbox was located on the side then it would be more benificial.

thats why you get an enclosed one like the bmc, rather than a **** open one

Although its enclosed, it doesn't stop it from absorbing the heat.
Its not heat resistant.

why do you think it's covered in carbon fibre, it does more than just look pretty

Silky V wrote:Yeh its ok. Minor scrub on the rub strip. That guy was ripping it. Did you think it was my fault?

To be honest mate it happened so quick I missed it, although by how the road is, he should have perhaps have stopped if not slowed down to make sure no-one was coming.

Still, the plus point is that he didn't want to go through the insurance I suppose.

Cheers for the pics Chris.

I may try & get hold of some Samco hosing & hook that up?

What happened then Silky?

sorry fellas, but have to go against the tide and say induction kit made a huge difference on my TDi.. got no exact figures but all i know is when i go for it now while accelerating through the gears and i get a lil wheelspin in 2nd and 3rd!! the amount of torque is ridiculous, along with the exhaust gave it a much deeper sound and after speaking to some rally car guy he explained cuz mine's a turbo it was worth it otherwise non-turbo's you're better off with a panel filter... plus my cold air feed sits alongside the engine

mine wheelspins like anything changing into second and third if i rag it, probably not doing the gearbox too much good though

way_z wrote:sorry fellas, but have to go against the tide and say induction kit made a huge difference on my TDi.. got no exact figures but all i know is when i go for it now while accelerating through the gears and i get a lil wheelspin in 2nd and 3rd!! the amount of torque is ridiculous, along with the exhaust gave it a much deeper sound and after speaking to some rally car guy he explained cuz mine's a turbo it was worth it otherwise non-turbo's you're better off with a panel filter... plus my cold air feed sits alongside the engine

Your right. It'll make a difference on turbo cars and hardly any difference on a N/A car.

olop_chris: - Your right. The standard pipe is more restrictive. Its the same thing on the MK4 golfs. What you've doen is the best thing to do.

Dee-vub: - A good air feed is always the key!! Just use the standard airbox and slip in a panel filter! - You know what you talking about.

Anyone want to make up a definitive step by step DIY guide lol

I have one on my 1.4 s 75bhp and its Def made an marked improvement. Lovely note of it. Only problem is that I am losing up to 30 miles or so each fill because of it.......then again I like to rag it

Just fitted the one I bought off olop_chris today and tbh it has made mine 'slightly' more responsive, definitely no loss of power, but the sound is AMAZING.
I'll see how I go with it in terms of fuel consumption but I'm expecting the tank to do about 20-30 miles less (then again my GTi wasn't particularly good on fuel anyway, but do you expect a car that's built to be driven fast to be economical?).

Get a picture up Sally, glad you enjoy the noise

FINALLY got round to finishing off the engine cover today, so now I've taken a couple of piccies - not the best 'cos it started to rain




I really like it, but it will look a LOT better once I've had chance to clean up the whole engine bay

Looks nice in its new home