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POLO GTI INDUCTION KIT AND CHARCOAL CANISTER
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:59 pm
by RICHARD HARPER
Hi there folks,
Does anyone have any ideas where i can relocate my charcoal canister so i can get a decent air feed for my carbon airbox ?
Was planning on using left fog light as an airfeed the same idea as the passengers foglight thats used to cool engine/gearbox by drilling a few holes in plastic grill.
But i'm stuck as where to relocate canister as the Gti's engines bays tight for space
Was gonna use airfeed from passenger fog light but would use to much ducting pipe and look silly going down left of engine and along front of it too.
Tried to go down right of engine from throttle body but airbox is too big
Help or ideas would be good.
Cheers Guys

Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 4:19 pm
by RICHARD HARPER
Anyone ideas !!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:52 pm
by M@Turner
Sorry for being dense but what is a "Charcoal Canister"?
I have my airfeed coming from behind the middle grill (VW badge one) on the drivers side. I removed the grill then drilled through the plastic to create a decent sized hole. I think this is the best option. Will try and get some pics up tomoz for you!
Mat
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:14 am
by RICHARD HARPER
Ended up Just running pipe round front of engine to passenger fog light for the now.
Looks rough but you don't see it when bonnets shut
and pass side with ducting pipe going to fog from filter
Heres a pic of charcoal canister dude

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:33 pm
by vdubit
I extended the hoses to the canister and made a bracket to locate it above the gearbox at the back, its therefore unseen and keeps the bay tidy. The ducting then goes to the foglight aperture.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:05 pm
by RICHARD HARPER
Ah ok !!!
What kind of hose you use ?
Just normal rubber fuel hose ?

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:23 am
by vdubit
Pretty much. I work at partco so just looked for a hose of the same diameter.
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 9:44 am
by RICHARD HARPER
Ok cheers man.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:10 am
by RICHARD HARPER
*UPDATE*
Went looking for a new air feed again @weekend to experiment, looked down left right behind grill with no sucess
So Managed to drill out a wee bit behind my grill on the right of the radiator with a big spade bit, and took a feed off that for the now
I dont think its noticable with grill on
May have to change it though as i dont think the air flow is that great

I also took GTI badge off as that was right on front of air feed, and its growing on me a bit being off

*FINAL UPDATE INDUCTION KIT* and car pic
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:36 pm
by RICHARD HARPER
Finally decided how to set up Induction Kit guys
Went to local scrappy and managed to find a bit of plastic ducting pipe off a Mark 2 Golf for a feed.
And i just ended up using Original air feed in wing

(Still has a nice note when you floor it too)
INTAKE PIPE INTO WING
INTAKE PIPE INTO WING
What you's think ?
And heres on of car with Shortened Number plate

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:41 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Looking good Richard.
Check how how much smaller my plate was

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:43 pm
by RICHARD HARPER
Bloody hell, thats small.
Any trouble with police with it ?
I aint got pulled yet
Touch wood
Any more mods ?
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:50 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Got pulled because of the spacing, so I had to change it. The one I've got now is still the same width, just a little deeper and sitting on my dashboard
Here's a couple of recent pics
The rear plate is back on now though
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:02 pm
by RICHARD HARPER
looking sweet
Can io ask ?
Whats the wee map below your rear Gti badge about ?
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:13 pm
by ModifiedMadness
It's the Nurburgring mate, a stupidly long and dangerous track in Germany.
You usually get the sticker after doing a lap but I cheated and bought one off e-bay, I do want to go round it though.