Background: Having done a few flow tests with intake manifolds and considering operating the GTI with larger turbochargers capable of higher boost pressures, I decided to use an aftermarket intake manifold with the Mabotech M520 turbocharger and try to determine whether any changes in vehicle performance resulted. Test setup: The GTI was tuned with E30 […]
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Background In May 2026, I published a comparison of the EQT Balanced Line Coilover and the Silver’s NEOMAX, documenting that the two products share identical specifications, verbatim warranty language, and a timeline placing the Silver’s product on the market two years before EQT’s launch. The post concluded that EQT’s marketing language creates a false impression
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Background: The question of whether it is useful to pair an aftermarket stock-location intercooler with a front-mount IC (FMIC) in a bicooler configuration has been posed to me several times. I’m a fan of bicoolers because, from a heat transfer standpoint, the increased overall area (A) supports a greater Rate of heat transfer (Q). And from
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