Background: Since Equilibrium Tuning began advertising the Blaze Performance ATOM Race intake over two years ago, the business has consistently claimed the product performs better than intakes offered by competitors. The company presents what it claims are examples of the Blaze ATOM intake outperforming competitor intakes, but in violation of Federal Advertising Law omits essential […]
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Background: With the front of the GTI apart during the installation of the Mabotech intake manifold, the Vibrant FMIC was a candidate for porting the inlet pipe. A few minutes with a hand file and then polishing with a Dremel produced a smoother inlet edge. Next up, testing the flow rate through the IC in
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Background: After taking measurements of “ram air” pressure generated by a few different intakes, of which there was very little, I decided to measure the ram air pressure outside the engine compartment. The easiest way to do this was to use the existing mount for the averaging flow sensor (AFS), shown below. Installation: A GoPro
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