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Mk7 Intercooler Temperature Trends

This post contains one way of presenting temperature data that may be useful for comparing the intercooler options for the Mk7. The two slide shows contain duplicate charts for several intercoolers that have been installed on my GTI. Cycling through either slideshow will allow a side-by-side comparison of different IC setups. All data were measured […]

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Fact Checking – That’s Proprietary

During the course of evaluating vendor claims about the benefits that their products provide I’ve received several replies that the information that would substantiate a claim is “proprietary”, or “intellectual property” Integrated Engineering “Breakthrough flow technologies.” Integrated Engineering Mk7 Intercooler Product Description Question to Integrated Engineering: What is the “breakthrough” flow technology? This says that

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Racingline Intercooler Installation

Racingline Intercooler Street Data

Background: Racingline supplies a stock location intercooler for the Mk7 GTI. After conducting a bench flow test with the Racingline intercooler the product was installed in my GTI to record some intake air temperature data on the street. Test Procedure: The GTI is equipped with an IS38 turbocharger and the intake air temperature data is

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