Background: Seeing a post about this Bar-Tek Motorsport upgrade air duct prompted me to contact Bar-Tek to learn how they determined the improvements they attribute to their product versus the stock GTI air duct. The benefits of this upgrade duct are claimed to include: Reduction of pressure loss Minimization of turbulence Improved throttle response Increases […]
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Background: This post discusses evaluating temperature from the bicooler with air conditioning on. Several weeks ago a comparison was made of a front-mounted intercooler and stock location intercooler when the GTI air conditioning system is running. The intercooler outlet air temperature in the cold side charge pipe was compared between the two during a ~30-minute
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Background: When I decided to replace the engine and transmission mounts on my GTI I wanted something that would be durable but not unpleasant to live with. I found Custom Performance Engineering (cp-e) to be offering engine and transmission mounts for the Mk7 GTI and Golf R. The cp-e mounts looked to check the boxes
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