Background: It’s been three years since I performed a flow test of the APR Carbon Fiber closed intake. Those results along with prior testing of the stock GTI airbox showed that it was possible to modify the stock GTI airbox to get similar flow performance as the APR intake. Equal flow performance from the stock […]
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Background: APR recently released a low cost open intake for the Mk7 GTI. A previous post addressed how this intake flows compared to other intakes that I have flow tested. (Briefly, it performs well when connected to other aftermarket intake parts.) The APR PEX “open” intake falls into the category of “hot air” intakes as
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Background: The APR open PEX intake is advertised as “the best dollar-per-horsepower intake system for the 1.8T/2.0T engine!” Several desirable attributes are stated by the manufacturer as being provided by this intake. APR does not provide a comparison of their intake against any competitor, creating a question about how this $190 intake compares with other
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