Background: Results of pairing the IE v1 intercooler with a Treadstone TR8C were mixed. Pressure drop across the pair was very low, but cooling performance was mediocre. I had also installed the Treadstone core in a temporary manner, suspending it from the crash bar with zip ties. With some other testing in mind I’ve swapped […]
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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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