During discussion following some initial evaluation of air intake systems the topic of temperature inside the engine compartment came up. The subject of underhood temperature was introduced as a consideration when choosing between a ‘closed’ or ‘open’ intake air system. The first question I had was, ‘what are the underhood temperatures like?’ The Setup: After […]
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Concluding the look at how uniform the airflow is when exiting the turbo inlet elbow. In Part I explained the test setup, in this post I’m just going to present the remainder of the results. Here’s the Leyo-Motorsport inlet elbow being evaluated: The velocity variance chart below includes one more of the inlet elbows, the CTS
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Installation of the second version of an eBay FMIC on my Mk7 GTI. This product appears to be a copycat of the Mabotech, or perhaps the vendor that Mabotech obtains the intercooler from also sells it under a different brand name. Either way, dimensionally they measure out similarly. This front mount intercooler is supplied with
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