034 P34 intake with 034 TIP Flow Test

034 Cold Air Intake Flow Test

034 Motorsport sells a cold air intake option for the Mk7 GTI that is being flow tested to compare with other intake options. The 034 intake connects to the bottom half of the stock GTI airbox which for this flow test has been modified by removing the snow grate. For the flow test the aftermarket […]

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5150 DSG Tuning – Week 3

For the week three update of the DSG tuning with 5150 I’m omitting the word “progress” because there has not been any progress. Results using the initial revision were sent back to 5150 during week 2 and I have been waiting for the next update, which I have been told should be ready soon.

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Temp Test Trial Heating

IC Temp Testing: Trial 1

Evaluating intercooler cooling performance entails a couple of significant obstacles. The installation process onto the GTI is lengthy and consistent testing conditions are not easy to recreate.  There are also about a dozen aftermarket intercoolers that are candidates to replace the GTI stock intercooler. With the goal of quickly evaluating intercoolers I’ve been exploring some

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