RTD probe inserted into Mk7 GTI Turbo Inlet Elbow

Air Intake Temperature Evaluation

A second area of performance evaluation in connection with the search for the best Mk7 air intake is to measure how the candidate airboxes do in terms of intake air temperature. Many air intakes are billed as “cold air” intakes and make claims about delivery of cold air to the car’s turbocharger.  To measure how […]

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S&B Filters Mk7 GTI Air Intake Flow Test

S&B Cold Air Intake Flow Test

S&B Filters produces a cold air intake for the Mk7 GTI that offers several options for how the airbox is configured.  For the purposes of the search for the best airbox for the Mk7 GTI the configuration I have chosen to test is with the product acting as a closed intake. The top lid of

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