Magnaflow 3"/3" Center Straight Through Muffler

Magnaflow Muffler

The hoped for final step to turning the AWE Tuning Track Edition catback into a livable daily driver entailed the addition of a Magnaflow muffler in the location that the Vibrant Ultra Quiet Resonator was located. After checking out the size of the Vibrant resonator and the clearance around it I went looking for a […]

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TTRS Caliper Spoke Clearance with SSR Comp Wheel

TTRS Brake Caliper Conversion

The 2015 Mk7 GTI I am driving has the non-performance package brakes on it.  I don’t have any immediate performance need for a more robust brake setup but appearances count for something and I was keeping an eye out for opportunities to get a good deal on an aftermarket brake setup. An ad popped up

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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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