Commute Temperatures 3

Moving the engine compartment air temperature sensors to new locations to continue gathering information on the temperature under the hood. Now looking at the far side of the air filter and along the turbocharger inlet pipe in the vicinity of the brake fluid reservoir.   Morning drive temperatures are shown below: Afternoon drive temperatures are […]

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Vibrant resonator (top) and CTS catted midpipe (bottom)

Toned Down Exhaust

The used Mk7 GTI that I purchased came with an exhaust setup that I knew I would be changing up to some degree.  The car was equipped with a catless downpipe and an AWE-Tuning Track Edition exhaust. The first order of business was installing the catalytic converter.  A CTS Turbo catalytic converter sized to work

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Commute Temperatures 2

This is a continuation of the data logging for the purpose of measuring underhood air temperatures during normal driving. The air temperature sensors have been repositioned as shown by the pictures below. Below are charts showing the various temperatures during the morning drive. Filter identifies the reading at the probe that is next to the

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