Background: The Garrett Powermax turbocharger for the Mk7 GTI features a customized turbo inlet elbow specifically designed to work with the turbocharger, but it is not interchangeable with the GTI’s stock IHI turbocharger. This makes comparing it with the majority of inlet elbows something like comparing apples and oranges, but since I had the elbow, […]
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Background: As a recent post discussed, Ed Susman, the owner of Equilibrium Tuning Inc. (EQT), can be found using his access to enthusiast groups on social media to discredit consumers who express their opinions. In a recent example of this, Ed Susman asserts that a consumer who commented about EQT was “cowardly.“ Ed goes on
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Background: I’ve used a set of the SSR Competition wheels for a long time across car models and have been a fan of their lightweight design. When Apex announced that they were developing a wheel for the Mk7 GTI, I was excited to join the group buy for these track-focused wheels. It took almost two
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