APR Closed Carbon Fiber and Open PEX Intakes

EQT’s Mystery Intakes

Background: Since Equilibrium Tuning began advertising the Blaze Performance ATOM Race intake over two years ago, the business has consistently claimed the product performs better than intakes offered by competitors. The company presents what it claims are examples of the Blaze ATOM intake outperforming competitor intakes, but in violation of Federal Advertising Law omits essential […]

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Mabotech Race Bicooler

Mabotech Bicooler Data Collection

Background: The Mabotech “Race” bicooler kit is the fourth bicooler to be installed in a focused FMIC comparison test. The testing aims to collect data during street pulls to compare with other FMIC and Bicooler options and the stock GTI IC. Test Procedure: The complete details of the FMIC test are on the test comparison page. Briefly, a series

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Vibrant Intercooler Inlet Smoothing

Vibrant Inlet Porting Test

Background: With the front of the GTI apart during the installation of the Mabotech intake manifold, the Vibrant FMIC was a candidate for porting the inlet pipe. A few minutes with a hand file and then polishing with a Dremel produced a smoother inlet edge. Next up, testing the flow rate through the IC in

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