Background: One consideration for the intake design I’ve been working on is the turbo inlet elbow and whether to adapt the intake to work with existing elbows or make a custom elbow. One upside I see to the custom route is addressing the low crankcase vacuum associated with the available commercial inlet elbows. Second, I […]
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TLDR: Making an intercooler upgrade from the stock GTI IC to an aftermarket IC correlated with an average increase of 5 WHP (peak) when using an IS20 and IS38 turbocharger. Background: Do I need to upgrade my intercooler? Mk7 enthusiast Whether the stock GTI intercooler should be replaced with an aftermarket intercooler comes up frequently.
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Background: Modifying the Mk7 GTI air intake can be a relatively low-cost alternative to the purchase of an aftermarket intake. A question that might be asked about this option is how well the modified stock intake performs compared to aftermarket intakes, such as the Blaze Performance ATOM Race V2, which is marketed as: Blaze AToM
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