Background: The Neuspeed FMIC (Front Mount Intercooler) kit is the fifth FMIC installed on the Mk7 GTI as part of the focused FMIC comparison test. Neuspeed offers two variants of this product, the only difference being that one has a core that is 2.5″ longer than the other. The longer core version is being used in […]
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Background: The Mabotech M520h turbocharger was first installed in my GTI about a year ago. At the time I was using the stock GTI low-pressure fuel pump with an aftermarket HPA high-pressure fuel pump and stock pressure sensors. Working with those limitations, tuning was done with E30 fuel and produced a boost profile close to
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Equilibrium Tuning Advertising Claim: Equilibrium Tuning (EQT) exclusively sells the Blaze intake in North America. EQT made several objective claims related to the performance of this intake. I hypothesize that EQT misrepresented the level and type of substantiation for the claim that performance was “verified by independent testing.“ In this post, I review evidence that
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