CTS Turbo Intake Shield Plus

Air Duct Testing – Part 4

Background: Continuing a look at the pre-turbo air temperature using a CTS open intake that began with modifications of the stock air duct. Here a modification is made to the CTS Turbo intake partition / heat shield. Several pieces of foam are used to better seal off areas that looked like candidates for air from […]

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Shady Character

EQT Consumer Manipulation – Threats

Background: Several months ago I made a post reviewing the claims that EQT makes for the Blaze Performance intake and compared those claims with advertising standards published by the Federal Trade Commission. Events following the review have prompted me to look more closely at how the people at Equilibrium Tuning conduct themselves. Communication: Within a

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IS38+ 93 and E30 Tune Dyno Session

Shuenk IS38+ E30 Dyno

Background: A while back I worked with Stratified Automotive Controls to make an E30 tune for my GTI. To find out the gains from the E30 tune over a 93-octane tune I took the GTI to a Dynojet dynamometer. The 93-octane tune results were discussed in this previous post. Test Procedure: The GTI is secured

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