Modified GT 1.4 TSI airbox

[POLARBEAR666]

It is 170hp but I am sure it has more.

Car feels about 140kw

Sometimes it feels like a 6 second car especially with the revs up on bends or winding roads.

I have shed about 40kg from the car and another 20kg will go when I change to light wheels eventually.

Spare wheel is 15 or 20kg cant remember. Plus I have removed all the tools and underbonnet insulation and other rubber bits etc. Rear exhaust was 13kg from factory but replaced with 5kg replacement pipe.

[TSi2NV]

Hey Polorbear666 did this give you any performance enhancement?

[POLARBEAR666]

Well my temps on my scangauge went down from 10-12 degrees c above the outside temp to about 3-5 degrees.

Theres gotta be performance in that change.

It feels perkier. My butt dyno would definitely give it better throttle response and possibly 5-10hp but mainly its the response you feel. SHARP.

[INA]

Do you have any plans to upgrade the engine?

[KWICKS]

Do you have any plans to upgrade the engine?

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[INA]

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Not sure I follow?
Again...
Do you have plans to upgrade the engine as in change the size of the supercharger wheel etc?

[POLARBEAR666]

Not at this stage.. just waiting for a tune and then possibly an intercooler at some point after that ...or a down pipe depending on what gives most gains.

Just heat wrapped the exhaust manifold and the dump pipe top half and reassembled with my custom heat shield.

[ozgti]

I left the intake bit for now, but I'll get around to making a cold air intake for it when i get some time.

Before


After

[Greg Roles]

It seems the 90 degree lid outlet is the main point of restriction in the stock airbox, which apparently flows pretty well stock. In hindsight I would probably just mod up the stock airbox and add a aFe style curved lid outlet, would be as good as a noisy and open to water ingress POD in my opinion. Still I do love how noisy my tractor is with the POD, along with the clattery injection it's nicely antisocial.