Seat Air Intake Installation Instructions.

[Quest]

lol !! It's probably coz they want to preserve their small GTI baby...

[Whubbsie]

lol !! It's probably coz they want to preserve their small GTI baby...

Yep thats it, plus I'd like to be able to turn it all back to stock, thats why I'm trying to do all my mods within in first month so all the parts I take off are still brand new...

I know a small piece of plastic won't matter to anyone but me though

[shaneth]

no your right only the owner cares about it. as no-one can even see it so what they dont see wont hurt them.

[Quest]

You're right ! I was like that too...
But the true important thing is to do what we want when we want and how we want !! So i'll tune until i die !! lol !

[Buller_Scott]

cutting the small piece of plastic.....

hey guys, im not a polo gti driver but i do have a tdi, and seeing as i dont have my seat intake just yet, i thought it might be interesting to do a "stock intake with flap in VS stock intake with flap cut out" comparision, for anyone who wondered if the cutting the flap made any difference.

once i got the mouth of the thing out, i was surprised to see just how restrictive it was- that flap actually covers half of the intake mouth, which is quite alot.

so i cut it out and went for a drive up along part of the ocean road, and even though i have no technical data to confirm what im saying (just the seat of my pants), i recommend to anyone contemplating it- cut it out, its good.

ive gotten used to my polo tdi by now, and i must say that taking off from a stop is more responsive, the engine seemed to be able to pull past 4200-4300rpm where as before it was pretty useless past 3900rpm or so, and it just sounds and feels like it revs more freely.

now, this might make you guys laugh, but putting my foot down in say, second, before i cut the flap out, i'd get a little nudge in the back as it accelerated, after abit of lag. now, with 50% less restricted air flow, it feels like there is less lag and i get abit more of a pronounced shove in the back.

(i know it sounds funny to say that im getting shoved in the back in a polo tdi, but keep in mind i used to drive a land rover discovery, and so by comparison.........)

those are my thoughts on the whole flap situation. and i agree with some other posters- whats the point of spending $160aud for a seat intake if half the mouth of the intake is still going to be covered over by a piece of plastic that basically prohibits decent air flow?

enjoy...

[Whubbsie]

Thanks for that Buller, just what I needed to push me over the edge and just cut it... something to do when I get home

[JCM308]

Thanks for the info. I was considering doing this but wasn't sure if it would be worth it (didn't feel like being the guinea pig ). Now will definately give it a go.

[VW GTI]

hey guys, im not a polo gti driver but i do have a tdi, and seeing as i dont have my seat intake just yet

Don't the tdi's have them already?

[Quest]

Thanks for that Buller, just what I needed to push me over the edge and just cut it... something to do when I get home

lol !

[Buller_Scott]

no problem guys- i cant contribute much to these forums as i have extremely limited knowledge when it comes to cars, but whenever i can chip in, i will.

and as for tosspot- no, i checked the intake out and its the same restrictive oem one thats in all the pics in this thread.

[VW GTI]

and as for tosspot- no, i checked the intake out and its the same restrictive oem one thats in all the pics in this thread.

Fair enough, it's just that this site sells the intake.... and calls it a TDi hose.

[Sharkie]

Its called a TDi hose because its standard fitment on a Seat TDi. Both the GTI and TDI Polo uses a smaller one and both benefits from the Seat part.

[Buller_Scott]

hey thanks tosspot for the link to that site- i enjoy seeing what websites have to offer in terms of products for sale, as my first and only experience with buying anything online has been a pleasurable one (pair of snowboard pants that would cost 450aud, plus three beanies at 30-40aud each here, shipped from canada in 4 days for less than 200aud). i reckon i will be getting quite a few things for my pug off the net (seat intake, wheels etc).

given the short length of time i had with my last car (vr6), im very apprehensive to do ANYTHING to the car without atleast a strong semblance of confidence that i wont regret it.

i made sure that the pictures looked EXACTLY the same as my intake, before i did anything. once i was confident, snippety snip snip.

[RhysQ]

i reckon i will be getting quite a few things for my pug off the net (seat intake, wheels etc).

uummm.....a pug is a Peugeot. i think you meant Pog!

[Buller_Scott]

deleted. sorry if you found it insulting- it was just a joke and i mean no harm.

hope there's no bad blood left.

cheers.