Forge TIP

[pog]

Thanks for helping me out over the phone Dave. No I didn't get it in, lol - I gave up as I was getting bruised and battered, lol.

Putting it back together was easy as pie, and I installed the SEAT intake you ordered in, no brainer. lol. The other TIP is absolutely easy (not installed, but it's quite straight forward), just the one from the intake to the turbo - it's a straight forward disassemble, but a PITA assemble.

Over it, lol.

In this pic, I had no problem, getting the bottom part of the tip into the turbo flange (pic not reflecting it though). In fact, I had about 100% of it in. The left side required strength which I managed to get over. I just couldn't finish it off by sliding it in. WD40 worked in most parts, but the strength of having to push it in was exhausting after so many attempts.

For all who can see that black steel pipe, the coolant pipe, man, that was restricting me, making the job an absolute PITA.

[pog]

"As for guidelines for installation, take your time and remain calm. Dont think its going to be a 5 minute job like I did. Figure that its going to take an hour and a half then just be happy when it takes you less. Once you get the old one off, spray some WD40 on the inlet of the compressor to help the TIP slide around. From there I just put it in from the top, and keep pushing down on it until it "pops" into place. What makes it hard is there is a metal coolant line a few inches away from the turbo and the TIP has to get sandwiched between the two until the TIP slides over the inlet of the turbo.
Also, before you put the tip on, loosely install the clamp that goes on the turbo side and slide it as far up the hose as possible. If you wait until you have the tip on to install the clamp, you will be hating life."

Thank you, someone else recognizes it's *#&@! hard! I need to work out or something..

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[DeanB]

I admire anyone who can easily do this, even after having done mine myself, I am loathe to offer assistance as it isn't easy.

When I installed mine, I ripped skin off my hands and swore for hours cursing that the bastard wouldn't go on, eventually had my dad come over and lend a hand after having a few drinks to settle a little. I had a mate buy one and wanted a hand, I was not going to go through it all again, so he went and paid to have it installed ... he had his car back on the road 3 hours after dropping it in to be installed, it just isn't worth the pain and high stress levels that a self install induces !

[fuzion]

we did two here on Saturday, i did one in about an hour or so. and brumue did his without any knowledge of how to do it within about 2.5 hours including his t/b hose.. never had to take any extra bits on, was harder then my mk4 gotta say that .. much tighter fit. but got through it all.. not an easy thing tho definitely!

contact brumue as i think he has a spare Forge TIP as well for sale

[brumue]

It was a amazingly fun task. If you do get the opportunity to install one of these do not at any cost let it slip past.
I loved the added complexity that the removal of the strut brace added, it led to my coil overs moving. I also enjoyed connecting the hoses and the cuts on my hands were an added treat.

The results are worth it though IMO, it seems to be spooling sooner and has a bit more power in the upper rev range.

As fuzion mentions I have a spare Forge TIP for sale. I'll be starting a new thread in the FS section shortly.

[pog]

It was a amazingly fun task. If you do get the opportunity to install one of these do not at any cost let it slip past.
I loved the added complexity that the removal of the strut brace added, it led to my coil overs moving. I also enjoyed connecting the hoses and the cuts on my hands were an added treat.

The results are worth it though IMO, it seems to be spooling sooner and has a bit more power in the upper rev range.

As fuzion mentions I have a spare Forge TIP for sale. I'll be starting a new thread in the FS section shortly.

Don't get me wrong fellas, the disassembling of the pipes etc was enjoyable, in fact too easy I didn't know what everyone was pissing on about on the forums about the difficulty of this install. Took about 30 minutes.

Then, I figured it out when I couldn't get the pipe in, lol. I'll tell you what, I've installed extractors, intakes, pulleys, exhausts, etc,. but none other like the TIP has given me the sh*ts, lol. So much so, I'd like to see this done by someone in person, ROFL.

I swear, if you saw the bruise on my arm, you'd think I got bitten by a snake.

[fuzion]

the bruise is from your girlfriend cracking the ****s you took so long and she couldnt go shopping.

there is no need to make up stories, we knwo the truth lol

[brumue]

Don't get me wrong fellas, the disassembling of the pipes etc was enjoyable, in fact too easy I didn't know what everyone was pissing on about on the forums about the difficulty of this install. Took about 30 minutes.

Then, I figured it out when I couldn't get the pipe in, lol. I'll tell you what, I've installed extractors, intakes, pulleys, exhausts, etc,. but none other like the TIP has given me the sh*ts, lol. So much so, I'd like to see this done by someone in person, ROFL.

I swear, if you saw the bruise on my arm, you'd think I got bitten by a snake.

I possibly forgot to put in a few sarcasm smilies... LOL

[RoSonic]

Installed the Forge TIP yesterday - it took a while for my mechanic to do it - mostly because he tried to reuse all the original clamps (because I've told him that they will fit). In the end he needed to replace 2 of them with larger ones.
I'll do some vag-com logging these days - to see what are the changes.

[RoSonic]

Posted logging results here: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f19/...tml#post494565

[safetyman]

Found this link which has pics showing some of the installation.

IzVW.com - HowTo: Turbo Inlet Pipe Install

[FLYINGTI]

To the people that have bought this!!
forge claim u can get charged by customs, how can u stop this or has it happened to any1

[T Go]

To the people that have bought this!!
forge claim u can get charged by customs, how can u stop this or has it happened to any1

below 1000 AUD, you wont get charged anything.

[FLYINGTI]

below 1000 AUD, you wont get charged anything.

oh awesome!
so customs actually look at ur bill

[FLYINGTI]

So over the weekend i installed my TIP
I dont know what people where talking bout being hard and u gotta do all this work underneath,
im a signwritter and i installed it in bout 45mins, take the old one off, removed the filter box and you can neally fit a body in there!
=)jacked up the car to tighten the lowest hose clamp and bobs ya uncles its all done< no troubles