RS Airbox

[ferret vrs]

Decided to start a thread on this as the previous mentions in other places were getting messy....

Discovered on another forum an easy mod to free up the breathing on our cars.

Most tuners I spoke with agreed that the standard air box with a decent panel filter would easily flow enough air for a stage 2 tune.

The standard cold air intake on the car draws most of its air from the engine bay & has a further cold side which is blocked from factory

I removed the intake and cut out the bits as required


There is already a factory air feed from behind the bumper in place by both cut outs



I blocked off the hot air feed from the engine bay with some aluminum tape & also the resonator box inside the air box
I also removed the silly snow screen at the bottom - not really required here in Australia



Haven't had much of a chance to drive it tonight & still yet to buy a replacement hi-flow filter but the diverter valve can now be heard with the windows down.

[HPRS230]

Nice find / mod Mate!

[ferret vrs]

I rang Hardings Performance today as they sell an R Line performance panel air filter, but they are out of stock until the end of January.
Byron whom I spoke to again tried to sell me the full intake which is around $1200 and reckons ill gain 30kw!! - I personally call BS as they are a forced induction engine and need an extra 4-5 psi positive boost to achieve that same figure with a tune.


VW probably spend a lot of R&D money getting the air box right, a Golf R will quite happy produce 206kw with the same unmodified box & paper filter....

[vEnOm_oz]

Any gains will only be seen once you start producing close to 300 KW or more. Real world gains on a non-tuned car will be negligible.

I rang Hardings Performance today as they sell an R Line performance panel air filter, but they are out of stock until the end of January.
Byron whom I spoke to again tried to sell me the full intake which is around $1200 and reckons ill gain 30kw!! - I personally call BS as they are a forced induction engine and need an extra 4-5 psi positive boost to achieve that same figure with a tune.


VW probably spend a lot of R&D money getting the air box right, a Golf R will quite happy produce 206kw with the same unmodified box & paper filter....

[ferret vrs]

Any gains will only be seen once you start producing close to 300 KW or more. Real world gains on a non-tuned car will be negligible.

Lol I wonder how many people they sucker into believing that they will get 30kw from an air box upgrade on a stock car "the guy told me it's proven on the dyno mate!"



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[vEnOm_oz]

Note: Unless you drive on a dyno everyday!

"the guy told me it's proven on the dyno mate!"

[LunchboxVRS]

Lol I wonder how many people they sucker into believing that they will get 30kw from an air box upgrade on a stock car "the guy told me it's proven on the dyno mate!"



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The big fan infront when running on the Dyno may play a part in that me thinks.

[Antiplastix]

Give me $1200 and I ll tell you you've gained 500 KWs.

[ferret vrs]

[QUOTE=Antiplastix;1211273]Give me $1200 and I ll tell you you've gained 500 KWs.[/

Deal, but only if it comes with a sticker, so all the other drivers know what I'm packing under the hood


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[ferret vrs]

Does anybody know where I can purchase a replacement panel filter either locally or overseas?
Was keen for the Racing Line Filter but it appears the only Aus distributor is Hardings (out of stock till early Feb) & the overseas website keeps redirecting me there

I'm not keen on an oiled filter such as K&N or BMC, prefer to use the foam