Air Intake setup... why cant we POD it...?

[VW Convert]

It is a well known, INTERNATIONAL problem with Volkswagen MAFs that they are ridiculously delicate, a consequence of using cheap labour in a country that cant spell "quality control".

Where do you get this info from? Having spent most of my working life in Automotive Parts and having visited numerous factories producing parts for vehicle manufacturers I know this is unadulterated crap. If VW MAFs are "ridiculously delicate" it is a consequence of design not production.

Cheers

George

[No457 Snowy]

...this could be interesting for this topic! why i say is why spend $400 plus dollars is this mod will work.....

I reckon it'd work very well, I've seen some real hack jobs on stock air boxes but with some care and planning it could be done well

Snowy

[JVLR32]

I reckon it'd work very well, I've seen some real hack jobs on stock air boxes but with some care and planning it could be done well

Snowy

yeh agree with hack jobs! is there a fective way of knowing hole sizes?....and how many holes we should do?......

[D3bb4]

There's little science behind trial and error. Trialling effective and known methods usually works best though; and i prefer to keep my car looking reasonable and stock-ish; so making the bottom of my air box swiss cheese is definately ruled out.
Might just see if i can squeeze a secondary 3" intake pipe through the front of the car, and make a tidy hole for it in the box. Maybe smaller even, as can get smaller piping with less ribs/smoother internally. See how it goes.

[JVLR32]

yeh at some point iwill do it! I saw a R32 08 with a 400 dollar set....it looked nice no doubt...just carnt justify it.

[No457 Snowy]

This guys got the idea, now that's what I call R&D. Pure F### genius.




Snowy

[D3bb4]

Hahaha. Did it work?

[JVLR32]

This guys got the idea, now that's what I call R&D. Pure F### genius.




Snowy

Ok! also did it work?.......

[No457 Snowy]

I'm not sure if it worked, I just found the photo on Vortex in a thread about modding intakes and there was no follow up report (surprise), but how could you put any value in the claimed results from a person who possesses such a level of workmanship and obvious attention to detail.



Snowy

[Golf Houso]

I'm not sure if it worked, I just found the photo on Vortex in a thread about modding intakes and there was no follow up report (surprise), but how could you put any value in the claimed results from a person who possesses such a level of workmanship and obvious attention to detail.
Snowy

It worked excellently in my MK3, I can't see this happening to newer cars though, most people are just too unwilling to play around with them and potentially ruin a perfectly good airbox