Airbox Mod

[golfvr6]

tim - for a day like that you can try taking out the front right headlight!

[DUBING]

hmm so i had a look today and the vr6 has a intake coming from the guard, getting a panel K&N filter and making some holes in the airbox, would that work, and would it sound like it has a Pod?

[Golf Loon]

Thats a neater solution. Drill the airbox heaps. It should look like a cheese. I used to do it heaps on Golf GTIs and it makes em sound nicer and pickup better.

[Tim]

just rembember if youre gonna do that to drill the half b4 the filter!

not that i think youre dumb but yeah.. hehe u never know!

[Golfwise]

We run a k&n pod down in the cold air stream ,you can't even see it in the engine bay hence no heat.U can feel the difference.
Imported kit from US

[Bug_racer]

Unless you have the air flaper MAF dont use K and N , they damage the hotwire element on Maf.
I really wouldnt bother playing so much with the airbox , look into cams and portwork , more gain can be found there

[DUBING]

Unless you have the air flaper MAF dont use K and N , they damage the hotwire element on Maf.
I really wouldnt bother playing so much with the airbox , look into cams and portwork , more gain can be found there

Ye but thats later to come, first i have too make my car more pretty now, i want to get the sound right... Air Flaper MAF.... i will be honest, i have no idea what that is...

[midget]

Air Flaper MAF.... i will be honest, i have no idea what that is...Embarassed Shocked

Ok, I think my airbox is the same

the stock airbox has 2 parts, top half and bottom half, you should have 1 tube running to each, the air flapper part should be on the bottom half inside the airbox, a flap of plastic which opens and closes and leads to the tube going out of the box.

Sorry if Im way off here, just that today I was modifying my airbox. before I just had a big hole in the front of it, sounded very grunty. and then ran thicker pipe to the front to close the gap, now makes a less grunty noise but adds a sucking noise, original pipe was quite restrictive. shoulda taken photos


is it such a good idea to drill holes in the box? Ive read up about guys on the Seat forum doing this...

[evorobin]

Hey robin, I was assuming you car was on K-jet??

Nah 1988 so one of the first Digi's. I had a pipercross cone that fell apart and now I have just put on a K&N. When evoposters is back up I'll post a pic!

[golfvr6]

here's an alternative to the swiss cheese look - guess you can focus where the air comes in

http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/engine/AIRBOX2.html

re MAF damage with k&n - 1st i've heard of that one - i've got a k&n cone & no probs - that's been almost 10 years and counting!