Integrated Engineering Intake Manifold

[pudding]

Have you guys seen this? -  http://www.performancebyie.com/ie-2-0t-fsi-tsi-tfsi-intake-manifold-ea113-ea888-gen1-gen2

Gains from this intake are 31lbft and 20whp on a K04 engine.  Seems to be well engineered and a good way to shift the pesky flaps, and do a decoke whilst you're in there!

Not cheap, but then the good stuff rarely is.  I wonder if we could get 10 or so sent over as a GB? 

[Paradox1]

Looks like a decent bit of kit. Remember there is the import duty tax too!

FOr k04 I wouldn't bother.  If the head was built on a big turbo then yeah why not

[pudding]

Yeah there is, I've imported bits from Americanland quite a few times over the years.  3% duty on car parts, plus the 20% VAT of course.

Unlike a lot of tuners over there, they seem like a very knowledgable and honest bunch.  Not many go to the trouble of enlarging the plenum and even fewer use proper velocity stacks.  They both take a shed load of work on CAD & flow benching to match to the engine properly.

I was concerned the bigger bore intake runners & deletion of the flaps would kill the bottom end torque, but it would appear to make more power and torque everywhere.  I would entertain one if a load of us split the costs on importing some, but it's too much for a single purchase on a whim!

[dan930]

here is one by HPA

http://www.hpamotorsports.com/product_20tim.html

[pudding]

Looks nice.  HPA make some good sh*t.  Only concern with that one is they say "Significant gains after 3000rpm".  That kind of implies it does blunt the bottom end performance, which I wouldn't want to lose in a daily driver.  K04 TFSIs are gutless enough as it is below 3k!

The Integrated one has a meth port per cylinder as well, which I guess could be drilled out to take petrol injectors for keeping the valves clean.

[xjay1337]

You can't improve both bottom end and top end in one mod.
You may see gains across the board but generally you are chasing peak performance.

[bluo]

Waste of money on a K04 car - go big turbo and then you'll need to map the car again to run this as its not just a straight bolt on - I know a car with this on and after bolting it on it lost power and had to be mapped again to take advantage of the new hardware.

Spend your hard earned cash on something else. I'll admit I was taken back by just how pretty that looks under the hood!