All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Intake waste of money?
Speedy83:
How about panelfilter in stock airbox, is this completly unnecessery or do they have any positive impact on a stock or Stage 1 on a k03 turbo engine?
Dan_FR:
Cats should be first to go, they are the major restriction. An intake is beneficial to mapped cars especially to release the 'peak hp' numbers at higher rpm
spwd:
So would you recommend buying oliies carbonio panel filter, don't want to miss it if I don't need an intake.
Dan_FR:
Define 'need'?
It helps to know what your power goals are... Pointless buying a panel filter if you're going to get a proper intake at a later date.
A panel filter is middle ground. A lot cheaper, marginal gains over standard and just as quiet. An intake (such as the Revo or similar) will give better gains but cost more and they are a lot louder (which to me is no bad thing.
The graph above and Niki's advice is spot on - That man tunes these cars day in day out and is the most honest & decent 'business owner' I've ever met. The standard airbox WILL choke the K03 at higher rpm as the little turbo runs out of puff (and is the limiting factor of peak power at Stage 2), so the key is to maximise efficiency and minimise restrictions..... but again, it depends what you want and what your end goal is
spwd:
Thanks for the info Dan, I'm not planning on stage 2 whatever that's defined as, I'll perhaps do the first few easy mods usually nice sounding exhaust and a sports cat as you say that's a big restriction and I'd usually do an intake but if it doesn't make any difference in power on basically a standard car then I'd sooner save my £250 or put it to better use, basically I'm asking what are the first few mods usually done if an intake isn't one of them, hopefully you know what I mean :happy2:
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