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VWR Intake disappointing
Shoduchi:
I can't say mine had any problems with the MAF housing. It fitted fine the MAF and according to my long term fuel trims all is well. I just had to trim a bit the front grille scoop because my thicker IC made the coolant radiator be more backwards. I can hear a bit of rumble when accelerating hard but while pottering around it's pretty quiet, specially compared with open cone intake that make much more noise all the time. If I have my windows closed and the radio playing I can hardly hear anything from the intake. :confused:
pudding:
--- Quote from: 99hagued on August 07, 2017, 10:26:13 pm ---Does yours not knock with no front mounting bracket pudding?
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Yeah it does but for the time being it's just in the evaluation phase until I figure out what to do with the coolant elbow, so not too worried about the knocking. If I can't do anything neat and OEM like, I'll just put the standard intake back on and throw the VWR in the trash can.
I've never seen anything like this before. It's like having windows and doors fitted to your house, and the fitters just hammer chunks out of the bricks and lintles to make them fit. It really is exceptionally poor.
pudding:
--- Quote from: Shoduchi on August 08, 2017, 08:51:43 am ---I can't say mine had any problems with the MAF housing. It fitted fine the MAF and according to my long term fuel trims all is well. I just had to trim a bit the front grille scoop because my thicker IC made the coolant radiator be more backwards. I can hear a bit of rumble when accelerating hard but while pottering around it's pretty quiet, specially compared with open cone intake that make much more noise all the time. If I have my windows closed and the radio playing I can hardly hear anything from the intake. :confused:
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I don't see how that is possible with the MAF, unless yours is slightly different to mine?
If you look at the OEM airbox where the MAF slots into the housing, you will notice the 2 sections for the screws are which are raised. It's hard to explain in words.
As you can see in this pic, just, the MAF mounting is completely flat, which means the weather seal isn't pressed down. They haven't mirrored the OEM mounting profile at all, let alone issues with the hole not being ground out correctly! If your long terms are OK, you must be lucky but either way, it's not right.
I'll take some pics of later of what I mean, and then it will make sense hopefully!
Shoduchi:
I think I understood what you're trying to explain. My friend who fitted this intake already had plenty of experience fitting them. He made it look quite simple to do. Now I'm curious to check if mine is different but other than the hole in yours not being correctly grounded, I doubt mine will be different. :confused:
I'll check mine later and see if I can spot any difference.
Dan_FR:
For such an expensive kit that is truly awful quality.
One good aspect of it is the MAF scaling is spot on with these kits from everything I have read about them over the years, so it doesn't ruin the drive. The RamAir however does not and has a detrimental affect on off boost and part throttle driving. Been there and tested it
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