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whats the best air intake?

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b7unr:
Hi i`m looking to buy a new air intake system, i was wondering what is the best one to get as they seem to range from £60 to £250.

THanks

danishmkvgti:
best "almost" oem in noise= Carbonio
Best "moderat noise"=Forge twintake
Darth Vader=ITG

IMO  :grin:

boe3:
Hopefully this is not hi jacking your post but I had pritty much decided to go for the itg but in the back of my mind is I don't want people thinking I'm some sort of boy racer with it making loads of noise would I be best to switch to the forge twin take is this a lot quiter?

djhorace:
Carbonio does virtually nothing to improve performance which negates the purpose in fitting one IMO, especially when the noise does not change.

A good intake for decent gains and minimal noise is the Dbilas. There are always a few of these in the for sale section as people (wrongly) believe open cones are going to give them loads more bhp over the Dbilas and decide to jump on the ITG/Twintake band wagon because its what everyone else is doing and claims of higher bhp etc with them.

For what its worth, my car made 337bhp (at the wheels) with a Dbilas (Revo S2+ 2.0T K04 Cupra) :happy2:. I recently changed to an Evoms as I wanted more intake noise. I chose Evoms as it uses a large cotton cone rather than a foam filter as seen on the ITG, and it is less "home made" looking than the ITG. The Twintake is an expensive option, and being honest, I cannot see how the second intake is going to catch that much air having seen one fitted to a car.

There is also the 3" VF Intake option with the Evoms cone modification which is recommended for cars with the GIAC Extreme Plus file.

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: djhorace on May 03, 2010, 05:08:34 pm ---
The Twintake is an expensive option, and being honest, I cannot see how the second intake is going to catch that much air having seen one fitted to a car.


--- End quote ---

....The Twintake is only a little bit cheaper than the ITG and on back-to-back dyno runs has added 21bhp to my K03 GTI, so whether you understand the second filter or not doesn't matter.

The term "best" is somewhat subjective. We all like different sounds and different looks and not all of us have the same attitude about the money we spend.

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