Alex, I like the look of the intake kit, is there any advantage of having the pipes ceramic coated?
Have you done a direct comparison with, for example, ITG Maxogen, which puts the filter in its own compartment?
I see the top pipe has a mounting plate but does the filter have some kind of fixing bracket too?
And lastly how much does it come in at, and is there any member discounts/GB available?
You can tell me to piss off if you like!
Weve not had a chance to do any tests to see how well the ceramic coating works. Ive also had the heat shield coated which helps with blocking the heat from the turbo. The coated pipes are cooler to touch than the non coated pipes after a hard drive.
Ive driven cars with the ITG fitted, but again, no back to back tests. The reason we dont use a heat shield is that its not needed. All it does is block the main air feed into the engine bay. We tested with the shield and it felt like the engine was being chocked slightly. You cant get air thats not there. Without the shield the only time you will get extra heat from the rads/engine is when you are stuck in traffic. Most of us use the cars on the open road where there is always a fresh supply of cold air coming in from the front. Its also worth adding a cold air feed from the fog light area to add extra air to the filter. I managed to get a 100mm feed from the lower grill to the bottom of the filter on the vRS.
The filter is very light and the silicon hose is nice and stiff so we found no need to add another bracket to hold the filter.
The kit for either the K03 or the K04 currently is £295 + vat. You can have the kit in black, blue, red, or orange hoses. Ceramic coating is an extra £125 + vat iirc. I currently have the only ceramic coated kit. Coating can be done in white or the dark grey like mine.
I think it would be great to run a group buy on the kits. I will see if we are able to do one when im back in at work on Monday. We would need a minimum of 10 to go ahead.