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Offline rich83

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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2011, 11:00:20 pm »
Sounds like another BSH winning product.
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2011, 08:51:48 am »
Can the one on ebay be that bad to not even be considered for the price? Maybe with a decent filter on it could it perform as good if not better than some other 'Named' brands?
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2011, 01:25:34 pm »
The one off ebay has a great filter so you wont be disapointed as i wouldnt spend alot of money as i dont think they are worth £300-£400 etc.
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2011, 01:35:03 pm »
I have been running the ebay one for over a year now without dissapointment. Along side a Autobahn88 intercooler and Now a Toyosport downpipe, All for £70 less than a ITG CAI :scared:
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2011, 03:58:42 pm »
Got any pics jaywoo?

Alot of peeps are out off cheap products because 9/10 times they use cheap materials to build them! Usual stories will be poor fitting, thin stainless and a low grade on downpipes/exhausts, low quality filters in induction kits, badly designed coolers.
These are all my thoughts when looking at cheap parts like your mentioning, but if it's working for you more fool us I guess?
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2011, 04:35:29 pm »




First pic is not my car but exactly the same CAI as mine,

Only paid £70 for the intercooler brand new so was worht taking a chance on it.

Also will try and get a pic of my downpipe as the welding and material is better than more expensive items i have seen and purchased in the past.
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2011, 04:45:39 pm »
For the money I have to admit that doesn't look bad!

Do you have any dyno readouts of how your car performs with it all on? Inlet temps?
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2011, 04:54:40 pm »
Not yet but once the dwonpie is fitted im off to have a stage 2 map.
From the Liqiud 2 gauge the car normally runs 10-12 degress above ambient, but not done any logging,
Also a calculated bhp reading through the liquid 2 still sees 250bhp on a stage 1 map.
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2011, 04:58:28 pm »
Quote from: richwig83 on November 22, 2011, 11:00:20 pm
Sounds like another BSH winning product.
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lol i think considering there aren't more horror stories like mine the fault is with me rather than the product! plus from looking at photos it looks like the 8P has it's brake fluid reservoir in a different place to the Golf
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2011, 10:41:59 am »
Quote from: Jaywoo-GTI on November 23, 2011, 04:35:29 pm
Also will try and get a pic of my downpipe as the welding and material is better than more expensive items i have seen and purchased in the past.

Pics for those who are interested.



The Weld, Looks good IMO
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2011, 07:06:40 pm »
Yeah I would say that down pipe look bang on :happy2:
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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2011, 10:06:14 pm »
Is that an eBay downpipe?also what make is the intake pictured?


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Re: home brew induction/cai for mk5 gti - anyone tried?
« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2011, 09:03:00 am »
Yep ebay downpipe, But got for the Turbo_Revs one as the Clamp is better, and just to be on the safe side i got a new gasket and nuts from VW.

And also the intake is the £65 ebay one that i posted on the previous page.
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