TWINtake fitted - louder than I expected!

[john87]

Managed to fit the TWINtake yesterday, once I found a shop that sold a 24mm long-reach bi-hex socket  and I'm enjoying the 'darth vader' noises, albeit quite a bit louder than I thought!

A couple of the 70-90 hose clips / jubilee clips included with the kit didn't seem to tighten correctly (kept jumping threads and wouldn't go any tighter) so I'm going to nip to Halfords today and get a few new ones...

apart from that I'd recommend the kit thoroughly, and don't give up when trying to fit the last canister  its a right B*stard but you'll get there eventually!

[bacillus]

I found it helped greatly by prelubng the inside of the silicone hose using a little soapy water.

Everything then just slid in easily...   

[JackG]

I still think the twintake is deffinately 100% louder than my ITG
When the twintake was on my car (DSG ED30) and we fitted it to a members car on here (manual ED30) the sound it produced was halfed, was deffinately louder on my car being DSG than a manual  still sounded great but I'm mega confused 
Love the twintake and miss mine loads

[john87]

Aah, I should have comtemplated the lube idea 

Mines is a manual and is plenty loud, god knows what its like on the DSG 

Even this morning when I had the cruise control set to 70mph, came to a slight rise on the motorway, you could hear it start to breathe, followed by a light 'pssss' when the car reached the brow of the hill 

Its like a Vick's inhaler for your engine 

[Weston]

If you think it's loud from inside get someone to drive the car towards you, even when going slow it's quite loud!

[h4rdy]

I still think the twintake is deffinately 100% louder than my ITG
When the twintake was on my car (DSG ED30) and we fitted it to a members car on here (manual ED30) the sound it produced was halfed, was deffinately louder on my car being DSG than a manual  still sounded great but I'm mega confused 
Love the twintake and miss mine loads

When I had mine I had a group of teenage girls spin round when it chattered!
I took it off soon after!

[parks]

strange its so loud as its a 'closed' kit rather than an open filter?

is there a single closed design of the twintake? i know the american market have a single one...

anything like a viper or BMC design?

[bacillus]

strange its so loud as its a 'closed' kit rather than an open filter?

is there a single closed design of the twintake? i know the american market have a single one...

anything like a viper or BMC design?

Yes there is...
http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=260310&product=FMIND13

[john87]

I can hear it spool up when I pull away from sitting idle, and can hear it go into hyperdrive when I give it welly...the rest of the time I just hear the air rushing through the pipework and the recirc valve doing its job rather loudly 

[john87]

I paid.340 for it from awesome GTi, think larkspeed used to sell it  cheaper but not any more. Forge themselves sell it discounted to forum members in the region of 340 AFAIK

[Syrag64]

I don't care how much they cost...they sound awesome!    But did get mine for £200 2nd hand off a member on here..............thanks to whoever they were...sorry I've forgotten who it was.....