WhyWell like all mods the why part is a subjective question, but to me I wanted an intake that had been designed to work with the car and wasn't just there for "eye candy".
As this is something that lives under than bonnet and is rarely seen, to me function was the absolute priority.
The limitation on my car has been two things when I when to Revo Stage 2+, one was the DSG box (now resolved with software) and the intake
So when I was asked to go and see ITG so they could test fit an early version of their kit I jumped at the chance.
This also gave me a good opportunity to really understand what goes into the development and production of these kits.
Here's some pictures of the parts that make up the kit: -
Turbo Hose with step to improve airlfow
Ali part's all rolled edged and with top quality welded brackets
Plus a bulit-in headshield on the main bracket
The rest of the kit
And the kit installed in the car: -
SourcingAvailable either directly from ITG - Tel 024 7630 5386 or from a number of different resellers and tuners.
FittingTakes less than an hour and requires a few basic tools. A good set of ratchet hose clamp pliers really help when removing the OEM hose connection to the top of the turbo.
Other versionsPlenty of options in the market, including: -
Evoms
Forge Twin Take
Dbilas
BSH True Seal Intake
Plus Points- A really well developed and made product, key feature being a correctly sized MAF housing
- Using a properly rated and oiled foam filter
- Dyno and data logging based proven improvements over OEM intake and airbox
- Awesome enhancement to the engine / turbo noise, with my favorite being the "80's Rally car style" wastegate chatter
Minus PointsNone for me, but some might not like the increased noise or the fact by default (unless you chop an original engine cover up or buy an after market one) you engine will no longer be covered.
SummarySo after now over 14k miles on the various kits I have had from ITG (4 in total during the development) I can 100% say I would recommend the kit.
As with most of the mods I have done it's opened my eyes as to how these different parts can really change the way the car "feels", this is certainly one I would do sooner rather than later next time.
My logging has shown a peak airflow increase across the MAF 17-18g/s compared to the old OEM airbox with high flow filter.
A back to back dyno test of the kit to compare the OEM airbox with OEM paper filter and the kit also produced a very healthy increase (wheel power shown below): -
Plus the final bit of positive data is my long term fuel trims have improved to - Lambda (Partial) - Self-Adaptation = 1.8%