October 2018

APR Intake Airflow Test

Some previous testing looked at the stock Mk7 GTI air intake to evaluate how much air flows through the system with a couple of simple modifications as well as when configured as delivered from the factory. This test is being conducted to determine how much air flows through the APR Carbon Fiber Intake for the […]

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Mk7 GTI PCV Breather Hose

How often do you hear someone on a car forum say in reference to some inexplicable design aspect, “well the engineers at <name of your favorite manufacturer> must have had a reason for doing it this way.” Case in point is the PCV Breather Hose connection to the Turbocharger Inlet Pipe on the Mk7 GTI.

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Stock Airbox with Stock TIP

After seeing the substantial decrease in airflow through the intake with the addition of the stock Turbocharger Inlet Pipe the next logical question was how the results would go with the stock airbox in the stock configuration. The Setup: To recap the last test, it was conducted with the highest flowing configuration that the stock

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