Look what I've got guys.
Will update with more info later on today
Will update with more info later on today
APR carbon intake tryout
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@ruivo Nice to see you've taken the plunge for the air intake.
Mind if I suggest to take a serious look on a coolant hose relocation like this one?
www.racingline.com
Basically re-routes the coolant hose is seen in the first image of your second post. Relocates that hose making a more tidy look.
Mind if I suggest to take a serious look on a coolant hose relocation like this one?
racingline I R600 COOLANT UNDERHOSE
RacingLine R600 Coolant Underhose (2.0 TSI) Golf R, GTI, S3, Cupra, Leon, Polo, Audi S3, A3, TT. The R600 Coolant Underhose reroutes the ugly factory hose.
www.racingline.com
Basically re-routes the coolant hose is seen in the first image of your second post. Relocates that hose making a more tidy look.
@ruivo Nice to see you've taken the plunge for the air intake.
Mind if I suggest to take a serious look on a coolant hose relocation like this one?
racingline I R600 COOLANT UNDERHOSE
RacingLine R600 Coolant Underhose (2.0 TSI) Golf R, GTI, S3, Cupra, Leon, Polo, Audi S3, A3, TT. The R600 Coolant Underhose reroutes the ugly factory hose.
Basically re-routes the coolant hose is seen in the first image of your second post. Relocates that hose making a more tidy look.
I've got one, but it looks like ours is thicker than the golf one
I'm not particularly happy with this gap:
As you can see, right bellow is the radiator fan. This means hot air scaling up and probably being sucked by the filter.
I'm not in the mood to duck tape the gap, nor have any material to seal without making it look bad.
I'll probably remove it and reselling it for some golf r owner as awesome gti does not accept returns
As you can see, right bellow is the radiator fan. This means hot air scaling up and probably being sucked by the filter.
I'm not in the mood to duck tape the gap, nor have any material to seal without making it look bad.
I'll probably remove it and reselling it for some golf r owner as awesome gti does not accept returns
That's a big (and expensive) Ouch!.
Never liked those cone filters residing on engine boot (low-pressure zone and lots of heat coming from the engine.
Formentor is really new and aftermarket brands didn't catch up on it so many things is a hit and miss. Spent some hours with a shop checking for some parts that could serve to Formentor and was a complete trainwreck.
The unique thing that we found that works without any kind of problems is the intercooler for MQB (crosschecked stock part numbers on ETKA) many others would not fit or weren't appropriate. We checked too parts for Leon4 (KL chassis code) and the results were... disheartening.
\I was expecting that outcome already, so no bother. I hope I can sell it quickly to any of the other supported car's owners haha.
Next one to try will be the Racingline R600 airbox, as soon as I get some money back from the previous purchase haha
Admire your suicid... erm! braveness...
Take a detailed look on those two images I post. Are the airbox assembly of Formentor and Ateca. I know they use different engine codes but confirmed on racingline website they fit for Cupra Ateca from 2018. Take care, looks can be deceiving and incur in a second big 'Ouch!'
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Finally sold the thing. Apparently Irish Golf owners don't like to spend that much on an airbox.
What's the next one I should try? thoughts? haha.
I'll be doing a tryout with the R600 Cup Edition soon. Hope this one fits!
What's the next one I should try? thoughts? haha.
I'll be doing a tryout with the R600 Cup Edition soon. Hope this one fits!
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Are you looking to install one similar to this:
RacingLine R600 Cold Air Intake for 2.0 TSI Golf R, GTI, S3 & More
RacingLine R600 Cold Air Intake for (2.0 TSI) Golf R, GTI, Golf 7, S3, Cupra, Leon, Polo, Audi S3, A3, TT. The RacingLine R600 is the world's most sophisticated MQB Intake.
www.racingline.com
As I was thinking about going for this one too
This exact one you sent won't fit. That's for sure.Are you looking to install one similar to this:
RacingLine R600 Cold Air Intake for 2.0 TSI Golf R, GTI, S3 & More
RacingLine R600 Cold Air Intake for (2.0 TSI) Golf R, GTI, Golf 7, S3, Cupra, Leon, Polo, Audi S3, A3, TT. The RacingLine R600 is the world's most sophisticated MQB Intake.
As I was thinking about going for this one too
I'll try this one now, but with the cotton filter:
Racingline Performance MQB 'Cup Edition' Open Intake System 1.8/2.0 TSI EA888.3
The Racingline Performance Cup Edition Intake System kit delivers cold air straight to your engine for Golf 7 GTI or R plus S3 and Leon Cupra 280 models via an oversized free-flowing intake filter with heat shield.
theperformanceshop.ie
Is the EA888.4 much different to the EA888.3? Cause that filter you linked is also for the EA888.3This exact one you sent won't fit. That's for sure.
I'll try this one now, but with the cotton filter:
Racingline Performance MQB 'Cup Edition' Open Intake System 1.8/2.0 TSI EA888.3
The Racingline Performance Cup Edition Intake System kit delivers cold air straight to your engine for Golf 7 GTI or R plus S3 and Leon Cupra 280 models via an oversized free-flowing intake filter with heat shield.
It's more about the design of the front grill in this case. The big box has the front component that needs to match with the front of the car, which is different in our case.
The open air one seems to be less of a tight fit, and looks like it would bend to fix any gaps if necessary.
Yeah good shout, that makes total sense!
You'll have to let us know how you get on with the install, I would like to do one myself
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