Cheapo Mods

[Flanders]

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yeah it's a bit tougher than that on our 1.8T's

taking the fuel rail out (with injectors) is a pain. I found it easier to keep them in there....just disconnect the electrical connectors to them.

My install and tips are here:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1004554

hopefully they help you out a bit!

[Kor]

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Well based on their temp graph you get about .6% more air flow, thats considering its cooler.

How'd you figure this out?

[Smartiepants]

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How'd you figure this out?

I found a temp graph of someone that tested the thing out. I think went back to the difference in temperature, which by my estimate was 3 degrees F, then converting that to Kelvin, you can use gas laws to estimate the degree of which the density of air changes with the temperature.

But that does not however take into account that the manifold will stay colder longer.

[Kor]

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I found a temp graph of someone that tested the thing out. I think went back to the difference in temperature, which by my estimate was 3 degrees F, then converting that to Kelvin, you can use gas laws to estimate the degree of which the density of air changes with the temperature.

But that does not however take into account that the manifold will stay colder longer.

A couple posts I read seemed to indicate that the change in temperature was more like 20 degrees F.... also a few people indiciated that the manifold went from 'too hot to touch' to 'cool to the touch' which is pretty unscientific but if true then the change must be more then 3 degrees?

[Holksvagon]

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Between hot and cold to the touch HAS to be more than 3 degrees... but I aint no scientist just a Plumber who knows when shat is HOT

[Smartiepants]

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Well that is from one run, meaning that the improvement comes through the course of the one run. But it should stay at that level longer.

[Canadian Turbo]

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Most MK3 mods are cheap, got a grill and grill spoiler for $200 bucks

[R_Ethug]

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nice blair my grill was like 350 bucks :(

oh anyone do the dual brake light aka 5 brake light mod? I wanna see how it looks before I do it... I wanna see in real life no pictures on tex

[Tromping_Maniac]

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I got the 5 brake mod done last weekend, super easy. If u wanna see PM me, I'm in the NW

[R_Ethug]

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or come to the dec4 meet

[Holksvagon]

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Just imagine your rear fogs lighting up... they will be brighter than the original brakes....

[Smartiepants]

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Picked up some bulbs today, should get out and do it in the next little while. The bulbs cost me 3.76 at crappy tire so I can't go wrong.

EDIT Done now, took a little bit of fiddling to get the bulb holder back into the passenger side. But its sweet its worth the money I spent.