R600 Plus Pikey mod Skoda-specific?

Hi all

I had done the R600 air intake mod on my Superb some years ago, pretty much after I had it. Recently, I had some work done on my car (waterpump, thermostat, aux belt, d088 intercooler) so the bumper had to come off. What I found surprised me - there was airflow on the left side from in front of the grill to the intake of the airbox, but not on the RH side, making the airbox opening on the RH side somewhat redundant. I think this is Skoda specific maybe?

You can see where the airbox is opened up above on the RH side as per the R600 pikey mod, but there's no corresponding airflow from the radiator area.



So, first I went round and made lots of drillholes in the panel and snapped it out.



Next, I tidied it up with a dremel clone so no loose bits to go into the air intake - no picture.

Then, I remembered about a kit that is available on the Mk7 Golf GTi to guide air into the air intake


I had a different idea about how to mount them - upside down to guide air into the airbox better. I was actually at one point thinking of using 2 scoops per side (one above and one below), but I realised that I could be directing debris and water directly into the air intake, so glad I didnt.

Here is how that came out. I am holding them at this point because I hadn't fastened them down properly.








I topped that all off with a SuperSkoda grille which has far more open air to it over the standard grill which only has each slow open about 35%.



This is all ahead of a remap once the DSG and haldex are serviced.