Hi all

I had done the R600 pikey mod air intake mod on my Superb some years ago, pretty much after I had just bought it. Recently, I had some work done on my car (waterpump, thermostat, aux belt, do88 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 slot open about 35%.



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

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by DrAvalanche

Yep that's a decent go of it. The opening of the hole is the main thing. The mygolfmk7 guy did some testing on the ducting and found negligible difference but he was marking that against the claims of lower intake temps and % increases in power/torque.

Either way, it looks like you're on the right track making sure the air moves up and into the airbox which is the best you can do.

You're right about the grill too - I was wondering about whether a neat job can be done with a dremel on opening up the gaps a little more to allow for flow while keeping it standard but the honeycomb grill looks good and plenty open too.

So is it right you've got the r600 and intercooler done but no remap yet? You'll enjoy that when its done then!

8 minutes ago, travs said:

Yep that's a decent go of it. The opening of the hole is the main thing. The mygolfmk7 guy did some testing on the ducting and found negligible difference but he was marking that against the claims of lower intake temps and % increases in power/torque.

Either way, it looks like you're on the right track making sure the air moves up and into the airbox which is the best you can do.

You're right about the grill too - I was wondering about whether a neat job can be done with a dremel on opening up the gaps a little more to allow for flow while keeping it standard but the honeycomb grill looks good and plenty open too.

So is it right you've got the r600 and intercooler done but no remap yet? You'll enjoy that when its done then!

Yeah, mods ready. Need to save lots of pennies again.

What’s the red circles behind the grill? Are you worried about stones through the radiator?

Also doesn’t the slam/scuttle trim panel that goes above there act to deflect the air into the air box anyway? Without the need for the deflectors?

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by Binx1310

54 minutes ago, DrAvalanche said:

Yeah, mods ready. Need to save lots of pennies again.

Also K&N panel air filter, MST turbo inlet bend pipe, APR coilpacks, EQT coilpack earthing kit.

Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by DrAvalanche
unclear what the K&N was

9 minutes ago, Binx1310 said:

What’s the red circles behind the grill? Are you worried about stones through the radiator?

Also doesn’t the slam/scuttle trim panel that goes above there a to to deflect the air into the air box anyway? Without the need for the deflectors?

Red circles are a pair of Hella horns - louder than standard, 110dB -> 118dB

The scuttle trim is just openings, the trim panel just traps it really. I'm trying to guide the air to try and make some pressure into the airbox.

Stones etc - yes, but it looks good!

15 hours ago, Binx1310 said:

What’s the red circles behind the grill? Are you worried about stones through the radiator?

Horn?

Edit - whoops should have read further

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by travs

@travs https://mygolfmk7.com/2019/09/ultimate-mk7-gti-air-intake/
I have a K&N panel element and a MST hose and turbo inlet pipe. I would like to think I'd be at the airflow of the setup on the graph with both sides breathing now. Interesting it beats the APR setup.