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Offline mr.ots

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Airbox
« on: 11 April 2008, 22:20 »
Can someone tell me if the airbox from a mk3 8v and 16v are the same?

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Offline mr.ots

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Re: Airbox
« Reply #1 on: 13 April 2008, 00:12 »
Anyone?

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Re: Airbox
« Reply #2 on: 13 April 2008, 03:18 »
I belive the metering unit is diffrent so the air box is modified to fit the metering unit.  So yea the early 8V wouldnt fit a 16V but mabey a later one would, i think the meter is on the actual pipe on them.  Some one else may be able to confim that.
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Re: Airbox
« Reply #3 on: 22 April 2008, 13:18 »
nope sorry, the 8v has an AFM/MAF, and the 16v does not!
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