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Offline Sam

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Air intake
« on: 19 October 2009, 19:34 »
Just a quickie, the air intake on the 16v is in the engine bay, surely it would be more sensible to have it infront of the rad or somthing. I there a simple mod that can be done so its not taking in warm sh!tty air?
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Re: Air intake
« Reply #1 on: 19 October 2009, 19:37 »
Yes, they are called cold air intakes. Search them on google.

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Re: Air intake
« Reply #2 on: 19 October 2009, 19:42 »
I refuse to listen to sarcastic advice from a man who went out one day and thought to himself 'hey i got some money together for a decent car, i'll get a mk3 golf'


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Re: Air intake
« Reply #3 on: 19 October 2009, 19:58 »
I had a mk3.Should of gone on google to find out which bit was gti on it   

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Re: Air intake
« Reply #4 on: 19 October 2009, 20:02 »
Ha ha, did it not even have a badge on it?


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Re: Air intake
« Reply #5 on: 19 October 2009, 20:12 »
Funnily enough no.some one must of pulled the badge off thinking vw made a mistake.

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Re: Air intake
« Reply #6 on: 20 October 2009, 00:16 »
the real mistake was the mk3 itself not just the gti badge  :smiley:
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Re: Air intake
« Reply #7 on: 20 October 2009, 00:30 »
what, so I come here to offer some advice and instead I get a sarcastic, not funny and stupid reply? pi$$ off   :rolleyes:
Google the fooking answer rather than waste my time on stupid stuff, OR search as this has been discussed over and over and over again!

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Re: Air intake
« Reply #8 on: 20 October 2009, 05:47 »
what, so I come here to offer some advice and instead I get a sarcastic, not funny and stupid reply? pi$$ off   :rolleyes:
Google the fooking answer rather than waste my time on stupid stuff, OR search as this has been discussed over and over and over again!
+1 very true :grin:
i have asked my fair share of stupid questions :undecided: but if you know its wrong and how you want to fix it then do it.......duh :smug:

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Re: Air intake
« Reply #9 on: 20 October 2009, 09:03 »
I refuse to listen to sarcastic advice ...

Wrong place then chap - don't ask for help, then moan when someone gives is.

As far as I'm concerned, cold air ducts are a waste of time on road cars, at 30+ mph, the volume of air being forced through the engine bay is massive, the air supply should always be cold. Popping one on might help when getting RR'ed - but its not exactly a real world situation.