Silicone Hoses

[MBCGTI]

I'm gonna be "THICK" here and ask the question........Whats the benefits of fitting them thats more than cosmetic whether you see them or not? 

I've done suspensions in the past, exhausts as well but never quite got what a different hose will do???

Purely cosmetic, the difference is so slight you would never notice it.  Saying it can add 10bhp is unrealistic, you pay £1000 for a decent exhaust and you get less than that.

Personally unless your going to be taking the car to a show and having the bonnet up I wouldnt bother in wasting the money. Just clean your engine bay and uprate the caps around the bay!!

[mkviken]

I'm gonna be "THICK" here and ask the question........Whats the benefits of fitting them thats more than cosmetic whether you see them or not? 

I've done suspensions in the past, exhausts as well but never quite got what a different hose will do???

Purely cosmetic, the difference is so slight you would never notice it.  Saying it can add 10bhp is unrealistic, you pay £1000 for a decent exhaust and you get less than that.

Personally unless your going to be taking the car to a show and having the bonnet up I wouldnt bother in wasting the money. Just clean your engine bay and uprate the caps around the bay!!

there are some dyno runs on the US forum with neuspeed intercooler pipes fitted and they gave around 10bhp.

[mustard]

Apologies for hijacking the thread, I want to replace the turbocharger hoses, I have the Forge uprated boost pipes, but they don't do silicon hoses to connect them to the intercooler for the GTI, only for the Golf R.

Does anyone know if they are the same?

[MBCGTI]

I'm gonna be "THICK" here and ask the question........Whats the benefits of fitting them thats more than cosmetic whether you see them or not? 

I've done suspensions in the past, exhausts as well but never quite got what a different hose will do???

Purely cosmetic, the difference is so slight you would never notice it.  Saying it can add 10bhp is unrealistic, you pay £1000 for a decent exhaust and you get less than that.

Personally unless your going to be taking the car to a show and having the bonnet up I wouldnt bother in wasting the money. Just clean your engine bay and uprate the caps around the bay!!

there are some dyno runs on the US forum with neuspeed intercooler pipes fitted and they gave around 10bhp.

Sorry to keep quoting but giving around 10bhp for hoses is a little unreal!!

[mkviken]

the 10bhp increase is from replacing the oval intercooler pipes for round ones.

they were made oval by VW to make the body/drivetrain marriage easier on the production line apparently.

if you get 10bhp from the plastic pipes by neuspeed surely replacing the restrictive rubber pipes attached must add something too

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