I finally made it to this post. As many you you know i have tried nearly every intake for the TSI, some good, some not so good.
Im going to start at the top / my favorite. For me the Pipercross / REVO intake is by far the best, it wins by a country mile.
The reason i rate it so highly is because its outstanding in every category. The noise is fantastic, it roars on WOT and it dumps real nice when letting off / changing gears. If you like quite intakes this NOT for you.
It has also given me the best gains, when on the rolling road, it showed a massive gain of 12 BHP at approx 5500-6000rpm @ stage 1 Revo. Most intake claim to give you 10+bhp, very few do.
Also the build quality is great and very sturdy, also comes with a stage 2 pipe which gets rid of that horrible ribbed 45 degree bend in your 3rd picture. smoother airflow. Would deffo give it a 10/10
My second choice overall would be the Carbonio. It looks nice, but i did have an issue with hesitation if you let off and then straight back on the throttle. I never got to the bottom of it, it could have been the Bluefin map or it could of been lack of air in the Carbonio box. It just waited a second before really going
People have said that you should put rubber washer between the Carbonio box and Carbonio pipe so its not a total vacuum in the Carbonio and allows it to dump un-used air whilst bringing more in. (hard to explain)
Best genuine gains ive seen from a stage 1 runnig Carbonio is around 8-9 BHP. One problem is the massive hole it leaves where the old OEM box was, looks a bit silly, but hey ho.
Neuspeed is good all-rounder, good build, good sound, average gains.
The VWR on is great build quality, but is way too quite.
The EVOMS make a very high pitch turbo noise - stay away from that one.
Havent tried the Forge one - too dam expensive - but sure it will be good.
If you need anymore info on them, give me a shout or ask in this thread
Open intake always sound best and always pull best (as long as it a quality one)
