RE: TB/intake upgrades

[Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>]

There are clearance issues with the (any) VW Fox
intakes - mainly with the "rain" tray (der Fox is
longitudal mount). Not worth the trouble IMHO. But, if
your looking for every 1 or 2 hp, this might be for
you  :-)

--- Night Shadow <soltwede@ucsub.colorado.edu> wrote:
> 
> I've heard that an intake off a late model Fox is
> made to the right size
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Aaron Ness wrote:
> 
> > Does someone sell an intake that is larger, to go
> with the larger TB?  Or is
> > it possible that the intake on the donor car might
> be compatible with my 8V
> > head?
> > 
> > Aaron
> > '84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
> > '70 Bug - hibernating
> > '87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Peele [mailto:type53@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:08 AM
> > To: Aaron Ness; 'scirocco'
> > Subject: Re: TB/intake upgrades
> > 
> > 
> > --- Aaron Ness <Aaron@makuta.com> wrote:
> > > There was a recent thread about using an A2 VW
> or
> > > Audi 5000 TB modified
> > > slightly to increase flow which I followed with
> > > interest.
> > 
> > Neu$peed TB = A2 TB = Audi 5000 TB. No mods to the
> TB
> > are necessary except to use your TB old linkage
> (swap)
> > and swap in the old TB idle adjust hex screw.
> > 
> >   Someone mentioned
> > > that the stock intake manifold is restrictive,
> and I
> > > took the comment to
> > > mean that there would be little or nothing
> gained
> > > from this mod without
> > > doing something with the intake.
> > 
> > The intake must be port matched to the TB.
> Otherwise,
> > you will gain about 0.0 hp.
> > 
> >   Is there any truth
> > > to this?
> > 
> > Even with the matched port, it will give you maybe
> 3
> > hp (according to dyno tests). So . . what's 3hp
> worth
> > to ya?
> > 
> >   Would it be worth my time to pull the intake and
> > grind it out a > little and polish it up?
> > > Can I improve the engine's performance
> noticeably
> > > just by doing this,
> > > without swapping the TB?
> > 
> > If you are talking about P&P, IMHO, this should
> only
> > be done by a pro. You can port match it yourself
> to
> > the bigger TB if ya got the tools and such.
> > 
> > 
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> Golf GT
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