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Old 06-20-2006, 06:08 AM
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Time for me to order my Carbino intake. Decided against airbox mod - and this seems to be the best way to go. Aside from the price (which I think I'm okay with), any reason not to go this route? Anybody on here have one on their B5? I know KarlMarx has one on his B6...
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 08:47 AM
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how come youre not doing the airbox mod anymore?
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 11:23 AM
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I just can't justify that kinda cash on a mod that really won't make much difference. I'd rather make my own from home depot and a K&N. I don't see why it would be a problem though, I mean they must have done some extensive R&D for that price.
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 02:11 PM
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Or get an ebay intake
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 02:14 PM
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Or get an ebay intake
an ebay intake is nothing like a carbino or airbox mod because they suck in the hot air directly from the engine bay.
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 02:19 PM
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Get one and then get or make a heat shield

Personally I run the stock airbox...
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 02:24 PM
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Get one and then get or make a heat shield

Personally I run the stock airbox...
Its still not the same when your dealing with the heat that the 1.8t generates. Its only when you have a BT that the carbino and airbox mod are restrictive as far as space under the hood goes and you have to get an ebay style intake.
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 03:41 PM
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how come youre not doing the airbox mod anymore?
Well, I read too much about people loosing boost after the mod (which I know is common with an intake on this engine) but I heard carbino was the one intake that didnt do that. Looks a whole lot better than a bunch of (hidden) holes, its gonna sound mean as hell, annnnd I can afford it.
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 03:46 PM
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how come youre not doing the airbox mod anymore?
Well, I read too much about people loosing boost after the mod (which I know is common with an intake on this engine) but I heard carbino was the one intake that didnt do that. Looks a whole lot better than a bunch of (hidden) holes, its gonna sound mean as hell, annnnd I can afford it.
I didnt lose any boost with the air box mod... Just lags a little from a stop like all intakes do. The better throtle response makes up for it though.
 
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Old 06-20-2006, 03:52 PM
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Yeah but even the site that originally posted a similar version to Beer Mod's mod said that numerous people experienced loss of boost. I looked around on the zine archives too and some recommended against it.

http://www.europeanspeed.com/stage2.htm

 
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