My a3 throttle pipe review

[whitepony5.0]

So I took an hour last night to remove the GTI throttle/noise pipe and swap it out with the A3 throttle pipe I picked up off another member on the forum....
First off let me say for only having 2 bolts and 2 hose clamps that hold it to the car it sure was a Bitch to get out!!

But I have to say overall that I did notice a slight increase in the spool up/response of the car.... Id give it a thumbs up :thumbsup: for only $60 that I paid for it. as for the hole in the fire wall I just went to home depot and bought a 2" rubber cap, and capped it off.

 

[zombievore]

Besides the slight increase in throttle response, what did it do sound-wise? Is it quieter in the cabin? Can you hear your intake/turbo/exhaust more now? I purchased a Tiguan pipe which I'm going to install over the weekend. I also got the Jetta firewall plug thingy. Might as well do it right I guess.

 

[whitepony5.0]

Nothing I could notice noise wise.... but I have a Res Delete done to my car so I couldnt hear it anyways. :thumbsup:

 

[jaycheetwood]

Honestly, the gains are measurable only by vagcom or on a real dyno as the power increase is so minimal. Not to be rude but its butt dyno stuff there.

But with other mods it will help in the end overall.

 

[Speeddemon96]

good deal on that throtte pipe. LOL. :wink: :thumbsup:

 

[whitepony5.0]

good deal on that throtte pipe. LOL. :wink: :thumbsup:

actually it was...thanks again!

 

[zombievore]

Well, I installed the Tiguan pipe today. HOLY FUCKING SHIT that was a frustrating experience. The pipe itself wasn't too bad but I made the mistake of buying a Jetta firewall clip to plug the hole after you remove the noise pipe. It was such a pain to remove the firewall panel all because of that stupid wire harness that's clipped to the back of it.

I took a short drive a few minutes ago. Didn't notice any big differences in throttle response but the engine does make a more pleasing sound now I think. Anyways, it cleaned up the engine bay in preparation for my catch can that I'll attempt to install tomorrow.