AirborneZA wrote:
Goal would be to have a larger air intake area, as opposed to the 15x2cm post box slit my car currently has ...
well, 2 things, as already stated, The turbo would suck the air that's needed, That's why in stock form a "high flow, bigger size, more efficient" intake would make little difference to a factory tuned car.
creating a ram type of intake would make no difference, Now should you plan on modding the car further ie downpipe and software, you will have to move a lot more air, a lot quicker. Intakes do not magically flow more air, the purpose of an aftermarket/performance intake is to reduce how hard the turbo needs to work to draw the air through it, increasing its performance
You mentioned somewhere about flee market intakes.... did you buy your road bike parts/kits at a flea market too
Its VERY VERY VARRRRY important that the MAF housing is the correct size, Luckily for you, most TSI intakes reuse the stock MAF housing, Unlike the mk5 TFSI's
Generally, flea market parts do more harm, so I wouldn't
in the TSi engines (that the one you have) the intake comes in 2 "stages". The heat shield, Filter and silicone bend would be first stage (in honesty it doesn't do much other than making sucky sucky noises, Then you get the "stage 2 pipe, between the MAF and the turbo, Which actually makes a difference in the efficiency of the airflow.
Rather go for a proper R&D'ed name brand intake if that's what you want
PS, again in stock form the oem paper filter would most likely outperform any drop in replacement filter with cleaning air and flow rate
