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New flooring in the Veloster! Waited awhile for the mats but damn they turned out nice!
Oh damn that's really nice and yeah, no shoes need to be worn with that. 😁😉New flooring in the Veloster! Waited awhile for the mats but damn they turned out nice! View attachment 106021 View attachment 106022 View attachment 106023
definitely a daily, just trying the make it the best I can “with time of course” haha845 non catted downpipe gets here Thursday and monster intercooler kit otw.. just upgrading it as much as I can really, was told to focus on some cosmetics so I’ll start doing some of those mods the next few monthsOh damn that's really nice and yeah, no shoes need to be worn with that. 😁😉
Really nice and I'm guessing this is not a daily driver with this kind of nice flooring?
...evidently so. Why would anyone stop?People still buying injen & aem intakes?!?!?!![]()
That makes sense; I'm usually in stop and go, more or less, so likely why I saw such a big drop in IAT.Too easy to remove the oem intake components to have to break them.
The sound is due to cold start. This happens in all open filter element intakes for the car. Most of that can be tuned out.
Do not compare IAT to ECT but rather compare them to ambient under the same conditions. The air entering the filter at speed is a few degrees at most warmer in SRI configuration vs CAI configuration. Actually cooler in oem configuration. You'll be lucky to see 1.8°F variation in IAT from one to the other in apples to apples testing at speed. Now if in stop n go or on dyno you may see a larger variation in IAT between various setups. Car is actually quicker from a power to weight standpoint in SRI form.
All intakes are not created equal is why not as many buy the smaller intakes. Injen and AEM intakes tend to make less power, have less filter service life, and cost more than some of the better options from vendors.
Lol! Yeah I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered something like that, but I pick my battles... The more I have that's CA-legit, the less likely I am to be hassled about what isn't. If that means paying a hundred bucks more for an intake that comes with a little sticker, so be it.Slapped a "carb" sticker on my 2011 jcw & 2016 vt, got pulled over plenty of times with popped hood, & they saw my massive intakes & filters, & never bothered to confirm that it was actually a Golf R carb aem sticker my friend gave to me when he parted ways with his car lolll![]()
I'm relatively new to CA, the CARB shit has been a bit of a culture shock for me... I ended up registering my last vehicle in South Dakota because I wasn't willing to put it back to stock to pass the visual inspection, let alone the actual emissions. After all that hassle though, this time I decided the hell with it, I'll keep this car as legit as possible and save myself the headache.i live here in MA, aka little california i can't wait for that shit to come here x.x
I'll add that my qualifier on removal of the OEM snorkel was "without removing the bumper" since my HOA gets allllll worked up if they see large chunks of car laying around. If you have an easy way to remove the top front snorkel bolt (the one behind the headlight) without removing the bumper, hell please post that somewhere... it's too late for me, obviously, but a lot of other people have run into the same issue and, presumably, will run into it again.Too easy to remove the oem intake components to have to break them.
The sound is due to cold start. This happens in all open filter element intakes for the car. Most of that can be tuned out.
Do not compare IAT to ECT but rather compare them to ambient under the same conditions. The air entering the filter at speed is a few degrees at most warmer in SRI configuration vs CAI configuration. Actually cooler in oem configuration. You'll be lucky to see 1.8°F variation in IAT from one to the other in apples to apples testing at speed. Now if in stop n go or on dyno you may see a larger variation in IAT between various setups. Car is actually quicker from a power to weight standpoint in SRI form.
All intakes are not created equal is why not as many buy the smaller intakes. Injen and AEM intakes tend to make less power, have less filter service life, and cost more than some of the better options from vendors.
If you had to remove all of the oem intake components it can be done without bumper removal but it will be a PITA and I have done it. Removing the bumper is a painless 15 minute process to remove the intake pieces behind the bumper for any CAI installation. Less than that if you do partial removal. If the HOA said anything during the 30-40 minute process of the installation and removal I'd move. But like I mentioned earlier SRI form will be better regardless so all of this is pointless unless you want to remove all the oem pieces to further help power to weight ratio.I'll add that my qualifier on removal of the OEM snorkel was "without removing the bumper" since my HOA gets allllll worked up if they see large chunks of car laying around. If you have an easy way to remove the top front snorkel bolt (the one behind the headlight) without removing the bumper, hell please post that somewhere... it's too late for me, obviously, but a lot of other people have run into the same issue and, presumably, will run into it again.
Also, can you expand on your "less filter service life" statement? My experience with AEM/K&N filters has been that as long as they're properly maintained and they're not like physically rubbing on anything, they're practically immortal... but then again I've always been working with very different models of them, going on 6 and 8-cyl vehicles, so if there's something I should be watching out for on this one, I want to know about it! This kit came with the 21-2157DK filter, and I was looking at replacing it, if I convert to SRI, with the 21-202DK, but I'm open to suggestions on that if there's a markedly better dry filter out there.
Damn... nice! Thanks for the info.If you had to remove all of the oem intake components it can be done without bumper removal but it will be a PITA and I have done it. Removing the bumper is a painless 15 minute process to remove the intake pieces behind the bumper for any CAI installation. Less than that if you do partial removal. If the HOA said anything during the 30-40 minute process of the installation and removal I'd move. But like I mentioned earlier SRI form will be better regardless so all of this is pointless unless you want to remove all the oem pieces to further help power to weight ratio.
By less filter service life I mostly mean filter size in terms of surface area. The larger the surface area the longer the service life, the more power it can make, and can maintain power gains longer(directly relates to the two). The intake kits I make for veloster or veloster turbo use the largest AEM dry flow filter available with a 6" outlet. The filter you use will literally fit inside of this filter(I've actually done this) and has far less surface area/service life/power potential.
Keep in mind once you change anything with the carb approved intakes it voids the certification therefore you may as well have a better intake on the car anyway that's not carb approved. Which here again is cheaper and takes all of 10 minutes to swap out back to stock for any smog/emissions/inspection needed.
2019+ 2.0L veloster intake
13-17 VT intake
Yeah... "non-emergency" repairs are expressly forbidden by my HOA and -according to the officer giving me the "verbal warning"- having the front of my truck taken apart rendered it "inoperable", which isn't legal. I clarified at the time that that only applied if it was inoperable for more than 24 hours and that it was actually still perfectly functional... at which point he gave me the "verbal warning" and moved on.wow... i also live in a HOA and if anyone tried that crap with me here there would be hell to pay (can't have unregistered/uninsured vehicles on property but you can work on em in your easement or garage). you should read your master deed / owners contract... it lists what you can and can't do in your particular HOA. in my state of MA it's a HOA matter not a civil/town matter... cops dont just show up unless the kids are being too loud on the common![]()