Intakes and MAF Placement. Does it make a difference?

[07CW_GTI]

Title pretty much says it all. Most companies seem to use the stock MAF location while others choose to place it further back on the intake. Does it make any difference? I'm on a giac tune which is supposed to relocate the MAF towards the back where it was on the old FSI engine. If I were to choose an intake that uses the stock MAF location would the differences be noticeable? Or am I just buying into the hype and trying to match all my parts to one company?

[frandre]

OK so here's what happened with mine. I have 2012 gli stage 2 ecu n downpipe. Added the afe stage 2 complete intake. Fit was good even though everyone said it didn't. I have switched now to carbino stage 1 & 2 kit. Here's the reason why. On the VW 2.0t engine the maf is very sensitive especially when running a tuned ecu. If you notice the factory maf housing when taken apart it has a honeycomb mesh infront of the maf sensor. The shop that did all my work said this is to allow the maf to read the air properly. Well I didn't listen at first. Remember I said I had the afe intake in the car well it removed the honeycomb housing and when at high boost the car seemed to loose power. I quickly took the intake off and realized what happened. The carbino intake uses the piece in between the air filter box and stage 2 pipe. Car runs much better than stock air box with this intake. Car pushes 250 whp and 315wtq. I know that specific tunes change certain things bit the fsi engine is totaly different than the new tsi engine. I had my car on the dyno to ensure the intake was for more than just looks n sound. By the way I had to open the hole on the stage 2 carbino intake for it to not rattle on the brake reservoir. Hope this helps!!



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[07CW_GTI]

What tune are you running?

[frandre]

I'm from new jersey. There's a company here called Autospeed. They have been tuning VW, Audi's, Porsche, & BMW'S for years. I went there for APR tune but went with there tune called speedport.

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