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Pikey R600 mod

The Pikey R600 mod consists of the following:

— remove snow grate from airbox
— install GTE blanking plate on the back of the air inlet: (part number 5Q0129849)
— open up the drivers side of the front inlet
— replace stock filter by a sporty one
— install an optimized turbo elbow.

Doing these mods will be the much cheaper, ghetto version of the expensive VW Racing R600 intake, while still looking mostly stock. I've done all of these mods, except for the turbo elbow, since there is none available for the 1.5TSI (EA211EVO) engine.

Some pictures:

Closed inlet — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Closed inlet

Making some holes for easier cutting — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Making some holes for easier cutting

Cutting — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Cutting

First cuts — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
First cuts

Opened up a bit more — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Opened up a bit more

Cleaned the cuts with the dremel — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Cleaned the cuts with the dremel

GTE blanking plate — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
GTE blanking plate

K&N Filter — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
K&N Filter

Inlet installed again — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Inlet installed again

Some other observations:

A view into the stock airbox. This looks like some anti-turbulence grate — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
A view into the stock airbox. This looks like some anti-turbulence grate

Inside the stock airbox. No real restrictive stuff here — SEAT Leon FR (Mk3)
Inside the stock airbox. No real restrictive stuff here
January 23, 2021 Tags: tuning
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Did you make a comparison with VW Racing one? How much air does this option give you?

I haven't made any comparison. The VW Racing one doesn't fit my engine model. But this is a common mod for MQB platform cars, which seems to increase the airflow a bit.

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Did you make a comparison with VW Racing one? How much air does this option give you?

As per info on Jeff's site, such an intake quite close to R600 from performance POV mygolfmk7.com/best-mk7-gti-air-intake/
I did the same for Skoda Superb 😄