Forge carbon direct intake kit for Golf mk7 GTE

This product is ideally fitted in conjunction with the product FMDV1-GTE (1.2/1.4 TSI Dump valve). If purchased as a stand-alone product the turbo inlet hose will push up against the adjacent OE charge pipe, and a trim to the turbo inlet leg of the FMINDK14 induction hose may be required to avoid creasing.

With this unique sleek design, you can expect to see a carbon fibre housing that flows beautifully along the engine bay, giving you more horse power and torque. It includes a billet machined coupler made to exact tolerances at Forge machine shop in Gloucester, UK, ensuring a perfect fit.

The Design

With the success of the carbon fibre intake for the Mk7 Golf Forge offer the ‘Hi-Flow’ range and bring out an affordable option to the 1.4 TSI and GTE Market.

They conducted intense market research, speaking to tuners and owners of the vehicles they wanted the intake to fit. They concluded that rather than creating an entire carbon fibre intake system, the best product to create would be a carbon fibre scoop and airbox lid that fits with original airbox.

To ensure they deliver the best quality product they could and following the extensive design and development of this intake, they enlisted the services of one the world’s leading Carbon fibre manufacturers, who’s products range from F1 aero, carbon fibre car bodies and aircraft wings!

Tooling was then CNC machined from billet aluminium to ensure the finished product was flawless. This enables Forge to create a perfect airbox using the autoclave technique during the manufacturing process of the 2x2 twill carbon fibre.

Rather than using a vacuum (also known as liquid infusion) to draw the resin through the mould then pulling the raw carbon fibre cloth to the mould shape, a technique known as Autoclave is used in the manufacturing of this beautifully designed product. This involves the use of up to 10 bar of pressure that is blown into a 100% billet mould to force it out. This high amount of pressure ensures the material is fully in contact with the surface of the mould.

Therefore, making sure the weave is tight, solid and strong, this process also ensures there are no imperfections in the product.

The mould is then heated to cure the resin which in turn gives a tensile strength up to eight times stronger than mild steel but at a fraction of the weight.

Having spent so much time on the carbon and silicone development Forge then turned to the equally important aspect of filtration.

Going with the Flow

With the lid and scoop design completed Forge Motorsport moved on to the hose and filter. There is no point creating such an efficient system for it then to be restricted by the OEM hose and filter. Therefore, for the filter they engaged their partners and experts in Filtration Control, Pipercross!

With over 25 years’ experience in both the domestic and motorsport market they recommended a multi-layer foam construction filter, these filters work perfectly in the ‘Hi-Flow’ range. The large filter provided, flows 30% more air than stock and fits snuggly within the housing. This combination is second to none.

The Forge Motorsport high flow intake hose that is mated to the carbon airbox eliminates the highly restrictive plastic and noise restricting inlet pipe, and replaces it with our smooth bore multi-ply silicone hose which increases air flow, improving efficiency and performance. This equates to increases of up to 10hp which is a remarkable gain for an easy to fit bolt on modification.

The Forge silicone hose in this kit has been designed to include an expensive inner liner of modified silicone known as Fluorosilicone.

Highlights

Part of the Forge Motorsport Hi-Flow range
Increases air flow and improves efficiency and performance
Up to 10 BHP gain
Strong, tight carbon fibre weave
Made from 100% carbon fibre with no fibre glass added
Formed by Autoclave Pre Preg
Easy installation
Flurosilicone lined hose
High flow cleanable airfilter with no need to ever replace
Limited Lifetime Warranty*

*The Pipercross filter is excluded from the warranty

In the Box:

1x Forge Motorsport Hi-Flow, carbon fibre airbox lid
1x Forge Motorsport Hi-Flow, carbon fibre front scoop
1x Pipercross air filter
1x Meguiar’s care pouch and Forge Motorsport Micro Fibre Cloth
1x larger bore high flow Silicone hose
1x 'L' Shaped Silicone hose and fixture

Vehicle affectation : 

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 GTE