What is a charge pipe GTI?

Charge pipes are advertised as an upgrade option for the Mk7 GTI. These are pipes that pass air from the turbocharger to the intercooler inlet, and the intercooler outlet to the throttle body. Aftermarket pipes are advertised as smoother, larger, and more free-flowing than the stock GTI pipes.

What does upgrading your charge pipe do?

The reason for upgraded chargepipes is when you significantly raise boost, stock plastic pipes can fail. Upgraded are aluminum and can withstand more pressure. Throttle response is also improved but nothing to write home about…. Throttle response is also improved but nothing to write home about….

Does a diverter valve spacer lose power?

When you start putting in spring controlled DVs and spacers, what happens is the ECU can not accurately pulse/read the DV to create boost + load targets. This will inevitably cause power LOSS.

What does charge pipe mean?

A charge pipe is used to route exhaust from an engine through a turbocharger, which increases power and torque. Downpipes carry exhaust away from an engine into either a muffler or tailpipe. Charge pipes are not used to decrease backpressure on an exhaust system like downpipes.

Does changing charge pipe increase HP?

Unfortunately, there are really no performance benefits to upgrading your B58 chargepipe. Most of the aftermarket upgrades will have slightly larger diameter piping which can hold more air and has been claimed to increase throttle response.

Do charge pipes make turbo louder?

it is normal to hear more of the turbo sound when the upgraded charge pipe is larger than stock, but it can also be due to a boost leak. The only way to check is to do a boost leak test .

What does a DV spacer do?

This diverts the unneeded boost air back into the pre-turbo, post MAF meter intake track. The diverter spacer is supposed to allow the stock diverter to allow more air to divert than stock. The diverter valve and blow off valve do the same thing for the most part, but you want to stick with the diverter valve.

What does a charge pipe do on a car?

what does a chargepipe do in a car??? It routes air from the turbo >> intercooler >> charge pipe >> engine. Basically carries the turbo’s / compressed air into the engine.

Does Turbo Inlet add HP?

Aftermarket turbo inlet pipe provides about 5 horsepower when installed on stock parts and can provide up to 10 horsepower when installed with aftermarket downpipe and air intake.

What does turbo inlet pipe do?

Turbo Inlet Hose. Turbo inlet hoses (TIH) are a vital component of the complete intake system in a turbocharged engine. It’s the link from the intake to the turbocharger. Like other components of the intake system, an upgraded TIH seeks to increase horsepower through easing restriction.