APR Carbon Fiber Open Intake System – MQB 1.8T/2.0T EA888 Gen.3 – CI100040

APR Carbon Fiber Open Intake System – MQB 1.8T/2.0T EA888 Gen.3 – CI100040
The APR Carbon Fiber Open Intake System is the ultimate intake system for the 1.8T/2.0T engine! We've dramatically maximized performance and sound by reducing pressure drop and increasing airflow. This translates into more horsepower and torque, and less physical strain on the turbocharger. The system looks great, sounds amazing, and produces more horsepower and torque that you can feel.

Our beautiful carbon fiber intake system eliminates the closed airbox design and uses a massive 7″ washable and reusable cotton filter with a front inlet and 4″ rear outlet. This was necessary to limit pressure drop in the factory system and maximize airflow while still allowing you to fully hear the engine breathing! The massive filter provides excellent filtration. By oversizing the filter, we were able to limit pressure drop without sacrificing filter performance by using a significantly increased filter surface area. Not only does carbon fiber look great, it also allows us to create a complex, organic heat shield that keeps hot air pushed through the front radiator away from the intake tract. Additionally, carbon fiber allows us to limit the wall thickness of the intake manifold, maximizing the manifold’s inner diameter and therefore airflow. Lastly, carbon fiber retains less heat than other materials such as metal, making it ideal for performance.

The factory intake system simply can’t match the performance of our intake system. The factory full front airbox only flows 521 CFM at 28” of H2O. We improved that by 60% with our open airbox, which flows 833 CFM in comparison! However, it’s important to always look at the intake system as a whole, as flow numbers alone don’t always represent the bigger picture. The can flow just under 400 CFM through the factory port, and any intake system will decrease that maximum flow. The goal is to minimize all restrictions before the turbocharger as much as possible to maximize performance. The factory full system reduces that to 275 CFM, or 31% less. The full APR system (open airbox, back pipe, and turbo inlet pipe) reduces that to 345 CFM, which is only 13% less, or a 25% improvement over stock! This directly translates into more power you can feel. Our full bolt on APR Tuned S3 saw maximum gains of 12 AWHP and 13 AWFT-LBS of torque using the full intake system compared to stock! These are solid gains that make a difference in the