Gruppe M vs VF Engineering Intake

I have had my Gruppe M for a while now, and i absolutely loved it, but a fren needed a favour as he had a whiney VIP customer that wanted to exchange a brand new VF with a Gruppe M + top up, so i decided to help out

Gruppe M



I was quite impressed with the VF when i saw it, it comes in a 1 piece black anodised intake tube with 2 heatshields, one for the extractor area, the other for the engine bay. Fitment was perfect and it was done in under 25min.

Engine Cover had to be cut and modified to fit the VF, from the front u cant tell, but from the sides it looks abit Ghetto.

VF Engineering

Noise level - alot of ppl told me beforehand that the VF + Forge DV combo was like installing a thousand angry monkeys in the engine bay, but honestly, its not much louder then the Gruppe M. At certain specific rpms(3k-3.5k), theres a induction roar....but you can hardly hear it over the radio and normal road noise. If you are full at throttle, leaving the toll, and you go tru all 6 gears..you wont hear anything except the delicious roar of the 2.0T FSI

Butt dyno tells me theres better pickup across the rev range, but i intend to heat wrap the intake tube, it gets very very hot, hot enuff to burn your fingers if u touch it right after a long run



Conclusion - The gruppe M is double the price of the VF, so you cant really compare the 2 intakes, so i will call it a tie...both have +/- but are both great intakes



Gruppe M
Price --
Looks +++++
Sound ++++

Gruppe M is a must for anyone that likes the engine bay to look neat and OEM

VF Engineering
Price ++
Looks ++++
Sound ++

My gripe with the VF is the engine bay heatshield which does not extend all the way round the filter, bad design and it fails as a true CAI.