11th Generation Turbo Inlet Pipe, Design Pt. 2 (Initial Concepts)

If you have been with us for any length of time then there is at least one thing you remember simply by listening to us saying it repeatedly. An engine is nothing but a sophisticated air pump. It has one job to do over and over again as efficiently as it can. Get air in and out, plain and simple.

When we go to design engine-related performance parts one of our main driving questions is how can we improve how air gets in and out of this engine? When we improve that we get all the things that we are after as performance enthusiasts; More horsepower, more torque, more volume, more sound, and in most cases something that looks really cool too.

After understanding the 11th Gen OEM TIP design we went to the drawing board to sketch up some ideas of what a larger aftermarket turbo inlet pipe will look like on this car. We started with some basic architecture and got an overall shape and preliminary design. You can see that below. We wanted to get an idea of just how big we could make it.

After that, we started to dial in the design with features. If you recall in our part 1 blog there is an EVAP nozzle that is on the front of the OEM inlet pipe for emissions-related purposes. We want to make sure that we keep that so we don’t throw any CEL’s on the car. There are some pick-up points on the back of the inlet pipe that various lines and hoses secure to, we want to keep those too. You can see an idea of that below. There is a simple overlay of a 27WON concept over our OEM mock-up. You can clearly see how much bigger it is.

Once we get a design we like we start to use our 3D printer. This is a great tool as it lets us test out designs before we move to metal parts. This lets us dial in fitment and function before getting those hard parts which help speed up the process to a final product. What is even cooler is there are plastics we can print with that allow us to run the 3D print on the car. We can start testing out prototype parts even faster!

We now have a design that we like and that fits well. It’s much larger than OEM and has the ability to move a lot of air. This will be super helpful once we upgrade to a larger turbo down the road. Our team will be spending the next few weeks collecting data and continuing to dial in the final design. Look for our next update where we share the final design and give a sneak peak at aluminum prototypes,

Co-Founder
-Vincent