{"id":5736,"date":"2016-04-14T18:59:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T18:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5736"},"modified":"2016-04-11T19:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:00:49","slug":"my-car-apr-mqb-intercooler-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/my-car-apr-mqb-intercooler-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: APR MQB Intercooler Installed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4852,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/25277060303&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104111246\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/25277060303&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 11:41:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 06:38:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 20:07:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 20:07:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4853,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.goapr.com\\\/products\\\/intercooler_ea888_mqb.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20180204124056\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.goapr.com:80\\\/products\\\/intercooler_ea888_mqb.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 11:11:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 02:34:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 19:16:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 19:16:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4854,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/25277051883&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4855,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/25784980162&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;APR MQB MK7 Golf R Intercooler&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/25277060303\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"APR MQB MK7 Golf R Intercooler\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1443\/25277060303_dbbe599d56_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I installed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goapr.com\/products\/intercooler_ea888_mqb.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">APR\u2019s Intercooler on the Golf R.<\/a> 20 WHP gains at the top end, reduced heat-soak, more power throughout the RPM especially as boost increases. I\u2019m already really happy with it and we haven\u2019t even hit warm weather yet. I shot a quick video that I linked below. No photos of it installed since it\u2019s hidden behind the radiator but it\u2019s there and it\u2019s glorious.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;APR MQB MK7 Golf R Intercooler&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/25277051883\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"APR MQB MK7 Golf R Intercooler\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1635\/25277051883_b9ac1ba3e3_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KZfERgU2zEc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;APR MQB MK7 Golf R Intercooler&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/25784980162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"APR MQB MK7 Golf R Intercooler\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1509\/25784980162_3c134df7db_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I installed APR\u2019s Intercooler on the Golf R. 20 WHP gains at the top end, reduced heat-soak, more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-05-03T15:09:45Z","apple_news_api_id":"6cee28f3-84c8-44e4-9811-e154e3b7b139","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-05-03T15:09:45Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AbO4o84TIROSYEeFU47exOQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-car","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1uw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4991,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/03\/my-car-mod-11-us-mill-works-license-plate-holder\/","url_meta":{"origin":5736,"position":0},"title":"My Car: Mod #11 \u2013 US Mill Works License Plate Holder","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Plate Kit Item# 10 , Kit: Lightened + Quick Release , Car: VW Golf Mk7 Golf R (2015+) WITHOUT park sensors - G1 bolt\" $137.99 w\/ Shipping. 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