Up! GTI gets ITG performance air filter
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You can buy from Merlin Motorsport by phone (not currently on their website) on 01249 782101 - ask for "ITG HMP-921"
We bought ours from this Ebay supplier for £91.20 inc VAT and delivery:
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In this FREE video which we gain nothing apart from helping other enthusiasts enjoy their Up! GTI, we show you how to replace the standard air filter on your VW Up! GTI with a performance version, in this case made by Coventry based company ITG.
We used a filter from ITG's Profilter range which is designed to replace the standard filter and fit within the normal airbox.
ITG don't promise any horsepower gains but they do suggest that torque might be increased and throttle response sharpened which is exactly what we found to be the case.
The difference won't be night and day so don't expect to necessarily feel a difference like you would with a remap but on our car, on that day, it was there.
We paid £91.20 which is a lot more than a standard air filter (£20) but it does an important job so you need to pay enough for a decent brand and with ITG's motorsport heritage, they are a brand I trust fully. They last 5 times longer than a standard filter which justifies the price.
I first came across ITG when I was told they made the filters for renowned Audi tuners MRC Tuning of Banbury which is as good a confirmation of their quality as you can get.
Also you will get a fair chunk of that money back if you sell your ITG filter on once you've sold the car so don't throw your old filter away!
Don't worry about the oil damaging your Mass Air Flow Sensor (MAF) - it's not like a normal oil, it's super sticky and not particularly oily.
Official instructions on cleaning and oiling can be found here;
itgairfilters.com/downloads/br... 
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Just wanted to say Thanks for these videos. I was servicing the wife’s Up Gti at the weekend and I must admit to being a bit stumped as to how to get access to the air filter. A quick view of your helpful explanation and job done. Keep up the good work Sir👍🏻
Use a magnetic driver or a magnet, use silicone spray on the rubbers and they pretty much slide in.
Mad to think daihatsu was using this set up on charade gtti
I'm thinking of ordering an UP (then waiting 6 months to get it) but I can't seem to get a definitive answer on if the drivers seat is height adjustable as standard? There's a £75 option to make it adjustable but I've been told thats just to make the passenger seat adjustable.
It's adjustable as standard 👍
I can't believe you sold it!
It's such a cute car. Sometimes I still think i've should have bought the Up instead of the Polo.
Hey Der Spliff, both great cars. Polo is more substantial but Up! is the essence of a car like a 2CV or a Beetle before it or Fiat 500. Just enough and no more. Likewise the GTI is just enough performance too. Try and get one as a courtesy car and see if you like it.
Still not got an up!date on my build week on mine which I placed on 10/02 (already spoke to you about this)
The sales guy did say in an email that he knows of people selling these for more money then they bought them for....which I’m not sure was the right thing to mention but hey ho!
Will miss the videos on this thing
Thanks Andrew, will be useful for maybe my UpGTi (1) or my upped spec car(2) arriving in approx. 4months.
Simples!
Like it so much you are buying another Keith? Let me know if I can beat the px price when the time comes.
Will do Andrew, I've been using Autotrader model px /private selling model as VW UK model currently is shit . Best px I was offered was £11500 in px for a new discounted MX5 Zsport model (UK stock) before their New model arrives. VW PX for my 7500mile UPGTi near base spec but as new was a pathetic £8500
Don't forget that px is price is often dependent on what you are buying so the MX5 may have the potential to be discounted a bit more as old model but instead they give you more in px. WBAC is always the starting point for negotiations though allow £500 for their commission based negotiations when you get there (even on perfect cars). I suspect WBAC would offer more than VW. I wonder if VW are trying to screw as much out of used cars as the new cars are not being sold in anything like the numbers they were?
Great video Andrew, got to admit when I spoke to you at inters I said I thought the up gti was a strange car to buy with your experience. That being said I have just bought my daughter a lupo as her first car ( unfortunately not a gti) but I was impressed how well it drove for a small car. Having the golf r I can see me talking the missus into having one of these in the family next!
Hi Andy, you have to drive it to get it. Ideally on a nice country road in the dry. It must be how people felt when they drove the Mk1 GTI for the first time back in the day (just with better brakes!). A real eye opener. Lupo is good but chassis on Up! is significantly better sorted.
Does anyone know if you can install a cold air intake on this engine?
Anything is possible ;)
Ram air induction kit.👍
Thanks a lot bro for this video. ✌️🥀
Brilliant....I’m wondering if this would be worth trying on the tsi? Hope you’re getting on ok with the new car & not missing the gti too much 🙂
The GTI was great but just not suited to my needs which have changed recently. TSI should be pretty much identical I think
That’s a pain in the nevers. Air box on the top of the engine so drilling the box wound get the heat soak.
That's a good point Stephen, do not drill that airbox people!
No problem
What do you mean by drilling the air box
What do you think of the new Fiesta ST?
It might appear unlikely but I have actually driven one (I drove the one in the Car Wow drag race) and it was fun. But it's quite a lot more expensive than the Up! GTI so is more of a Polo GTI rival and in that case (as per the Car Wow) verdict, I'd take the Polo :)
Hello, I'm aware you no longer own the up but do you recall a change in mpg between the stock and performance filter? All the best.
It will all depend on how you drive the car.
I own a March 2019 UP Gti, Stage 1 remapped by JBS of Chesterfield, from 116hp standard to 144.3hp tuned.
Driven like a Granny, with fuel economy in mind, ive seen 77.2mpg on the fuel computer.
Installing a Performance Panel Filter will probably not increase the fuel efficiency of the car, it all depends on how you drive the car, that what matters
@@peterlewis3540 hi Peter
Could I be cheeky and ask how much the re map was?
Mucha parla pero poco sonido
Will there be any more upgrades? Racechip have a couple of upgrades for the ECU with some really good gains in power and torque and reasonably priced.
Hi Richard. I'm selling my car now but, and others may feel differently about this - I don't feel the car needs and more power or torque. It's already getting tripped up (i.e. power is being cut way too soon and too often) by the clumsy traction control system which you can't switch off and more torque will only make it worse especially during autumn/winter when grip will be in even shorter supply.
@@volkswizard thanks for the reply... Is there any reason why the Up is going?
Yes, leaving the city, don't need a city car :) Long commutes beckon and it's great in so many ways but dark, winter motorway runs are not it's forte.
@@volkswizard very understandable..... I have a company VW Transporter for work and need a car just for the weekend and for the girlfriend to drive to work 3 days a week and it's only a 4 mile drive there and back. So the Up would be a fun little car for us both...
Sounds perfect, it is perfect for a lot of people's needs and has been perfect for me, made my summer and quite possibly my 2018 too!
Does this make it a better car?
No not really but it might make it marginally more responsive and rev a little more enthusiastically
Anything you can do about the terrible, crashy suspension? With the 17" wheels and super-short wheelbase, it's so unbearably jiggly on the motorway that I am seriously considering selling mine after just 2 months' ownership. Probably the most uncomfortable car I have ever owned.
Check the tyre pressures before writing it off (see the sticker on the body). There are two settings, you might find it's better on the lower one. I don't find it too bad on the motorway. It's no Audi A8 but motorways are usually quite smooth so it's weird this is where you are having trouble. HTH
There is definitely scope for a more expensive suspension set up than the clearly budget limited standard set up. A good set of quality coilovers not set too low should do the job. I've just driven a Mk6 Golf R set low on Bilstein B14 and it was hideous, probably the worst riding car I've ever driven so unless you are careful, it could quite easily be worse.
Is this the 1.0 95hp? Or the 1.0 75hp?
Keep going Howy! 1.0 115 bhp and 200nm of torque
@@volkswizard this would fit the 95bhp wouldnt it? Its just a tune isnt it?
It should fit a TSI, if the airbox looks the same it should be fine. Apparently there is a bit more to it than a tune but nobody knows exactly what.
Filter looks the same as pipercross i think?
Funny to look at my own car. Thanks 14,000 miles
Thanks for the video & fyi the price has dropped to £69.76 !
But i just recently bought a ITG ProFilter for vw polo beats 2017 model and it cost me £70 for filter and VAT + Delivery total = £95
Those “power” filters are bs, a clean oem paper filter is best and cheapest
ITG make no claims that this increases BHP. If paper filters are so good, why don't racing cars run them?
volkswizard I would think it’s a size issue, race cars don’t have room for a big airboks
It getsf nifer
Get VW polo GTI
Why bother? It’s an Up not worthy of the Gti badge. I’m not in agreement with VW using the GTI badge in this way
Don't talk if you don't know what your talking about 😉
Golf MK1 MK2 and MK3 8v GTI engine's all had about 115hp!
I thought that until I drove it. I guess it depends on your definition of GTI but the Up! is closer to the original concept (Mk1/Mk2) than any of the heavy, gadget laden GTIs further up the range.
For 14k are you kidding me. Great car for the money and the waiting list suggests i am not alone in thinking this....
monstrous raccoon likewise! What I’ve said is subjective and if you knew what you were talking about you enter into an intelligent debate rather than just tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about! It’s my opinion on how I believe the modern GTI badge should be.
I had a Mk 1 Gti and it was a grrrreat car... actually, my first car after having a bike licence for 12 years (which I still have of course!). Cant really see the comparison as the Up! is new tech, smaller and well, yeah.... just as much fun I suppose, if not more as its teeny weeny tiny and for some reason makes me laugh out loud, which surely has to be a good reason to own one. smile smile smile, I may well be ordering one to live alongside my RS4 B8 and the T5😃 as so far a test ride is all I have to go on... but its probably been enough!