intercooler on non turbo car, worth it? Options

[creis]

I want to put an intercooler with c02 spray on my car, to replace my intercooler style intake. is it worth it. would it gain me anything, or lose my anything, i would have custome piping up into the engine compartment with a cone filter, but soon to be a hood scoop. I ame going to turbo it right away when i turn 21 (insurance says i cant have a turbo till then withough getting jacked with dues) so i will end up with this setup anyway. what do you guys think.

[Doge]

An Intercooler will do absolutely nothing for you Creis. The point of an intercooler is to cool the compressed air from the turbocharger. As the turbine in a turbo spins it increases the temp of the air it is compressing by hundreds of degrees. It is then cooled by running it through an intercooler before it goes into the engine. If you didn't have an intercooler (in a non-low boost situation) an engine would get extreme predetonation, and as you know that is very very bad. If you don't have a turbo a CAI or short ram will do you just fine, as the ambient air is already cool enough to enter your engine without the worry of predetonation.