 Non-Turbo Intercooler Question, does it do any thing>? |
 Feb 20, 2004 - 10:03 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Feb 20, '04 From Washington Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Has anyone ever thought about puting an intercooler on the other end of your intake, assuming you don't have close to the amount of money for a full turbo. Would this put COLD air in to you intake? IF you did do it would you need a filter on the other end of it, or would you just cap it? Weird Idea but maybe there is some horsepower to gain here. Any comments are appriciated!
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Feb 20, 2004 - 10:20 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 11, '02 From Sioux Falls, SD, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
A cold air intake pretty much does everything you want it to do. A intercooler would pretty much be pointless, as the air going through the intercooler is being cooled by air passing through the front of the intercooler. It wouldn't be taking in any fresh air.
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Feb 20, 2004 - 11:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 2, '02 From Portland, Oregon Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Intercoolers dont work unless you have a turbo.
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Feb 21, 2004 - 12:08 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 11, '02 From Sioux Falls, SD, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I suppose I could have just said that.
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Feb 21, 2004 - 12:15 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 20, '02 From OKC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
couldnt you get an empty shell of a fmic and use it like a filter on a cai and just run the pipes up front?
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Feb 21, 2004 - 12:28 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 21, '03 From Endicott NY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I used to have a fake intercooler that was just a filter. It really didn't do anything more than a cold air intake.
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Feb 21, 2004 - 4:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 14, '03 From New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Intercoolers are only useful for turbo'd cars. Why?
Because the air being compressed by the turbo is heated in the process. The intercooler acts as a radiator to cool this air down before it enters the engine. Air going into a N/A car is already at an ambient temperature, thus rendering an intercooler useless. |
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Feb 21, 2004 - 1:41 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Minnesota, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
On Ebay they had some of those intercooled intakes for our cars. They took the shell of one, and on one side ran piping up to the throttle body. If you really just want the look then you could do a search for those.
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