cold air turbo intake?

boosted.es2 · 03-25-2007

ok i usually see everyones turbo set up run the filter so it grabs warm air. is there a reason people dont route the intake for cold air? i thought it would be a lot more effective to get cold air especially with boost.

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LT2004ever · 03-25-2007

prolly cause of space.... think of where your turbo/IC piping would go if u had intake filter down there.... hehe

but thats just a random guess

Boilermaker1 · 03-25-2007

The turbo pushes the air temp up so much by compressing it, it makes little difference... the intercooler is really your best friend. Besides that, there's not a whole lot of room to jam a 3rd pipe in the fenderwell with a filter on it. As long as the turbo's got air, let the intercooler do its job.

LT2004ever · 03-25-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boilermaker1

The turbo pushes the air temp up so much by compressing it, it makes little difference... the intercooler is really your best friend. Besides that, there's not a whole lot of room to jam a 3rd pipe in the fenderwell with a filter on it. As long as the turbo's got air, let the intercooler do its job.

whoot! my assumption was partly right! awesome!

boosted.es2 · 03-25-2007

thank you boiler. looks like i need to upgrade to FMIC soon.... SMIC wont do the job too well in the summer, especially in vegas...

Eyger · 03-31-2007

I was wondering something similar, I've always seen intake piping coming off the compressor side on 2JZ's and SR20's it made me think it's the location of the turbo. Since those engine's are mounted I don't know what you call it, sideways the exhaust manifold is set further back, allowing for more room to reach up and grab colder air.

andyman97 · 03-31-2007

Its not so much the compressed air, but the fact that the turbo compresses hot exhaust gases. Anything you can do to improve cooling will lower intake temps. But if your intercooler system is efficient enough, your intake temps shouldn't be that much above ambient air temp anyways.

SpeedFreak · 04-05-2007

^^ unless u really wanna squeeze the extra cple hp, if that. save ur cash