Would it make any difference? In theory it should as it would still cool the air flowing into the engine, making it more combustable and therefore making the ecu supply more fuel and make the car perform better.

Or am I complely missing the point?

In theory it would work but I think non turbo drivers have decided against it as the cost of a decent intercooler with fittings would outweigh the performance gains, as better performance modifications can be bought for N/A petrols for cheaper.

I'm sure there is another reason they are not commonly fitted aswell.

I would of thought a cheap way of making more cold air get through the induction side would be to make somesort of ducting from the grill on the front bumper to your induction filter. Thats what i plan on doing to see if it makes any difference

Hi mate,

Really it needs to be compressed into the intercooler, otherwise the cooling effect will be minimal. And to be honest, its not going to cool it massively as providing its got a decent cold air feed, it wont be sucking air thats been warmed up by the turbo.

Alan

the cooling effect will be minimal, the restriction provided by the intercooler will be massive and far outweigh any kind of cooling benefit.

Also, you're forgetting the extra routing that's needed, it would take longer for the air to get to the engine. The reason it's not much of an issue with the turbo/supercharged cars is that they are forced induction.

Bushboy said:

Would it make any difference? In theory it should as it would still cool the air flowing into the engine, making it more combustable and therefore making the ecu supply more fuel and make the car perform better.

Or am I complely missing the point?

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supercharging heats up the air, an intercooler will cool down the hot air after it leaves the turbo or supercharger.

you dont have any form of supercharging so your air wont be hotter than the outside air.
an intercooler cant cool your air since its already cool.


so yes you've missed the point, but only by a few thousand miles.

Its a relatively simple thing to do but If there was any worthwhile benefits and gains the manufactures would be on to it by now........and err??.......

Enough said.

putting an intercooler in the system is like shoving a sponge in your intake - with turbo cars there is enough pressure to push the air through, non-turbo it starves the inlet of oxygen so the car will run rich

As Jug said, an intercooler is for cooling the air (its all in the name). But you can't cool ambient air with ambient air, its all the same temperature. Its like trying to cool down a cup of boiling water by adding more boiling water.