Can this even happen?

Can you put a normal Cold Air intake and a Turbocharger together in an engine?

How does a turbocharger change the routing of exhaust and intake around the engine?


*anyone have a diagram?

Go to howstuffworks.com and check out the automobile stuff. They have a pretty hefty part on turbos, with diagrams. As far as how one works, the exhaust blows into the turbine housing to spin both ends of the turbo. The compressor side then blows air out and into the intake. A cold air intake can be hooked up to the compressor side, a filter is needed there anyway. It would have to be modified to fit though.

Just check out that site and you'll understand. It's a very easy concept.

but cold air intakes are hooked up to the throttle body and usually if you get an intercooler the other end of the IC goes in the throttle body which would leave no place for the cold air intake to go into ...

but cold air intakes are hooked up to the throttle body and usually if you get an intercooler the other end of the IC goes in the throttle body which would leave no place for the cold air intake to go into ...

Yes but he is saying on the COMPRESSOR side you can make a CUSTOM cold air intake. Simpley the turbo is pulling in air from outside the engine compartment. Alot of people do this on race cars for the obvious reasons, but fore most street apps you are better off pulling in air from a hot, and DRY engine compartment and then through an intercooler. You dont want a turbo sucking up puddles. The term "cold air intake" isnt just limited to those 3hp gain AEM things.