cold air intake passing threw innercooler question

[bigirb2002]

my frend want to kno if he puts on a innercooler with his filter on 1 end the innercooler to manifold will he see a gain. he ask this cus he dosent have a turbo yet but in the mean while will it give his car more power until he adds his turbo

[Reed]

no not at all. you cant cool air that is at atmospheric temp with more air at the same temp. he will however see a loss in power due to the engine having to pull air through the intercooler.

[bigirb2002]

thanks dude ill let him kno

[Jet-Lee]

in some occasions, depending on the car, a little restriction on the intake creates better torque numbers. The engine will pull a given amount of air every stroke (1/2 displacement) regardless of what's in the way. A little (little) restriction will make that incoming air move faster, with more velocity, which CAN create better torque.

Not all cars are alike. My buddy's 240SX runs awesome with some restriction, as does my other buddies 98 Prelude. However, my Escort runs best with a short ram and as little intake restriction as possible.

Do it and see what happens, that's the only way you'll ever know if it helps or not.

[nissanfanatic]

Actually I was looking at Dsport and a Weapon R ad caught my attention. It listed 1320' times for all these CAI and short ram systems. Short rams>CAI. All about air velocity.

[Jet-Lee]

Like I said, it all depends on the car and mostly how the head is setup.

My Escort like SRI and my buddy's 240 likes CAI.

[bigirb2002]

i have a short ram weapon r an it kicks ass man but i think i will put the ram air exstintion on an see if it helps