Originally posted by Snoopy
because the air will be compressed and heated up anyways. whats the point of taking in cold air just to have it heated up again? the intercooler is there to cool the air after the turbo.
You're basically right snoopy, but also think about this:
all the hardcore import FI dragsters have a their turbo inlet outside the vehicle...for example above the hood or a hole cut right into the bumper to force feed as much air as possible. They try to get as much velocity of the air going in as possible. Hence the colder the air the more dense hence more O2 molecules in the intake piping, through the intercooler, into the combustion chambers...
it makes sense and doesn't at the same time....I :dunno:
just my theory