I been thinking of putting a intercooler on my non turbo engine. I been thinking and would like some input. My thinking into this is that so many degrees drop in incoming air temp you get a hp increase. We all know what an intercooler does so wouldnt this work? I'm not worried bout tuning because I run a carb and can tune rich-lean. I was thinking running a cold air system like tony ss into an intercooler. Am I way off on this or what?
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well you could do it... but you're not going to see great (if any) results. A good large air cleaner on a carbureted engine is more effective from what I've seen and read than a distant CAI set up. It'll be a huge money pit, but would look cool.
A cheap ram air setup will do just the same as what you're thinking of. Let's say you gain 5-10 hp, but at the end of the day you lost out from $, time, and weight
A cheap ram air setup will do just the same as what you're thinking of. Let's say you gain 5-10 hp, but at the end of the day you lost out from $, time, and weight
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why wouldnt i see any result if the incoming temp is dropped? I should see better result than I would with a cold air intake or a large air cleaner. They are both doing the same so base hp increase would be the same. And by adding the the intercooler for a cooled air should increase that number. I see what you are say though. Just wondering cuzz I might get a cheap one off on ebay or an old turbo vehicle.
An air-air intercooler uses ambient air temps to cool a heated intake charge. Without the power adder heating the air the intercooler would only be trying to cool the intake charge( which is already ambient air temp) with the same temp air.
well ya could do that but if yer gonna buy an innercooler why not save up for a procharger too? i would LOVE to get one but if youve read any of my post, i cant afford it by a long shot. also i was looking at spectre performance for an intake for my car, but as well, cant afford that eather. http://www.spectreperformance.com
yea the spectre one is pretty expensive. I was going to buy just the carb bonnet and make a cold air system but the bonnet is expensive too.
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