Intercooler without Turbo?

Im almost positive you can run an intercooler without a turbo but i was wondering how to do it and mabye any performance advantages it would provide? any thoughts would helpl..thanx

why? it wont do anything without turbo.. turbo needs it because of the heat it produces. a cold air intake would work fine, but it wont really help your hp.

I've probably seen 100 cars with intercoolers and no turbo's. Most use it for looks but no real advantage. same principle as the intake that goes into your fender.

It would do more harm than good. Your car is naturally aspirated and dosn't have a turbo forcing air though the intercooler. So the engine has to work harder to suck the air through it causing it to run hotter. Just stick with a CAI, thats all you need.

k thank...i figured it might help by cooling the air even more comming into the engine...but i guess ur right now that i think about it...working harder 2 pull the air through it

intercoolers only work because the turbo heats the air up and the IC cools it back down to near ambient air temp....w/ a short ram, you're already pulling air at ambient air temp....

pointless

no intercoolers work because the turbo forces air in them. but are also right

thanx for the info guys...

hmm.. cold air is more dense.. so in theory, you would be getting more air into your intake

hmm.. cold air is more dense.. so in theory, you would be getting more air into your intake


in theroy but rather than it being easy to draw the has to draw though the intercooler. and with nothing pushing. figure it as your stock it a coffey stirrer, adn a cai is a straw. the the intercoolr w/o a turbo would be a long ass straw with a cigartee in it but it would be a cold cig