Intercooler Instead Of A Pod On Na

[sam5709]

ok i did a bit of a search for a friend of mine who has just bought an NA r32 but found nothing, he asked me if it would be a good idea or even possible to buy an intercooler, block one of the end tanks off and have the other side replacing the pod filter, now iv never really thought of this and thought it was quit funny of him to ask, so ye just tryna get some info on this lol

[GTRsean]

Restriction! Engine has to suck air though the bloody thing!!!, extra weight....

Pod with proper cold air feed would be easier and better.

[sam5709]

hehe ahh good point, now i can go and rub it in his face

thanks for the help

[Eug]

this is as silly as the dude who actually did it last time.

[sil25]

if its NA get a good panel filter with a large catch chamber. not to expensive and it works really well. put in a heat shield and intake is done.

[scathing]

he asked me if it would be a good idea or even possible to buy an intercooler, block one of the end tanks off and have the other side replacing the pod filter

What did he think it was going to do?

[Pauly33GTS-t]

increase teh horspowa

[JAS-25T]

he asked me if it would be a good idea or even possible to buy an intercooler, block one of the end tanks off and have the other side replacing the pod filter,

How the hell would this work? if you block one end off. then the other attached to the intake you would be trying to suck the inside of the cooler. = no air flow?

or am i looking at this wrong.

[JCMarshall_Law]

Who cares if it is going to work, NA cars with intercoolers are fully sick... tell him to do it!!!

In fact I've got a mate who sells intercoolers...

[Mr Italy!]

How the hell would this work? if you block one end off. then the other attached to the intake you would be trying to suck the inside of the cooler. = no air flow?

or am i looking at this wrong.

Thats what i was thinking... maybe they dont know how intercoolers work... maybe they think that they suck air in from the front... right right.

[pkblade]

You can actually buy air filters that are made to look like FMIC, saw one on a lancer. Don't know what you'd do if it rains though.

Edited January 19, 2007 by pkblade

[sam5709]

You can actually buy air filters that are made to look like FMIC, saw one on a lancer. Don't know what you'd do if it rains though.

talking to him today, i think thats were he got the idea from, he saw a na civic with what looked like an intercooler, when he saw that he came to the conclusion that, thats what the guy was doing, however just searching ebay i found what appeared to be a small intercooler which is actually not an intercooler

[TokyoTaxi]

Ahh but what if you had a pod filter on one end of an intercooler and then run the other end to the engine's inlet and just before you're ready to drag race, you release the spray of liquid nitrogen onto the intercooler chilling it to reduce the intake temps ??? Huh, huh ?? Reverse intercooling !!

[JAS-25T]

talking to him today, i think thats were he got the idea from, he saw a na civic with what looked like an intercooler, when he saw that he came to the conclusion that, thats what the guy was doing, however just searching ebay i found what appeared to be a small intercooler which is actually not an intercooler

AKA Interfooler

[blackprincegts]

lolzords... iv dunnit on my GTS..and iv got 250 fully sick rear wheel kw's with just the intercooler in place of the pod...

[D-limo]

Ahh but what if you had a pod filter on one end of an intercooler and then run the other end to the engine's inlet and just before you're ready to drag race, you release the spray of liquid nitrogen onto the intercooler chilling it to reduce the intake temps ??? Huh, huh ?? Reverse intercooling !!

Yeah get him to do it.. Then take pics so we can laugh. Explain to him that he will need to install a NOS spray system as intercoolers can only cool air ambient temp. Better yet add an electronic supercharger between the pod and inlet of the cooler, then an electric BOV... Now that would be hectic, and he could say his car runs NOS!