Quick question about intercoolers

[bbiksey007]

Ok 1st off I did use the search but didnt see anything that really answers my ? so dont flame me lolAnywho my question is...Do I have to have a turbo to use a front mounted intercooler or can I just install one on a stock KA?If so would it be better to go through with the intercooler or is an intake the way to go? yeah I know all this sounds kinnda noobish but hey this is my 1st car

[CSUPUEBLOTIM]

This has been answered before, but no. If you want an intercooler, go turbo. If not get yourself a good intake and call it a day. If for some reason you want the intercooler look with out the power then you can get one of these... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ories .

[SR20DET.240]

An intercooler is pointless for a naturally aspirated car, the point of an intercooler is to cool hot charged air before it enters your intake. Turbo's create a lot of heat from both the compressing of air and the heat that is drawn from the turbo itself since it is the exhaust gases that turn the impeller assembly in the turbo.

[bored.40]

Ok 1st off I did use the search but didnt see anything that really answers my ? so dont flame me lolAnywho my question is...Do I have to have a turbo to use a front mounted intercooler or can I just install one on a stock KA?If so would it be better to go through with the intercooler or is an intake the way to go? yeah I know all this sounds kinnda noobish but hey this is my 1st car

You dont need an intercooler if your car is not turbo.

[Justin35ll]

lol wow.

interfooler ftl

[bbiksey007]

Wow guys thanks for all your helpSo intake it is lol

[AZ89two4Tsx]

*sigh*

[MySXisSlowerThanUrs]

lol wow.

interfooler ftl

+1,000,000

Please do not get that ebay interfooler... Please dont

[SirSilvia]

i swear to godHere's this, you buy a turbo and everything else that's needed EXCEPT the intercooler and I'll buy it for you. Otherwise don't

[bbiksey007]

Haha I know better not to get that ebay front mount ****...I'll either get an AEM or Injen short ram wich do you think is better?

[SirSilvia]

I like AEM

[nissans13240sx]

Neither are worth the amount they cost.Buy a K&N filter. There is almost no gain putting a intake on a stock ka, just noise.

[DMan II-40]

I might put one on my car a couple weeks before I do a whole turbo set up to make the process go faster, but that is a different story.

[bbiksey007]

^^ true makes since

[numbnuts240]

is this thread real?

[nightsauce]

is this thread real?

thats what i was saying...if you get an interfooler people will think you have turbo until you pop the hood and get laughed at and shamed to death :|

[CSUPUEBLOTIM]

LOL with my previous car I did drive around for about 2 months with the intercooler mounted. Almost everybody that noticed it thought it was turbo and I just never poped the hood until I got the turbo installed. When I noticed those who did see it I would just low shift making it seem like I was hiding the bov. But ya as stated above get a K&N setup. Even if you get one with the piping its still like $150 cheaper than and AEM or other high end intake company.

[Papi Chulo]

Don't forget to buy intercooler fluid.

[numbnuts240]

i jsut recharged my intercooler last night.

[Ilvemynissan]

I like OEM

^Fixed.

[Fonz]

well ive been seeing an influx of these post lately. Let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of retarded posts in the Nico Forums. According to this morning's sample, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds.

[blacksrjdm]

This is what you do....

Install all the incooler parts and piping, hang your intercooler and instead of connecting the hot pipe to anything because you dont have a turbo, put cone filter on the hot side. That way you can pull hot air from your engine bay and cool it through the intercooler and then it'll feed to the intake.

I'm really kidding, but that would be funny to see, instead of the turbo being there, its a filter pulling hot air off the headers, and cooling through the intercooler.

[numbnuts240]

[SirSilvia]

^Fixed.

HAHAHA

[bbiksey007]

I was just asking a question, like I said this my 1st car and I'm learning as I go. Everyone has to start from somewhere...

[Fonz]

I dont think we really mean to step on ya( me at least ) but man asking a question like that is like going into gamestop and asking can you use an xbox without a tv

[SullivanRacing06]

wow!

[slow40]

I dont think we really mean to step on ya( me at least ) but man asking a question like that is like going into gamestop and asking can you use an xbox without a tv

that's funny. anybody ever had a buddy that used one of those snorkel kits on their 4 wheel drive? wonder if those would be as effective as a cold air kit? just a thought

[ZX88]

please if you buy one of those aem, injen intakes i feel bad for you. hey lets spend 200 bucks on something that make your car sound cool and adds maybe 1hp. all you need is a stock intake with a generic cone filter. 15 bucks at the most. if you want your ka to be more pepy then get an under drive pulley, aluminum drive shaft and lighten flywheel with a nice clutch. really the only worth while ka upgrades besides a turbo and not spending thousands on building an na ka.

[StandardProspect]

^ 15 at most? no

dont buy a garbage air filter, get a k&n. roughly $40