Would this make sense to do??

Put an intercooler in-line behind your CAI.

If an air-to-air intercooler makes the air cooler and more dense wouldn't you gain something from adding one even to your N/A motor. I know they really show gains on forced induction motors because there is soo much more air passing through it.

any thoughts??

-Joshua

 

Ummm....all you would gain is a restriction in the intake, which is the opposite of what you want. The only reason boosted guys run them is because compressing the air heats it up, so you run the hot air through the intercooler to cool it off. If you're running a CAI it's already pulling cool air in from outside. The higher IAT numbers you see when scanning are usually from IAT sensor heat soak, not from the air actually being hot. Running an intercooler would not change that at all.

 

oh, so on F/I they are good because the air is forced through them but on a N/A motor it has to work to suck the air through so it would kind of defeat the whole purpose?

 

Yeah pretty much. You wouldn't see any change in air temps and you would be adding a restriction. Essentially there are no benefits but there are drawbacks. You would be in a worse off position than you were before.

 

k thanks, u answered my question

 

One of the automakers, in the 70's, tied using the A/C to cool the intake air! But the cooling effect of the A/C wasn't enough to over come the drag of the compressor. So it wasn't really worth it.

 

could not have said it better myself