Yes I do. Depends on your plans for the car. I have a Depo racing one which is a prl knock off but works great. My iat’s are very consistent and +/-10 degrees from ambient. Made 362whp 310tq fbo/W1/e30 with a sri by the way.
to be honest I don't push my car hard all the tine im an occasional wot guy but I want my car to run rich or more idk the word but better than stock lol
Man, I've been posting this on the forums for quite a while now. Even showed links to state the point. I'm outnumbered so I just run the numbers at the dragstrip.
An intercoolers job is to recool the air after leaving the turbo to keep the air cool. The intake is designed to supply the engine or turbo with cold air. Both benefit from cold air intakes. The cooler the air the more oxygen molecules in it. Which provides better combustion and power. Both benefit from an intake. With a turbo car you will see greater gains once tuned compared to a NA car.
I don't think he's disagreeing with you. If you can make an SRI that has 'cool air' being supplied to it that is just as cool as a CAI, the SRI would be a better design. The CAI would only be introducing additional pressure drop (Restrictions and/or Resistance) by the extra piping and bends that come with it.
In mechanical ventilation we call that "dead space". The more length you add to your circuit, the more resistance you have to overcome to be able to breathe.
In mechanical ventilation we call that "dead space". The more length you add to your circuit, the more resistance you have to overcome to be able to breathe.
I'll post this picture of Franco's motor again to illustrate this
Note the distance between the filter and the turbo
Here is a pic of Eman's setup
It really also depends on what you're doing, but If we're talking short straight line... Short straight breather is gonna be most efficient
All I was trying to explain is the gains would be as beneficial on a turbo as it would on a NA car. But once tuned the turbo car would see extra benefit from the denser air charge going into the engine. As for the SRI topic they arent bad for temps at all really. Sure you might cut a few degrees on top of it going to cold air intake but it isn't a huge difference. Mine only sits about 5-10 above ambient. As for restrictions and pressure drop issues in cold air intakes. Most are designed to have as small of a pressure drop as possible and with as few restrictions as possible. The pictures above work only on aftermarket turbos due to the design of the stock one not having anyt way to clamp a filter to it. And they also have better intercoolers to mitigate any heat issues.
Colder air is denser than warm air thus making the NA engine produce more power.
Yes but the same applies to turbo engines. That is the main purpose of a cold air intake.
I would recommend a custom tune. DRob tuned my car and it’s probably the best money I’ve invested into the car. Runs great and safe. Normal mode is super tame and gets 38-40mpg on 30% ethanol. Once I push that sport button though, total different car.
Yeah my next purchase was going to be a Ktuner with either TSP or Phearable tune not sure yet, but which short ram are you running if you don't mind me asking? Like which company
Probably best investment into this platform. I have a prl cobra but I left it as short ram with the race maf.
