haha this is such a stupid question becasue i know nobody has done it but do you think that if you bought an fmic with out your lude being turbo would you see any gains? That is if you capped off the tubing that should go to the turbo. What im saying if you dont get it already is that instead of the your cai you put the extra tubing and have a front mount sitting in your bumper collecting your air. It makes sense that you would see a few more hp gains than a cold air intake simply due to the extra air your engine is getting. Does this sound right or would you say that its a retarded idea?

 

I would think you may see some gains, but the gains you would see cannot be worth the amount of $$$$ you'd pay for the front mount. There are front mount air intake kits on ebay.

 

hahaha yah, i know there are. this is why im asking. Im sure you would still see more of a gain than a simple filter. Money not being an issue im curious to see it. Hahaha plus it looks sweet

 

if it worked people would have already been doing it. im gonna guess youre not the only one to think about it.


im gonna say no its no good

 

You've got the right idea, but you wouldn't use an intercooler and then put a filter on the end, you'd use a rectangle filter and mount it like an intercooler. Either way, it doesn't work as well as you'd think. Here's what you want though

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

 

hey also get it water sprayed to cool down the air more LOL
na I would think it be more of a problem with throttle response due to the air needing to travel more but then again it would be cooled more but then youll also be frontin

 

gay.

 

hahaha yah i was thinking that too. the throttle would probably turn to crap. it would be super lame too. It would suck when people get all stokked and say ITS TURBOED and than your left to say no... no its not.... i just want to look cool hahahah

 

gayness

 

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no need to flame bro hes just askin a question thats why were here

 

Wow...

The air would probably be cooler with the CAI due to heatsoak, and you won't lose velocity.

 

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If you cap off the end you won't get any air at all. Read about what an intercooler is...

 

In theory, I think it would work.. use piping from the throttle body to the intercooler, then stick a filter on the other end.. thus, sucking air, traveling through a intercooler, then the pipes, and back to the throttle body..

problem is though, im pretty sure intercoolers work best under pressure, not vaccume..

so, your throttle body would act as a vaccume, but be slown down in velocity by a intercooler, thus actually loseing airflow..

 

Jezus Christ...an intercooler is a heat exchanger. It does nothing if you don't have air that is hotter than the ambient temp outside coming into it. If you want 100% fresh air from outside then mount a filter in the front of your car. Can we stop this thread now before someone sees it and think's we're all retarded jk

 

thanks ^ that makes sense. And to the guy 2^ i just did. thanks it was a good read. i c where it made no sense for me to cap it off. and to the gayness remarks i totally expected that because yes it is a pretty bad question. Dont worry i dont take it as hate, i know its just hate towards an idea i didnt think would work

 

i bought the front mount cai like the one posted way ^^^ up there...
I bought it from that Particular company and they HAVE NO 92-96 ones. only 97-01...told them to send it anyway and ill make the 5th gen one fit. i have like 5 intakes from my 3rd gens and a 97 civic. so i got pleant of 3"couplers and lots of 3" piping to work with. I will post how well it works when i get it installed!

 

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Well, you know what my answer is.

Get a CAI and call it a day.

 

you would lose power due to the massive loss of velocity. its a no no.

 

lol i had to read the title of this post a couple times before it regestered

 

heres my 2c for all its worth.. People that badge their cars w/ Type-R and turbo, or stickers have one of those gay blow off soundz muffler attachments are re-*******-tarded. Its similar to how I feel about transvestites, false advertising will get the **** kicked out of you. If you want a fmic get a turbo to match.

 

you know what would really help?

increasing your volumetric efficiency. this is what those big intake boxes do, NOT what you want to do or those front mount intakes

 

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increasing your volumetric efficiency. this is what those big intake boxes do, NOT what you want to do or those front mount intakes</TD></TR></TABLE>

not really man, those big boxes kill velocity also, thats why the J's doesn't work very well....they're great for throttle response, because there is a large amount of air available to the throttle body immediately....but after that the air has to slow down to fill that huge chamber before it goes in the motor

3" pipe & v-stack FTW

 

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some people ask for it....

 

Intercoolers lower intake air temps down to AMBIENT (or near) temps because turbos create hot intake air.

Using an intercooler to cool ambient intake air with ambient air flowing over it = thermodynamics &gt; You.

Edit: Somebody already go to it:

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This the gayest idea ever. First i'd expect you to lose power at high rpms due to the fact that, that thing probaly can't flow nearly enough air. Plus i'm sure the intake charges are severly weakened, bah don't get it.