Would a cold air intake be overkill on a turbo'd car? With an intercooler is a cai just a waste or even worth it? Would it hurt performance because of the longer intake pipe? By the way I own a Mazda 323 GTX...rare and fun car. Thanks

 

Yes a cold air intake will help your performance. The lower the temp of the air the turbo is getting, the less you'll have to cool it afterwards. The turbo will also no longer be sucking in the warm air in the engine bay, which is allways a good thing. Remember that the cooler you keep the air the better.

Coincidentally I also have a 323GTX.

 

It will help alot

there is alot of under hood tems and if you can get the plumming out of that you should notice a differance due to the cooler air

 

Thanks, anyone else have imput.

 

i/ve heard with the wrx that a cold air intake will cause you to run lean
not sure if its true or not but so i hear

-Brian

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtec69 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i/ve heard with the wrx that a cold air intake will cause you to run lean
not sure if its true or not but so i hear

-Brian</TD></TR></TABLE>

its true, its cuz they use a mass air flow sensor.

 

Does that apply to all mass air flow sensor cars? My 88 323 GTX is Mass Air Flow Sensor. Thanks

 

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its true, its cuz they use a mass air flow sensor. </TD></TR></TABLE>

This is like, way wrong.

Mass air flow and speed density cars both will fully compensate for any changes in air temperature.

 

Any other oppinions? Thanks

 

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This is like, way wrong.

Mass air flow and speed density cars both will fully compensate for any changes in air temperature.</TD></TR></TABLE>

This is true.