If I am understanding it correctly, I don't think that would work. There would be no heat transfer from the air to the intercooler since the air coming into the intake is pretty close to, if not the same, temperature as the air that is suppose to be cooling the intake air.

 

The only gains I could see, if any, would be from a water-to-air intercooler. Are you the guy selling the parts on craigslist, btw? I need that tailgate!

 

yup, sure am....


and really? no go? not even if you had the piping going strait to a front mounted intercooler???? and no filter.... just the piping from the tb to an intercooler mounted right where the grill is... or would be...

 

An intercooler without forced induction just adds restriction, think of all the plumbing and turns. My intake temps are generally about 20F warmer than ambient temps with my stock airbox pulling air from the fender.

 

check it out this does work. I have it. no more scorching hot Thorttle body. nice and cool

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That's a little different, though. That's to cool the TB itself, not the incoming air charge.

blk04titan is wanting to basically run a turbo/supercharger intercooler setup less the turbo/supercharger and, apparently, with NO FILTER. :huh: Sounds overly complex, a bad idea for engine life, and it would hurt more than it helps because of all the intake piping. What works good for forced induction doesn't necessarily work good for N/A.

 

I'd guess it would add turbulence (sp) and restrictions to the intake.

 

why not find a intercooler place it somewhere inbetween the intake fliter and the tb find a way to mod the IC with intake tube running threw it and there ya go cooler temps

 

That would actually INCREASE the intake temps, the intercooler would be heated up by the underhood temps and not cooled by outside air.

IMO, anything like this is pointless. There's no way to get the air COOLER than ambient temps and so far my intake air temperature hasn't been more than 15-20F more than ambient with the stock airbox.

The point of an intercooler is to cool down the intake air after it's heated WAY up by a turbo or supercharger. I don't see how sucking air through an intercooler would make the air any cooler than what's being sucked in from the fender well, all you're doing is making the intake system more complex and any cooler air you MIGHT experience would be more than offset by the increased restriction you've created with all the tubing.