can you have a CAI with a turbo setup??


like i said it may be a stupid question but it doesnt hurt to ask, I have always wondered about this and thought that i wuold ask

 

turbo's have their own sort of intake. Instead of going from the throttlebody out to the air filter, they either go from the throttlebody to the turbo, or to an intercooler, and then to a turbo. And then there's a second part of the intake that has the air filter on it, where the turbo sucks in the air.

 

in short...no

unless you fab up some piping and filter connecting it to the intake side of the turbo. but whats the point in that? its gonna get chilled by the intercooler.

 

Cooler air going in the inlet>compressor>intercooler = cooler air coming out of the IC. There usually isn't room to run piping from the wheelwell to the inlet, but you can usually route some ducting to bring cool air to the inlet filter. Or, you can look into a liquid-air intercooler which chills things down more effectively than an air-air IC. PWR makes a barrel type liquid-air that looks nice: