when air is compressed, it heats up. the particles get closer together, there is more friction between them, and they heat up. this happens for turbos, superchargers, aircompressers, anything that compresses air.
thats where intercoolers come into play. the air is fed thru the front mount, or thru a water to air cooler, and its cooled down.
now, once again with physics, this cooling of the air will expand it a little. not back to normal pressures, but jsut a little. if you measured boost before and after teh intercooler, you would see a difference. a ver slight reduction by a few points of a psi
thats the point of an intercooler
on an N/A car, it has no advantage. in actual fact, it can make it worse, as the intake has a longer path
Originally Posted by eternityz
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