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ok i did a bit of a search for a friend of mine who has just bought an NA r32 but found nothing, he asked me if it would be a good idea or even possible to buy an intercooler, block one of the end tanks off and have the other side replacing the pod filter, now iv never really thought of this and thought it was quit funny of him to ask, so ye just tryna get some info on this lol

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he asked me if it would be a good idea or even possible to buy an intercooler, block one of the end tanks off and have the other side replacing the pod filter

What did he think it was going to do?

he asked me if it would be a good idea or even possible to buy an intercooler, block one of the end tanks off and have the other side replacing the pod filter,

How the hell would this work? if you block one end off. then the other attached to the intake you would be trying to suck the inside of the cooler. = no air flow?

or am i looking at this wrong. :(

How the hell would this work? if you block one end off. then the other attached to the intake you would be trying to suck the inside of the cooler. = no air flow?

or am i looking at this wrong. :(

Thats what i was thinking... maybe they dont know how intercoolers work... maybe they think that they suck air in from the front... right right.

You can actually buy air filters that are made to look like FMIC, saw one on a lancer. Don't know what you'd do if it rains though.

talking to him today, i think thats were he got the idea from, he saw a na civic with what looked like an intercooler, when he saw that he came to the conclusion that, thats what the guy was doing, however just searching ebay i found what appeared to be a small intercooler which is actually not an intercooler :(

Ahh but what if you had a pod filter on one end of an intercooler and then run the other end to the engine's inlet and just before you're ready to drag race, you release the spray of liquid nitrogen onto the intercooler chilling it to reduce the intake temps ??? Huh, huh ?? Reverse intercooling !! :nuke::(

talking to him today, i think thats were he got the idea from, he saw a na civic with what looked like an intercooler, when he saw that he came to the conclusion that, thats what the guy was doing, however just searching ebay i found what appeared to be a small intercooler which is actually not an intercooler :(

AKA Interfooler

Ahh but what if you had a pod filter on one end of an intercooler and then run the other end to the engine's inlet and just before you're ready to drag race, you release the spray of liquid nitrogen onto the intercooler chilling it to reduce the intake temps ??? Huh, huh ?? Reverse intercooling !! :):P

Yeah get him to do it.. Then take pics so we can laugh. Explain to him that he will need to install a NOS spray system as intercoolers can only cool air ambient temp. Better yet add an electronic supercharger between the pod and inlet of the cooler, then an electric BOV... Now that would be hectic, and he could say his car runs NOS!

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