im thinking about boosting my civ...1 of my friends is parting out his car n he has a turbo n told me i can get it for 400$...i told him i didnt have enough to get that plus the intercooler n he said if i run low boost there is no need for a intercooler...i am pretty sure that is false but he said he is positive that i wont if i run around 6-8 lbs of boost....anybody wanna let me kno if thats total bs or not
Low boost
- Thread starter vinnybones
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you dont need an ic. it would be nice because it cools the air but it is not needed.
If you don't have enough money for a turbo and and intercooler don't boost, you'll need a turbo, fuel managment, manifold, wastegate (unless it's internal), boost piping, downpipe...theres more to it than just a turbo and a intercooler, which no, you don't technically need, but personally I'd never boost a car without one. Even for 6 pounds I'd still use one.
This guy put it best. I mean, its never a bad idea to keep things cooler so save up that extra bit and pick up a smaller one off of ebay.
If you boost without an IC, your gas milage will go down and hp/trq potential will be less also.
well , to answer the original question , YES you can run turbo with no intercooler , just low boost . theres companies out there that sells bolt-on turbo kits without intercoolers.
you CANNOT boost a honda without a intercooler it going BOOOOM very quickly. The c/r is too high unless ti is a built block. Honestly, HOW would you shove 300* air down a car with 10:1 compression without it pinging itself to death with any reasonable amount of boost.
Only the good hondas have that compression
