Air intake evaluation

Mk7Will said:

Intakes are useless once the incoming air becomes too hot for timing adjustment to make additional power. Try running a hot lap with an open element filter and see what your IAT's look like. Then compare them to a chart with your timing adjustment. You'll likely be losing power to heat. Doesn't really matter how well it flows, you'll just be flowing hot air in faster. People spend hundreds of dollars on great intercoolers and then throw an open air element filter set up on their car. Counter intuitive at the least

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blunted_brick said:

I think you are misreading what i said or what you point to, because you're helping make my point. The mass that goes in must come out, plain and simple. That's called conservation of mass.

But let's consider your argument. Since you believe that flow out the turbo doesn't matter and boost is everything, you put a tiny orifice between turbo and intake manifold to get more boost pressure. You get a ton of boost pressure but no power, since your mass flow is limited by your tiny orifice. The whole point of boost is increased mass. Internal combustion engine 101.

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GroceryGTIer said:

Also, what about a bov vs the DV? A bov would get rid of some hot air as well, instead of recirculating the same hot air right?

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DiscusInferno said:

DV keeps the compressor wheel spinning, to reduce lag in between shifts during acceleration.

BOV lets it go, so you induce more lag of the turbo.

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DiscusInferno said:

DV keeps the compressor wheel spinning, to reduce lag in between shifts during acceleration.

BOV lets it go, so you induce more lag of the turbo.

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