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Can a turbo work with a cold air intake?

i wanna intall a turbo, but if i do, do i have to remove the cold air intake i already have?is it possible for them both to work together?will the cold air intake mess with the turbo?or will it work to help me get more speed?

Answer:

The turbo will render the CAI pointless but the CAI won't affect the turbo one way or another. Turbos compress air and in doing so it heats the air a lot - way more than the CAI would compensate for. Intercoolers (heat exchangers that look like radiators) are used between the turbo outlet and the throttle body in some cars to cool the outlet air.
Ok first off you must choose naturally aspirated power or Boost aka turbo. either or you can't have both. NA (naturally aspirated) simply means NO BOOST, ALL MOTOR. If you choose boost the reason why you can't have a cool air intake and turbo is b/c the turbo piping connects to your intake manifold as the cool air intake does also. you can't have two pipes going to one intake mani. A NA motor can use a cool air intake. Turbo's air cooled down by an intercooler aka a front mount. This cools your turbo b/c it runs better cooler than hot. if you want more speed AND turbo re build the motor and then get a turbo and a tune. You can also make a lot of power with a NA motor, just a fully built motor no boost. NATurbo. good luck.
I don't think you have a turbo it probably says tuned port injection.- a fuel injector for each cylinder. You might not find a ram air intake system for this car - check your local car parts store.

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