A car can run with out an intercooler, but if it was designed to have an intercooler, the driveabilty will be affected.
yes
The normal direction of airflow is air filter to turbo, to intercooler, to engine.The normal direction of airflow is air filter to turbo, to intercooler, to engine.
Yes!
A turbo, an intercooler to coll the engine as turbos produce a lot of extra heat, an aftyermarket ecu as the fuel map of your car will have to be tuned, a dyno as your car will have to be tuned on a dyno.Installing a turbo in a naturally aspirated engine will greatly reduce engine life as the parts are not designed to run at such high temperatures and pressures.
An intercooler is useless on a normally aspirated engine. This is because the air charge entering the engin has NOT been heated as a byproduct of being compressed (by a turbo- or super-charger). Since it is not hotter than the ambient air, running it through an intercooler will not cool it. Now, there are some turbo folks who run air-over-water intercoolers, who run the intercooler liquid through ice water to cool it BELOW ambient temperature. It is hard to say if they gain enough power to offset the weight of all that ice. It is easy to say that without a blower, carrying all that extra weight around (ice, intercooler, pump, etc) would be a losing proposition.
It depends on the specific car. Some will be undriveable without the turbo, but in any case it will be severely out of tune. With the turbo missing you can expect, at best, reduced performance, reduced fuel economy, and increased emissions.
i run mine at 20psi with an intercooler, stock it 11.5psi. runs fine on 20psi completely stock apart from 2.5" exhaust
im not sure what u mean...but i guess u mean is it better to run intercooler with your turbo setup on a particular engine...yes the intercooler will aid in cooling drastically over a non intercooled engine...think of it as a/c or non a/c in your house u want the cold cold air if possible
Yes you could. That belt is only for the AC.
Yes, The turbo is just a booster but the engine makes a car run.
It will not run with diesel.
If it's a turbo, then it could be a rupture in the intercooler tube or hose attaching the tube to the throttle mechanism. The car will barely run if that is the case. Actually, if it idles ok, then it may not be the intercooler, as it will barely even idle with a ruptured tube or hose. -- John