I realized reading some posts that many people believe the ideal air intake for a turbo car to be the same as a naturally aspirated engine, and there are some differences. On a naturally aspirated engine the ideal air intake will provide a balance of cold dense air and work to pull the air into the engine that favors cold dense air. On a turbo car the ideal air intake will allow the turbo to work as efficently as possible to extend the effective rpm range of the turbo. Additionally turbos compress the air to have dense hot air, so the need for cold dense air isn’t as important since the air is already dense. The intercoolers should ideally take the work of cooling the air before entering combustion which is a step that is not performed on NA engines.
