While this portion of your response is true, the rest is not accurate. While turbo engines respond best to exhaust mods that reduce back pressure, they absolutely do respond to aftermarket intakes that increase the airflow to the engine. All engines are air pumps, anything you do to pump more air through them will create more power provided the fuel is adjusted accordingly. "Cold Air Intakes" is a term typically applied to all aftermarket intakes. Most do a ton to remove restrictions in the intake to get more air flowing, and most also try to source the air from outside the engine bay which is cooler. Starting with cooler air, from outside as opposed to heat soaked air from the engine compartment is still an advantage, even though the turbos are going to heat the air up, but most of the HP gains will be from the ability to flow more air to the turbos.I hate to be That guy, but turbo engines have an intercooler that cools the air after it goes through the turbo. So in short the air will be heated when it touches the turbo, before cooling it right before it goes into the cylinders.
Isnt the one and only function of the turbo to force more air in? and turbos are very well fine tuned to allow only the ideal boost given the circumstances. I suppose it will help if you are trying to push as much power as your engine can handle, but in a every day setting it really is redundant and unnecessary. I am not a mechanical engineering so my knowledge is very surface level.While this portion of your response is true, the rest is not accurate. While turbo engines respond best to exhaust mods that reduce back pressure, they absolutely do respond to aftermarket intakes that increase the airflow to the engine. All engines are air pumps, anything you do to pump more air through them will create more power provided the fuel is adjusted accordingly. "Cold Air Intakes" is a term typically applied to all aftermarket intakes. Most do a ton to remove restrictions in the intake to get more air flowing, and most also try to source the air from outside the engine bay which is cooler. Starting with cooler air, from outside as opposed to heat soaked air from the engine compartment is still an advantage, even though the turbos are going to heat the air up, but most of the HP gains will be from the ability to flow more air to the turbos.
Exhausts will increase HP more, but good intakes also increase HP.
All that said, being new to the 3.5 EcoBoost, or the PowerBoost I'm getting, I don't know which intake is the best for these trucks.
Isnt the one and only function of the turbo to force more air in? and turbos are very well fine tuned to allow only the ideal boost given the circumstances. I suppose it will help if you are trying to push as much power as your engine can handle, but in a every day setting it really is redundant and unnecessary. I am not a mechanical engineering so my knowledge is very surface level.
Yes, turbos are all about forcing more air through the system, and boost levels are computer controlled. A tune can control the air/fuel/boost tables to maximize HP and Torque, both for peak numbers and area under the curve. Very few engine mods provide any "every day" benefit, unless your engine is underpowered to begin with, which is not the case with the 3.5 EcoBoost. All I'm saying is that aftermarket intakes are no more redundant than other engine mods. In general, exhaust, intake, intercooler/intercooler pipes and a tune are considered the bolt-on performance adders for turbo engines. Exhaust is always the most beneficial, but they all work together to maximize power and torque.Isnt the one and only function of the turbo to force more air in? and turbos are very well fine tuned to allow only the ideal boost given the circumstances. I suppose it will help if you are trying to push as much power as your engine can handle, but in a every day setting it really is redundant and unnecessary. I am not a mechanical engineering so my knowledge is very surface level.
Yeah, those oil separator things, are probably the only engine mod I will get from the top of my headYes, turbos are all about forcing more air through the system, and boost levels are computer controlled. A tune can control the air/fuel/boost tables to maximize HP and Torque, both for peak numbers and area under the curve. Very few engine mods provide any "every day" benefit, unless your engine is underpowered to begin with, which is not the case with the 3.5 EcoBoost. All I'm saying is that aftermarket intakes are no more redundant than other engine mods. In general, exhaust, intake, intercooler/intercooler pipes and a tune are considered the bolt-on performance adders for turbo engines. Exhaust is always the most beneficial, but they all work together to maximize power and torque.
I happen to be a mechanical engineer, so I'll try to clear a couple things up:Isnt the one and only function of the turbo to force more air in? and turbos are very well fine tuned to allow only the ideal boost given the circumstances. I suppose it will help if you are trying to push as much power as your engine can handle, but in a every day setting it really is redundant and unnecessary. I am not a mechanical engineering so my knowledge is very surface level.