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Old 10-22-2015, 09:46 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by underscore View Post
If you install a bigger IC you increase the volume of air between the turbo and the intake manifold. Realistically you want the smallest one that gives you acceptable intake temps to keep the lag to a minimum.
Yup.
I bigger IC will take more air to fill before beginning to build the pressure that is boost.

OP, think about the extra volume of air that is needed to fill the new IC, including any piping, etc. If the same turbo is working to fill that space, it will have to work harder to build the same amount of power. Let alone, to build more power.

Also, IC doesn't make power. It is a support part that allows you to run a larger volume of air.

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Originally Posted by dared3vil0 View Post
Sounds like a boost leak...
Chances are the car would run like shit if there was a boost leak. Especially with the closed system and multiple German sensors looking for that sort of thing.
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