# turbos drawing from interior of car **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 8, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882 "2009-11-08T16:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/21 "2009-11-09T13:14:28Z")
Oh, nobody actually answered this. You’d be lucky to pull a 1 psi vacuum I’d bet, which won’t hurt you other than possibly fucking with your ears a little bit if you have a cold and your eustachean tubes aren’t open so you can’t equalize. But it’d cost you power since you’re restricting flow. So no you cannot cool you intake charge via the car’s AC. Some jackass did this with a Maxima a few years back IIRC and got e-mocked for a while. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/22 "2009-11-09T13:17:25Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Oh, nobody actually answered this. > > You’d be lucky to pull a 1 psi vacuum I’d bet, which won’t hurt you other than possibly fucking with your ears a little bit if you have a cold and your eustachean tubes aren’t open so you can’t equalize. But it’d cost you power since you’re restricting flow. > > So no you cannot cool you intake charge via the car’s AC. Some jackass did this with a Maxima a few years back IIRC and got e-mocked for a while. You’re talking about something different… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/23 "2009-11-09T13:26:17Z")
He’s not talking about routing his intake into the cabin? ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/24 "2009-11-09T13:44:09Z")
i bet it would be really loud ---
**Author:** ![gravesdu\_99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gravesdu_99/32/5047_2.png) [@gravesdu\_99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gravesdu_99)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/25 "2009-11-09T14:23:25Z")
what if you put the intake by a vent and turned the A/C on. Would that be an interior cold air intake. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/26 "2009-11-09T14:38:58Z")
It will create a full vacuum inside the car and the weight and pressure of the atmosphere will crush your car like a tin can. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/27 "2009-11-09T14:51:02Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > He’s not talking about routing his intake into the cabin? He is but not “So no you cannot cool you intake charge via the car’s AC. Some jackass did this with a Maxima a few years back IIRC and got e-mocked for a while.” ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/28 "2009-11-09T15:21:29Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Oh, nobody actually answered this. > > You’d be lucky to pull a 1 psi vacuum I’d bet, which won’t hurt you other than possibly fucking with your ears a little bit if you have a cold and your eustachean tubes aren’t open so you can’t equalize. But it’d cost you power since you’re restricting flow. so it would only ever pull a 1psi vacuum? something is missing here. what if you put a closed off intake tube over the turbo inlet? (same principle, less volume) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/29 "2009-11-09T15:44:09Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > He is > > but not > > “So no you cannot cool you intake charge via the car’s AC. Some jackass did this with a Maxima a few years back IIRC and got e-mocked for a while.” Ah. Well then what’s he getting at? > [@travisn](#): > > so it would only ever pull a 1psi vacuum? something is missing here. what if you put a closed off intake tube over the turbo inlet? (same principle, less volume) Shit has to be sealed off really well to pull much of a vacuum. Nature abhors a vacuum like I abhor fat chicks. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/30 "2009-11-09T15:52:56Z")
I think hes just trying to find a back-up excuse for when his sho camaro fails “omg dude, my car only made 200horespowas because i left teh moonroof open and because my turbos are sucking air from inside my car, they sucked in da rain and my filter got all wet and shit. But i pull litre bikes by buses i swears dawg” ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/31 "2009-11-09T16:28:41Z")
wait, sho camaro? i thought that was a joke ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/32 "2009-11-10T15:01:59Z")
> [@deebo](#): > > I think hes just trying to find a back-up excuse for when his sho camaro fails > > “omg dude, my car only made 200horespowas because i left teh moonroof open and because my turbos are sucking air from inside my car, they sucked in da rain and my filter got all wet and shit. But i pull litre bikes by buses i swears dawg” sorry but I never claimed to keep up with a liter bike nice try though. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/33 "2009-11-10T17:59:44Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Shit has to be sealed off really well to pull much of a vacuum. Not necessarily if the column of air being induced is larger than the overall volume of the cabin and it continues to pull through the vents in the car. That would be same principle as a piston drawing air into a cylinder or a syringe etc. The only real issue I would see with this is that it would be really really loud. Turbos are like mini jet engines when spooled and you would probably damage your hearing. ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/34 "2009-11-10T21:09:31Z")
forget about sucking all the air out of the cabin. did you every hear a turbo spool? its loud. have you ever smelled an engine bay? get ready for an interior smell have you ever blown a turbo?ya this is a stupid idea ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/35 "2009-11-11T06:13:34Z")
I do not see how a turbo could pull a vacuum. It might get some vacuum, but it would hit a point where it can no longer increase the vacuum. Also, I don’t think it would be very easy to make 500 hp with a TC inlet connected at sub atmospheric pressure. I think the car would not run very long. You will only be able to supply enough air to the engine as leaks in. If you sealed up the car perfectly, you would stall out. But, if you do manage to pull a really good vacuum, you can boil your raymen noodles in a bowl of water. ---
**Author:** ![sweet89s13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweet89s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sweet89s13)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/36 "2009-11-12T09:37:21Z")
a better question would be who gives a shit ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/37 "2009-11-12T10:44:43Z")
As long as you hook up a gas powered leaf blower in your car you should be fine. You might get sleepy but… ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882/38 "2009-11-12T10:51:41Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > As long as you hook up a gas powered leaf blower in your car you should be fine. You might get sleepy but… You would be better off running the exhaust into the cabin, then using your lungs to filter out the toxins so that your car will be “green”… (or whatever colors you dream about just before you die) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbos-drawing-from-interior-of-car/75882.md?page=1)