duuuude...you should check out turbos for newbs...lol..just jokin'!

nah, goes....turbo to pipe to intercooler to pipe to throttle body.

the intercooler just 'spreads' the air out and since air rushed through the fins it gets cooled.

some are more effective than others...ie side mount vs. top mount vs front mount

but also have their downsides...like more lag, less efficiency, etc.

there are air to water intercoolers, basically water runs throught the intercooler in sep. pipes i believe and cools the intake temps while the car might not be going fast enough. like it'd probably be a better 1/4 mile intercooler oppsed to an air to air intercooler where the car must be moving at speed to cool the boost....

if i'm wrong about anything, please correct me...sankyou