Originally Posted by onephatZ28

Yes, it does make it safer (than running without an intercooler) - when you're only running a 30-shot of nitrous because with that small of an amount of nitrous, it is just for cooling the charge, which is exactly what an intercooler is for. You can also add more fuel on the nitrous nozzle to make the car run a little bit richer, which is always a good thing with forced induction. An intercooler can only cool so much. If your car detonates, you can always add a bigger nitrous nozzle to cool it even more even though an intercooler and a little bit of nitrous would probably be best. On his application, 5psi of boost is not enough to call for an intercooler but when he switches to 10psi, while racing, he can save money on an intercooler by just using the nitrous kit he already has.