Thanks guys for the info...I wasn't sure if these ceramic-coated intakes such as for the Ford Focus were as Joe Black stated mostly "marketing hype" or not. I follow your line of reasoning and it makes good sense. I am familiar with turbos and the advantage of utilizing an intercooler to cool the compressed charge about to be fed into the cylinders during the intake stroke thus minimizing the risk of detonation.
If it wasn't for my factory warranty I'd have a supercharger slapped on my VX already!
I'm looking for a promising intake set-up like this one along with an exhaust mod of some sort and whatever good hood insert mod/hood mod Joe Black or others can concoct because it "shouldn't" void the warranty if one can reverse "i.e. change-out" the intake mod back to the stock set-up if there is a problem down the road.
again...thanks for the food for thought on this...and thanks to Morgan-tec for creating this intake!