throttle before or after turbo

[Dynacar at aol.com]

In a message dated 99-03-07 23:37:34 EST, you write:

<< Old style carbureted turbos with draw thru carbs had decent throttle
 response but the volume of the intake was small, carb, turbo, manifold with
 no intercoolers, etc.  If you have a high performance turbo with high boost
 and an intercooler, lots of plumbing, etc, you definitly need to have the
 throttle after the turbo.  In that case, you also need a valve to prevent
 surging the turbo when closing the throttle after a high rpm run, say a
 shift. >>

With an intercooler full of combustible mixture, won't the draw-thru setup be
a bomb just waiting to explode on the next backfire thru an intake port?