Is it safe to use stock IAT sensor? Can it react fast enough?

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10-28-2009, 06:10 AM

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Is it safe to use stock IAT sensor? Can it react fast enough?

Main question is, can it react fast enough for turbo... Because I doubt they were designed to be able to change readings over 50F in a second, which could happen in a turbo car

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10-28-2009, 06:54 AM

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It depends on where you place it. As long as you can get it away from a heat source and put it well in the air stream, should work fine. For instance, the factory location for a stock fbody car is a horrible place for an IAT.

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10-28-2009, 07:38 AM

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I'm going to put it into charge pipe before TB. I didn't do it earlier because I thought that stock sensor can't be used with turbo because of slow response

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