IAT Sensor Placment In A CAI
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I'm having to redo my IAT now because of the heat soak.. Showed my tuner and he told me to move it away from the heat ..I'm just going to put the IAT next to the Air Filter . So I bought an IAT Extension 36"
Thank you for posting up the pictures I'm going to do something like this and see what I come up with.. I will post pictures when I'm done.
Thank you for posting up the pictures I'm going to do something like this and see what I come up with.. I will post pictures when I'm done.
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I'm having to redo my IAT now because of the heat soak.. Showed my tuner and he told me to move it away from the heat ..I'm just going to put the IAT next to the Air Filter . So I bought an IAT Extension 36"
Thank you for posting up the pictures I'm going to do something like this and see what I come up with.. I will post pictures when I'm done.
Thank you for posting up the pictures I'm going to do something like this and see what I come up with.. I will post pictures when I'm done.
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The reason why the cars go lean is heat soak. The real false data is the data when the IAT is reporting warmer air than the engine is receiving because the surrounding plastic is retaining and radiating heat. Warmer air has less O2 density, therefore a lower fuel demand. So, if the PCM presumes less O2 to burn but more actually exists because the IAT is wrong, you get a lean condition.
Let's not forget, the tune already accounts for changes in intake temps from point of entry to delivery to the cylinders by blending the IAT temps with the coolant temps based on airflow. So, accurate data is more important than putting a sensor in a certain spot just because that's where the OEM decided to put it.