Summer IAT's
 

With hot weather i was doing some scans and noticed that the IAT's Intake Air Temp was reading 111 - 125 degrees.

This has probably been blogged before.

But would wrapping the crossover pipe with exhaust wrap help with lowering IAT's.


I have an Intense FWI. with an amsoil air filter. There is a product that is resolves heat soaked from vector motorsports. but it looks i need to drill into airbox. with the setup I have, which would be the better solution.

I have an Intense FWI and I drilled into the aluminum piece that comes with the FWI. I used a rubber grommet and just stuck the new sensor in. I made my own heat soak reduction kit. I got all the connectors from Casper's Electronics. I think in total it cost me $47.00 for everything. Beats paying $100.00. It works well. My IAT's are about 2 - 4* hotter than the outside air. With this kit you'll never see those temps. unless that's what the actual outside temp. is. Hope this helps.

-Mike

GTO and TBSS guys swear by the HSRK.

And so do certain GXP people... lol.... I only run mine in summertime.

-Mike

I swear by the MSD got it mounted behind TB in my spacer.

Here are the parts I used.

G8 MAF connector:
http://www.casperselectronics.com/st...oducts_id=1137

IAT Sensor:
http://www.casperselectronics.com/st...roducts_id=964

36" IAT Extension:
http://www.casperselectronics.com/st...oducts_id=1174

Hope this helps you guys out a bit. You'll still need to drill a hole and buy some grommets. My grommets cost me $3.99 for a bunch of various sizes. The total now is about $69.00. When I did this it was less than $50.00. Still saves about $30.00.

-Mike

What is heat soaking?

when everything in the engine bay is getting heated up. And makes and air going into the engine hotter. When all the plastics metals and what nots get hot it robs power.

how do you get rid of that? what can i do?

Wrap the crossover pipe, HSRK, and remove the weather stripping that seals the back of the hood. If you have a GXP you can try the Chin spoiler mod.

doing the chin spoiler this week sometime, what is a hsrk?

Moves the IAT sensor away from the MAF. Do a search on here, or even google to learn more about it.

ok thanks

i just found it on the vector website

Yeah, I think they are the more "reputable" dealer. But they do sell out pretty quickly.

oh ok i just called them they said they had some but i thinking im missing something though im still dont really understand how it works/ where it moves it to?

This might help you out a little...

http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4669

EDIT: Click the link on page 2 for a pic (if not already a member).

For those of you who have removed the weather stripping....do you hear a lot of air moving?

I can't tell if I can just hear the engine more, or if something is wrong.

i just took mine off yesterday and havent driven it yet i will let you know