proper location for iat sensor

monte85 · Post by **monte85** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:23 am

hello again. my newest question is this. is there a specific place i should mount the iat sensor? obviously in the intake air stream, but should it be away from the engine to avoid heat or is anywhere okay. i have a gm tbi truck with the round aircleaner. it does have duct hose that runs to the core support. i was thinking i could weld a bung to the bottom of the aircleaner outside of the filter, but it would get hot when the engine heats up possibly negating the sensor readings. thanks.
brian

PSIG · Post by **PSIG** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:57 am

On the TBI truck I'm doing right now, I just punched a hole in the duct inlet on the rad support. The sensor I used was a clip-in type but any would work. Most of the earlier GM EFI cars placed the IAT away from the engine in the ducting near the outside air entry point - and still do.

FWIW,
David

monte85 · Post by **monte85** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:27 am

sounds good. did you use the open style sensor or the temp style one?

PSIG · Post by **PSIG** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:30 am

I used an open style (though closed would work in this app) that just pushes in and has a clip on the inside. Just whack a 5/8" hole and poke it in. A walk through the boneyard looking at intake boxes yields some interesting sensors.

David