It seems like a simple enough problem. Where to put the IAT sensor. I was planning to mount the thing originally in the air box, but decided against that in favor of having it hooked up when/if I remove the airbox for tuning. I think that It is pretty likely that i'll have to run the engine initially w/o the airbox on it to get idle adjustments made. Now instead of one, there are six of those little idle speed adjusting screws to adjust, and they all have to be in sync with each other. Additionally, even after getting the idle adjusted, I assumed that I may have to put a vacuum gauge on each TB individually to get as even a vacuum reading from each cylinder as possible, and figured that I'd get that by tweaking each idle speed screw respectively.
All this to ask that if the airbox has an IAT sensor in it, and I have to remove the airbox to do all of that initial adjusting,....wont the ECU have a problem w/ a disconnected sensor?
I'd be kidding myself if I thought that I would make the wires long enough to be able to remove the airbox, and sit it on top of the valvecover so It could be hooked up while doing this...what will I do with all of that loose wire? (The Monster dont take too kindly to having all his wires hangin' and snaggly, and sht)
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What If I just buy another stupid sensor, plug it in, and just set the "dummy sensor" some place out of the way while I do these tuning tweaks?
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What If I leave the IAT sensor in the #1 transition tube just until I get that accomplished, then move that thing to the airbox? How essential to the engine running will that be initially, if all we're talking about here is a cold start, and hot idle adjustments?
It's a thermistor,..it's looking for temp changes, and I'm sure that the air speed probably wouldn't be too much of a consideration, but. I'm sure that it'll get pissed off when it gets sprayed by a flood of gas since its potentially right in the path of the injector...I'd think the gas should be considerably cooler than the incoming air???
So,...what the hell to do? Now I've got this big assed hole in the #1 transition tube that I went ahead and added a bung to so that I'd have a more secure mount for the sensor. Fortunately, that makes it that much easier to screw a pipe plug into if I have to abandon this ship.
All this to ask that if the airbox has an IAT sensor in it, and I have to remove the airbox to do all of that initial adjusting,....wont the ECU have a problem w/ a disconnected sensor?
I'd be kidding myself if I thought that I would make the wires long enough to be able to remove the airbox, and sit it on top of the valvecover so It could be hooked up while doing this...what will I do with all of that loose wire? (The Monster dont take too kindly to having all his wires hangin' and snaggly, and sht)
or
What If I just buy another stupid sensor, plug it in, and just set the "dummy sensor" some place out of the way while I do these tuning tweaks?
or
What If I leave the IAT sensor in the #1 transition tube just until I get that accomplished, then move that thing to the airbox? How essential to the engine running will that be initially, if all we're talking about here is a cold start, and hot idle adjustments?
It's a thermistor,..it's looking for temp changes, and I'm sure that the air speed probably wouldn't be too much of a consideration, but. I'm sure that it'll get pissed off when it gets sprayed by a flood of gas since its potentially right in the path of the injector...I'd think the gas should be considerably cooler than the incoming air???
So,...what the hell to do? Now I've got this big assed hole in the #1 transition tube that I went ahead and added a bung to so that I'd have a more secure mount for the sensor. Fortunately, that makes it that much easier to screw a pipe plug into if I have to abandon this ship.