IAT placement

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Yes, I'd rather it read cold  momentarily then hot.  Rather rich then lean.
BTW, on the sensor themselves, there are several, and sensor response time 
might be one of the differences in part number.
  The thermal/resistance values of the IAT/CTS are the same but the CTS is 
much slower, I've read/been told.
Grumpy
  Doc went to buy some cowboy boots in TX, heard price of the Aligator ones
   and left
  Saleman on way home saw Doc waist deep in swamp with shotgun, salesman 
  stops, aboout then Doc blasts a Alliigator
  Salesman sees 4 other Aligators on shore, calls to Doc what are you doing
  Doc says ain't none of these Aligators wearing boots.
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>Jared Tschetter wrote:
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>> I would agree with grumpy, one of the 4gen f-body tricks is to move the iat
>> further to the front of the air stream to keep it as far away from the heat
>> soaked TB as possible.  The air might not be any cooler coming by, but if the
>> sensor is hot already it might skew the results.
>> 
>> Jared T.
>> 
>> > Collective?
>> > Some say the air ain't in the tract long enough to pick-up much heat.
>> > I can see pre TB as fine, also, unless you like drag racing in heat soaked
>> > conditions.  From the time I've had playing with the IAT, cold really 
made a
>> > difference, ie AIR like <50dF.
>> > Grumpy
>> >
>Here at the diesel motor works thermal transfer and sediment on the
>sensor screwing up measurements has always been a concern.  The sensors
>I see around here a lot a an unshrouded thermistor to try to keep
>response time a a minimum.  They then try to put it out on the intake
>track to keep it out of contaminates.  The other trick it to measure
>ambient air (especially at key on) to try to reference the sensor
>against heat soak (ie if block is hot but air is cold then assume colder
>for xtime).
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