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Hard wiring an IAT sensor in
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 10:46 pm
by TopMountGSR
I have a customers car that for some reason came in with a plug instead of a IAT sensor. I am tuning this setup soon and am wanting to hard wire in a IAT sensor. How would I wire this? Do I ground or add power to one side of the IAT? Then other side to pin c15? Thanks for your time, dk
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:17 pm
by xenocron
I am failing to understand what you are trying to do? The Honda IAT sensor is basically a variable resistor (a slow moving one).
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:22 am
by TopMountGSR
Thanks for your reply. I couldn't find the IAT sensor plug on a customers setup and just wanted to by pass and wire a new iat plug strait to the ecu. I ended up finding the IAT plug after I posted this, it was taped up into the loom with the sensor connected. The old tuner had to see that something wasn't right with his IAT readings. Now if I can just find out a solid leak prof way to mount a obd2 iat sensor in the charge piping I'll be set. I thought about just using a hose. Thank you for your time, dk
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:41 pm
by Almighty-Si
I have my IAT mounted pretty much in the stock location in the charge pipe before the TB. I just drilled a hole in the pipe and JB welded the sensor in there. It's been holding for 5+years now without issue.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:56 pm
by TopMountGSR
Thanks for your reply, Its either that or I will go with a GM IAT or revert back to an obd1 IAT with an alum flange. dk
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:04 pm
by xenocron
TopMountGSR wrote:Thanks for your reply, Its either that or I will go with a GM IAT or revert back to an obd1 IAT with an alum flange. dk
I have heard of people using the GM IAT, its slightly off from the OEM calibration...I think at one point Calvin was going to add that provision of using a GM IAT, but I dont think that happened yet. Recently I had someone make me these so I could mount an OBD1 type sensor in the charge pipe.
http://www.xenocron.com/iat-flange-xeno ... p-462.html
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:26 pm
by dr3w
I Just welded a small piece of aluminum flat bar to my charge piping and drilled/taped 3 holes and voila.
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:05 pm
by greasemonkee
The piece I made is strikingly similar to Xenocron's flange, with the recess for the o-ring. However, welding it to .065\" aluminum, I found, to be a PITA
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:20 am
by Garrett
dr3w wrote:I Just welded a small piece of aluminum flat bar to my charge piping and drilled/taped 3 holes and voila.
Chris Harris at xenocron.com sell a really nice flange for honda IAT