Philly Miata

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I don't have my turbo yet but I need to get the car running. Can I use this spot for the IAT for initial start and then get a more permanent spot nearby?

aidandj

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Thats pretty far out of the air stream. I'd try and get it in the air path better.

Philly Miata

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Yeah it didn't look great to me but i was in a hurry to find a spot because i had to leave for work. Talk about a **** block... been working on all of this since august and i have to wait til tomorrow to try to start it lol. I'm going to drill the top of the intake and put the sensor there, that should work.

stefanst

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if you're not forced induction yet, it's not THAT important. You can run the car like that for now. Just do it right at some point.

Philly Miata

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Hey stefan, I realize it's not quite as important yet. I drilled a hole towards the middle of the intake and screwed in the sensor there so it wasn't too close to the exhaust.

Eunos91

i zip-tied my sensor to the chassis behind the driver's headlight (no joke). It used to be in the intake, but it heat-soaked like a ****. Now i get consistent readings and stable AFRs consequently.

Philly Miata

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Interesting! I might do that to keep the wires out of the way for the time being until I'm boosted

Braineack

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if you have the airbox still in place, just duct tape it inside in front of the filter element.

vitamin j

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When I was NA I did just this for the same reason, heatsoak. Mine was also just zip tied inside the fender next to my air filter and worked great never soaked.