i would like to relocate my intake air temp sensor and use a better sensor all together. i found a gm style sensor here:


i'm looking into others also of course but i'm totally open to input from others.

thank you

 

You can't use any other temp sensor other than Honda if you expect it to work correctly. If you love the sensor to the charge pipe just before the throtttlebody it will work just fine. That's how I have mine setup and it reads actual
Intake temps not heat soaked manifold temps. It also reacts faster than normal being it's not heats soaked. Also the ecu doesn't need a super fast reacting intake temp sensor. It's not that dependent on intake temps

 

well if that's the case i guess i'll order a new o.e. i suppose. the one i have now is brittle and the stem is dark brown.

 

the dark brown is just stain from Oil vapour
and a faster IAT is no use to a stock ECU

although you can benefit from modding it if your FI and use a Hondata S300

 

yes it's on a boosted motor, but i will be using neptune. i think it might be cracked so either way it's getting replaced

 

Honda ecus can only use stock IAT sensors as already mentioned.

you can modify the IAT sensor to eliminate heat soak issues that come from the thermocouple being covered in multiple layers of plastic and rubber (I've done it to a few OEM sensors, have to be careful not to damage the thermocouple junction or the leads to it, very easy to break them) which will make it respond in milliseconds (compared to how slow the stock sensor is) but there's a limit to how fast the stock ecu, chipped or not, can process information

 

Get an IAT sensor from a B20 motor, uses a standard metric thread (I believe m12X1.5) you can simply weld a nut on your charge piping, or simply tap your charge piping if you have not paper thin piping, and place it near the t/b

 

xenocron iat kit, then install it on the charge piping before the throttle as mentioned above

 

i've already looked into that flange, it's aluminum (same as evans tuning) my piping in steal.

 

Like I said, there is a threaded iat sensor on b20's and some late 90s accord i forget off the top of my head, it uses a simple m12X1.5 threaded hole, in which case you can simply grab a nut from the hardware store and weld it to your steel pipe, exactly as I did

 

this sounds more like an answer i was looking for. and yes to the previous posts, im aware they get heat soaked, thats the whole idea of relocating the sensor.

i'll pm for details kevin. thank you for your help

 

Thats exactly what I did as well

 

we are talking about a cr-v b20 correct ?

 

I have steel 2 bolt style iat relocation flanges on hand. They come with new bolts also. If you need one pm me.

 

i will keep that in mind. thank you

 

Correct

 

How do you mount a steel flange to an aluminum charge pipe?

 

He mentioned his charge pipe is steel.

 

Ah, reading owns me.

 

moving it doesn't change the fact that the sensor body is what heatsoaks

 

yes of course thats true but i still would rather move it away from a heatsourse.