boostnbee

Just got my 2.5 bar motorolla map sensor, at least i think its a map sensor, this thing is tiny, like the size of my thumb nail. anyone use these? are they any good and are they actually this size or did i get gipped?

champLSinteg

I used it and worked great. Many others on here use it as well. It should be about the size of a quarter. Make sure when you install it you put it in a safe place because they are very fragile.

boostnbee

yeah there was i tiny hole between the fuel pump and battery on the fire wall, ran a screw threw one of the map holes then into the hole on the firewall, seems to be in a good spot where nothing can hit it or get to it

smoovy

I use it also. they are very fragile. I dunno if heat is an issue with these but my first 2.5 bar didn't work at all. recieved it from xenocron and brand new from him it never worked. I ended up having to order another one and that one worked fine. if I ever need to replace this one, I am going with a Omni,hondata or anything better than this fragile piece.

HiProfile

The sensors are rated for 250F, which is about as hot as the hottest street turbo's air will be. Any hotter, and you have other issues (besides putting the MAP in the wrong spot!). They are also solid-state, meaning the failure rate is FAR lower than a mechanical style, as well as last far longer (no harm from vibration).

If you poke around the forum AND google intraweb, you will find its a great MAP sensor. I tend not to use the larger ported version, instead I use the one the size of a pinky finger nail in a stock-sized housing.

boostnbee

what did you use to put this in a stock size housing? might do this myself for a little extra protection for it

omniman

you do it like this

b16aeghatch

if only that didnt eliminate having the motorolla to begin with

0mtber

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The 2.5 bar map sensors work very well. We sell the larger model to our customer's with a pigtail pre-soldered to the sensor to make the install easier on the customer.

The best solution is the omnipower 4 bar plug & play map sensors that are in a stock housing


Modified by mtber at 12:03 AM 8/14/2008

b16aeghatch

my jdm b16a has a firewall mounted map compared to the usual throttle body mounted map sensors

HiProfile

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Read the engraving on those MAP's, then read my name. He pwned me.


Xenocron has a good lineup of DIY map sensor parts. If you can solder to a decent degree (IC legs are 1mm apart, 1mm wide or so), you can DIY. Otherwise get them from Omnipower. Good stuff, premade & well tested

hillbilly

Good to see a thread on this, when I got mine in the mail I could not believe the size of it..

mistahmac

i got the motorola 2.5 bar map sensor. works fine. just gotta tune it.