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Old 02-25-23, 05:23 PM
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Intake Air Temp Sensor

Soooo. . .It's pretty known that getting a new IAT for a 86 N/A is impossible to get. But I have heard of a triumph, GM, or other IAT, that can work in the same hole if you tap it out for 1/8" NPT. . . . What IAT would be a drop in replacement?

The problem I am having, I believe is related to heat soak. I can park the car, go into a store and upon restarting, I find the car will struggle to get up on a rev for the first couple seconds. I suspect it's due to the IAT. I'll pull the IAT and do the resistance vs temp check.

I remember seeing a thread on here in which some guy put up a graph of resistance vs temp for the IAT. . .But for the life of me I can't find it... . .Anybody got any links to pages where that info might be useful to me?. . .Thanks. . RL

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here you go, there are a couple different types of sensor, and the FD uses the other type, basically its backwards.
there must be a compatible sensor somewhere, although finding it is hard as its usually not listed by sensor type


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That chart is useful.. . ... Thanks. .
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If you really want one you can buy a beat up old upper intake on ebay and pull it off that. I did that recently for the turbo and got a working one off it.
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just going drop this here....

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/troubl.../20vcoolt.html

not sure it if it has the appropriate time constant, but the resistance curve looks darn similar.
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Originally Posted by need-a-t2
just going drop this here....

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/troubl.../20vcoolt.html

not sure it if it has the appropriate time constant, but the resistance curve looks darn similar.
Do you know the part number?
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