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I asked in a local performance parts shop the other day and the guy said he didn't know of any available.

I am thinking it would be cool to see the intake manifold air temperature.

Can I just get a temp gauge and a thermocouple?

I am bit new to gauge stuff, having just got a boost gauge and installed that (took me all day :) ).

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I have an intake temp sensor. It's hooked up to the microtech and i see it on the hand controller. However you could just get any temperature gauge and hook up the sensor to it. Mine is just a Holden Commodore factory temp sensor i picked up for cheap.

I have an intake temp sensor. It's hooked up to the microtech and i see it on the hand controller. However you could just get any temperature gauge and hook up the sensor to it. Mine is just a Holden Commodore factory temp sensor i picked up for cheap.

Where is the thermocouple mounted?

I'd like to put it in the intake manifold area, but I had a look and there doesn't seem to be a viable place on the stock RB25 plenum. Was thinking of maybe poking a hole in the hose between the plenum and air inlet pipe and epoxy the thermocouple in there. It's a bit ghetto though and God forbid it gets sucked into the intake.

On the link posted they tapped a thread in a plate and mounted the thermocouple in a gland, but there is no plate like that on the stock plenum?

I'm interested to see heat soak so just a temp sensor near the POD isn't what I want.

Ahh fair enough. Mine is inside the intake pipe just after the filter inside of the airbox.

Saw quite a bit of a difference in temps pre and post airbox install. Gonna route a cold air pipe from the front bar into the box aswell and see what that does.

I had a thought along these lines a few days ago actually.

I wanted to do this for some time, but I don't want to modify the crossover pipe with a fitting... which is probably the best place to monitor the temps from.

What I *might* try, is to stick the thermocouple probe into the short bit of rubber pipe I have where a boost line was removed when I installed a manual boost controller. Hopefully i'll be able to clamp the hose onto the thermocouple rod without any leaks, and the probe is long enough to have the tip in the airstream.

I'll keep you posted actually... Thursday or Friday i'll have a go at it. (after I replace my dead tacho) =-]

-Steve

  • 1 month later...

I found a basic temperature gauge at supercheap a while back. Bought it but never ended up putting it in.

Run off a small battery, had an LCD display. Had 2 inputs which meant if you put a wire on one side of an intercooler and the other on the other side of an intercooler (example only) you could see what temperature it is on both sides to find out the difference.

Funny thing is I only found it in my box of spare "random" stuff this weekend.

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