Intake temperature.

[TonyC]

Hi all, any recommendations from people in regard to installing an intake temperature gauge/monitor.  senders (and position of)/fitments/gauges, etc.

Cheers all,

Tony

[Mims]

Power FC Commander that you should get with a Power FC ECU. Not sure where it reads it from but it works well and easy to read

Mims:Thumbs-up

[grinder]

do you want to do this on the cheap ??

i bought a PC digital temp monitor and thermostat - worked out about £11 delivered ?

depends where you want to locate it etc..

Stu

[MikeLMR]

ask yourself are you really going to have time to look at it when racing? It isn\'t really a warning gauge so isn\'t going to be of use anyway.

fit one for tuning/testing the car and then take it out and stick it in the tool box for next time. Weight saving :-)

[antnicuk]

the stock FD sensor is under the UIM (its the blue one)  if you use a commander or have it mapped then thats all you really need, once you know your set up works well its not the sort of thing thats likely to fail unless you use a charge cooler.

[d-king]

do you want to do this on the cheap ??
 
i bought a PC digital temp monitor and thermostat - worked out about £11 delivered ?
 
depends where you want to locate it etc..
 
Stu

an where did you obtain that from if you dont mind me askin ??

[AtomicRex]

SPA do them

Fit it in the top of the plenum

Chat to Tony direct at SPA....Im sure he will help you.

I think it is necessary.....I use mine, very useful to see....especially as if the inlet temps are starting to rise  good time to back off and possibly shut off before damage is done!

[grinder]

an where did you obtain that from if you dont mind me askin ??

im trying to find it .. hang on ...

[grinder]

i bought on of these

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45&products_id=65

and one of these

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=348

stuck them together - stuck it on the car battery and it showed the air temp outside

my plan it to extend the probe and place it in my air filter

this should give me an intake temp - or you can place it anywhere you want

hope this helps

ta

stu

[Ricco_04]

i bought on of these

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45&products_id=65

and one of these

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=348

stuck them together - stuck it on the car battery and it showed the air temp outside

my plan it to extend the probe and place it in my air filter

this should give me an intake temp - or you can place it anywhere you want

hope this helps

ta

stu

Mmmm that\'s not very much pennies at all!  I might get 1 to put in the Westie! :cool

[grinder]

you could run 2 if you wanted ( not on the westie mind you )

you could run 1 in each end of the IC\'s to see the temp drop ??

i saw these on ebay for £25 ( add delivery ) and there are the SAME things just with the probe already extended

in fact i emailed the company to ask if they would work in a car and he "suggested" that there is a company that he sells to that sells them on ebay

to be honest i was gonna build a few and flog them on here for about £20 - but its just as easy to tell people where to buy them from

you can read it from about 9 foot away aswell - i have a pic on the phone somewhere

Stu

[Ricco_04]

I did think about the before and after intercooler thingy but the sensors only go up to 70degrees so would have to get a sensor which reads a higher peak reading.  

It was something I wanted to do but never got round to it! (how many jobs like that do you have at any one time! :King :yes )  I got so far as to comparing to the temperature sensors they use on Aircraft and then decided I have gone too far! :2Confused :chat

Anyway, its less than a tenner for the 2 products delivered!  As for reading it 10foot away BONUS, im getting old so the bigger and brighter the better! :Laugh

Top link there Mr Grinder! :Thumbs-up

[d-king]

i bought on of these
 
http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45&products_id=65
 
and one of these
 
http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=348
 
stuck them together - stuck it on the car battery and it showed the air temp outside
 
my plan it to extend the probe and place it in my air filter
 
this should give me an intake temp - or you can place it anywhere you want
 
hope this helps
 
ta
 
stu

thanks for that mate jst ordered me a nice red one :mmmm  i was currently watching a second hand pair of these on the bay of E an their already up to over 30 quid !! thanks again

[grinder]

your welcome chaps - glad to help

does intake get more than 70 degrees

[TonyC]

Chees, the initial reason is for settign up. IE: is the FMIC/bumper setup allow enough air to eep things cool - do I need to let in further ducting/holes. It couldbe useful in races in terms of checking th car is ok - You always need to glance at gauges on the straight to ensure things are not gettign out of hand and if you look at that each lap of a race and see temps climbing then it can be an early warning of probs. Like wise if you have a bit of a nudge on the front you never quite know of he opening has bene blocked and rising temps (or not) are good to know whether to press on or pull in before more damage occurs.
I found the sender in the UIM, in theory I can run a gauge of that. Ot just check a PFC - although its a big old monster of a device!