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BigPolloLM · 02-04-2006, 03:01 PM

Ok I got to my brothers house yesterday but I had to retest the sensor again just to make sure that it was still working right. I think the last CAI area temp reading on the sensor may have been wrong but I'm not sure. To make sure that the sensor was reading right before I left to my brothers house. I drove to the bank and got the temp reading from their sign. It read that the temp was 88 deg outside and my sensor was reading the same. While driving around the streets in very light traffic the semp would keep reading 87.X and 88.X. When I was caught at the stoplight for a good while the sensor read 95.X.

I got on the freeway and got stuck in traffic twice and was only driving at 45mph. But when I took the readings I was driving at 70-75mph. The readings of the temps of the CAI area were 87.6, 82.2, 75.5, and 70. When I took the last reading for the CAI the temps were still fluctuating between 70.x and 71.x. When I pulled off of the freeway the temp stayed stuck at 70. I'm saying that the last reading was accurate because the temps were still fluctuating while driving. So the avg temp reading for the CAI area was 78.825.

I moved the sensor to the engine bay and placed it between the filter and the battery. I then took out the batteries from my remote sensor to reset it. Right away the underhood temp read 111.x-115.x. I got on the freeway and to my surprise the temps dropped to around 90.x in less then a minute. As with the CAI area readings, all were done while driving 70-75mph. The readings for the underhood temps were 80.6, 82.6, 84.8, and 83.5. So the avg temp reading for underhood was 82.875. When i got off of the freeway and hit a stop sign the temps would jump up to 110.x to 115.x. Then I would drive a block and the temps would be in the high 80's and low 90's. I know these temps were accuarate because when I got to my brothers house I placed my sensor by the thermostat and the readings were the same.

After doing this test and reading Daemione's psot on this thread think I'm gonna stay with my SRI. I think the airflow is alot better under the hood than people think. According to my readings the temps were lower in the CAI area but it took longer for it to get that low. The underhood temps didn't get as low as the CAI temps but they got lower alot quicker. But remember all that matters si the temp of the air that gets in the motor as was posted earlier.

02-04-2006, 03:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
BigPolloLM Frijoluder Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 57 iTrader: (0)	Ok I got to my brothers house yesterday but I had to retest the sensor again just to make sure that it was still working right. I think the last CAI area temp reading on the sensor may have been wrong but I'm not sure. To make sure that the sensor was reading right before I left to my brothers house. I drove to the bank and got the temp reading from their sign. It read that the temp was 88 deg outside and my sensor was reading the same. While driving around the streets in very light traffic the semp would keep reading 87.X and 88.X. When I was caught at the stoplight for a good while the sensor read 95.X. I got on the freeway and got stuck in traffic twice and was only driving at 45mph. But when I took the readings I was driving at 70-75mph. The readings of the temps of the CAI area were 87.6, 82.2, 75.5, and 70. When I took the last reading for the CAI the temps were still fluctuating between 70.x and 71.x. When I pulled off of the freeway the temp stayed stuck at 70. I'm saying that the last reading was accurate because the temps were still fluctuating while driving. So the avg temp reading for the CAI area was 78.825. I moved the sensor to the engine bay and placed it between the filter and the battery. I then took out the batteries from my remote sensor to reset it. Right away the underhood temp read 111.x-115.x. I got on the freeway and to my surprise the temps dropped to around 90.x in less then a minute. As with the CAI area readings, all were done while driving 70-75mph. The readings for the underhood temps were 80.6, 82.6, 84.8, and 83.5. So the avg temp reading for underhood was 82.875. When i got off of the freeway and hit a stop sign the temps would jump up to 110.x to 115.x. Then I would drive a block and the temps would be in the high 80's and low 90's. I know these temps were accuarate because when I got to my brothers house I placed my sensor by the thermostat and the readings were the same. After doing this test and reading Daemione's psot on this thread think I'm gonna stay with my SRI. I think the airflow is alot better under the hood than people think. According to my readings the temps were lower in the CAI area but it took longer for it to get that low. The underhood temps didn't get as low as the CAI temps but they got lower alot quicker. But remember all that matters si the temp of the air that gets in the motor as was posted earlier. Last edited by BigPolloLM : 02-04-2006 at 03:03 PM.