66cat389
09-10-2010, 10:51 PM
Okay, So it's done!
Before I go into this, I just want to thank Marty ( G8 GT V8 ) for helping me with all of this and giving me guidance in uncharted waters. Our back and forth over the last few weeks has been very productive and his advice is the reason I was able to pull this off.
Just like our V8 brothers our MAF sits directly above our radiator hose, and since GM went to an integrated MAF (mass airflow sensor) and IAT (intake air temperature sensor) it is possible for our sensors to read the heat coming off the hose onto the MAF housing and potentially cause heatsoak. So, to rectify this I started thinking about how to relocate the IAT sensor. After seeing this article (http://www.v6john.com/index.php/performance/53-heatsoak.html) I was even more anxious to give this a try. We tried to explore this on the other forum, but then every thing went to hell with a jackass moderator there and I left before I could find help in exploring this further. Enter this board and Marty, shortly after arriving here I posted to another thread asking if this would be compatible with the V6. Marty got in touch with me, and we decided to give it a go. And here is how I did it:
The package arrived, and much to my surprise it was packaged very well. I was half expecting the kit to be haphazardly tossed in a box, but I should have known better.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/1.jpg
After a cold pushed me back a weekend, I was back on it. But, now I ran into a problem neither Marty or I expected.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/2.jpg
The top connector is the stock V6, the bottom is from Marty's kit. However, not a problem. Dremel to the rescue!!!
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/3.jpg
I cut notches into the top part of the connector so the tabs on the MAF would slide into the connector. I could have ground down the tabs on the MAF, but I was a little reluctant to alter the stock MAF. At this point I still didn't know if it worked, so better safe than sorry.
Next, time to drill the hole for the IAT. I used a 3/4 inch drill bit to drill the hole for the grommet.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/4.jpg
I decided to place the IAT sensor down near the filter, it is the furthest place from most of the ambient engine heat.
So, after installing the rubber grommet and putting the IAT sensor in place, I mounted everything back up and tied my wires into place.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/5.jpg
You'll have to excuse the ghetto intake bracket, it's a temporary solution until I can find something better.
Here is the IAT in place
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/6.jpg
So, with everything done it was time to fire it up! Here we go!
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/7.jpg
SUCCESS!! Everything came up normal, temps read great. And no codes. I only ran it for about 10 minutes, but if it weren't working I wouldn't have gotten a reading. So now, us V6 guys have a way to solve a potential HP robbing problem. (http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f18/heat-soak-eats-20-lb-ft-torque-36973/)
Again, thanks to Marty for helping me with this. And thanks this forum for making it so easy to make things like this happen. Do yourself a favor and shoot him ( G8 GT V8 ) a PM and get this kit! It is first rate and worth it if you are looking to avoid being robbed of any HP. Us V6 guys need all that we can get.
Before I go into this, I just want to thank Marty ( G8 GT V8 ) for helping me with all of this and giving me guidance in uncharted waters. Our back and forth over the last few weeks has been very productive and his advice is the reason I was able to pull this off.
Just like our V8 brothers our MAF sits directly above our radiator hose, and since GM went to an integrated MAF (mass airflow sensor) and IAT (intake air temperature sensor) it is possible for our sensors to read the heat coming off the hose onto the MAF housing and potentially cause heatsoak. So, to rectify this I started thinking about how to relocate the IAT sensor. After seeing this article (http://www.v6john.com/index.php/performance/53-heatsoak.html) I was even more anxious to give this a try. We tried to explore this on the other forum, but then every thing went to hell with a jackass moderator there and I left before I could find help in exploring this further. Enter this board and Marty, shortly after arriving here I posted to another thread asking if this would be compatible with the V6. Marty got in touch with me, and we decided to give it a go. And here is how I did it:
The package arrived, and much to my surprise it was packaged very well. I was half expecting the kit to be haphazardly tossed in a box, but I should have known better.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/1.jpg
After a cold pushed me back a weekend, I was back on it. But, now I ran into a problem neither Marty or I expected.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/2.jpg
The top connector is the stock V6, the bottom is from Marty's kit. However, not a problem. Dremel to the rescue!!!
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/3.jpg
I cut notches into the top part of the connector so the tabs on the MAF would slide into the connector. I could have ground down the tabs on the MAF, but I was a little reluctant to alter the stock MAF. At this point I still didn't know if it worked, so better safe than sorry.
Next, time to drill the hole for the IAT. I used a 3/4 inch drill bit to drill the hole for the grommet.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/4.jpg
I decided to place the IAT sensor down near the filter, it is the furthest place from most of the ambient engine heat.
So, after installing the rubber grommet and putting the IAT sensor in place, I mounted everything back up and tied my wires into place.
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/5.jpg
You'll have to excuse the ghetto intake bracket, it's a temporary solution until I can find something better.
Here is the IAT in place
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/6.jpg
So, with everything done it was time to fire it up! Here we go!
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae300/66cat389/IAT%20Relocation/7.jpg
SUCCESS!! Everything came up normal, temps read great. And no codes. I only ran it for about 10 minutes, but if it weren't working I wouldn't have gotten a reading. So now, us V6 guys have a way to solve a potential HP robbing problem. (http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f18/heat-soak-eats-20-lb-ft-torque-36973/)
Again, thanks to Marty for helping me with this. And thanks this forum for making it so easy to make things like this happen. Do yourself a favor and shoot him ( G8 GT V8 ) a PM and get this kit! It is first rate and worth it if you are looking to avoid being robbed of any HP. Us V6 guys need all that we can get.