I baught and open element and have a question about the sensor that plugs into the stock setup. The tech articles said if you put it in an area with cold air you'll get a bigger HP gain. Well I thought I had a good idea and duct taped the sensor to the top of the firewall so that the sensor is hanging out when the hood is closed. My main question is if persay it rains and the sensor is hanging out like that, would the water short it out and screw up the comp? So should I just keep it under the hood like a good camaro newb and try not to do things to destroy my car .

 

I would put it under the hood somewhere. That's what I did anyway. I don't like to leave things to chance.

 

I put mine near the firewall but near the AC evaporator which is alsways cold. I would not let it sit outside the hood though.

 

Tuck that sensor back into the car. You really want to keep it inside the air cleaner. I would drill a hole and just cram it in there. Leaving the sensor to ambient engine bay conditions will yeild little to no HP gains.

 

When I took my stock air filter off, the sensor wasn't even there.

 

On the underside of the air cleaner housing there should be a spot where you can knock out about a quarter sized area. That's where it goes. I don't recommend just leaving the sensor hanging out.

 

Just put it in your air cleaner.

 

Even if the base doesnt have a knock out you can drill a hole like I did and just stick it in there. You can also see where I ran the breather back into the assembly.

 

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You don't need any special size. In fact, you want the hole to be a bit on the small size so that the sensor does not back out. You have to shove it in. I used a dremel and just put a rough hole in the dented sensor provision that comes on the base of open elements. Since I dremeled it the sides of my hole were a bit rough and help keep the IAT from falling out.

 

I dont know specific size, I used a drill press. Go small and try and shove it in. You can always take a little more off. Just dont get in a hurry and drill too big a hole.

 

Thats why *** gave us silcon