When i get the LSA installed I guess it is common to take the MAF IAT wires and put them into blower's IAT spot which reads post rotors/brick I believe.

My EFILive Flashscan has 2 inputs for K type thermocouples that can be datalogged, so what would be good places to install these? Maybe I can put one in the intake box or intake tube to watch pre-blower IAT and compare the temps. Anything else useful? It doesn't even have to be air I guess, It could be EGT or coolant, etc. if i buy the appropriate thermocouple.

 

You want to see the air temp the engine is ingesting- post brick is the spot for that

anything else is just for fun, but the tune needs to know what the temp of the air hitting the intake valves is

 

You have to cut it and take the tape off and route it to the temp sensor on the charger. Not a big deal. The other temps would just be for knowledge not needed to tune it.

 

So ambient IAT vs charged air temperature differences would just be useful to see how efficient the blower cooling system is basically.

 

From what I have read in past builds, they just split off the two wires for IAT and tuck away the other three from MAF sensor. My lid had a IAT sensor in it just needed to buy the pigtail and solder it to my two wires. I will just run speed density.

 

those of us with too much time on our hands would de-loom the whole *** harness and depin the unused wires and save them for later

 

Oh my…

Looks like my daily routine just not on a boat. Lol

 

Not really, the air will be warmer once it’s compressed so the comparison would be skewed. No need for ambient temps unless you just want to know them.

 

Oh trust me its on the list to do, I have a ton that I need to rip out on mine.

 

I suppose i could put a thermocouple in the cooling system then instead to see the real variations.

I hope I don't have to tear into my harness quite that much for my build... I am planning to put in a Deutsch bulkhead though to run most of my custom wiring through. When the engine is out, lots of room for activities under there.