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  • I need everyones input asap please

    i purchased a 98 firebird but the guy i bought it off unplugged the sensor out of the intake hose and has a resistor in it so that its tricking the engine and giving me extremly ****ty gas milage !

    my only delima is i cant find anyone that carries that part and i dont really know what its called or what it ranges around. so thats why i need your guys help

    all i can tell you is that its a adapter that is in the intake hose where i plug in a cable with a plug on the end that comes from the throtle body. it basically plugs into that hole on the whisper lid

  • #2
    Re: I need everyones input asap please

    its the IAT sensor

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    • #3
      Re: I need everyones input asap please

      Do you know were i can possibly get one? and how much they cost?

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      • #4
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        its the IAT sensor
        ^ Indeed.
        Last edited by Leonard 3.8L; 05-06-2009, 06:17 PM.
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        • #5
          Re: I need everyones input asap please

          IAT sensor, autozone, price varies.

          That is not the culprit for your bad gas mileage either, it just adds timing to the tables with the resistor, not fuel
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          • #6
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            Try scanning the system and see what codes come up. Make sure your air filter is clean... a bad O2 sensor will cause crappy mileage. See what the scan says and go from there. That resistor trick is pretty common. Supposed to give you 15 HP - :bs:

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            • #7
              Re: I need everyones input asap please

              what size resitor is it ? and maybe this guy put the wrong one on? lol

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              • #8
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                Originally posted by Mad Max View Post
                Try scanning the system and see what codes come up. Make sure your air filter is clean... a bad O2 sensor will cause crappy mileage. See what the scan says and go from there. That resistor trick is pretty common. Supposed to give you 15 HP - :bs:

                but you would think that the resistor is making the car run rich and with heat and cold weather its only fooling the car and making it worse? isnt it bad to make the car think its running rich constantly when it isnt? and i dont think it adds 15hp if anything its like 3mph to the top end.
                Last edited by robert; 05-06-2009, 07:07 PM.

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                • #9
                  Re: I need everyones input asap please

                  rillim reeb is my suggested input...

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                  • #10
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                    Originally posted by nitetime_pr View Post
                    rillim reeb is my suggested input...

                    whats that?

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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by robert View Post
                      but you would think that the resistor is making the car run rich and with heat and cold weather its only fooling the car and making it worse? isnt it bad to make the car think its running rich constantly when it isnt? and i dont think it adds 15hp if anything its like 3mph to the top end.

                      The idea of the resistor is *** backwards. The PCM is pig rich at WOT from the factory. Why would you want it even richer? The PCM reads the O2 sensors at part throttle and keeps the AFR at 14.7:1, so it does nothing there.
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                      • #12
                        Re: I need everyones input asap please

                        Why would a resistor make a car run rich.
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                        • #13
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                          Originally posted by Leonard 3.8L View Post
                          Why would a resistor make a car run rich.
                          It's not going to. Like 97rs4life said.

                          Eh.. However, if this theory I'm making up is right.. It increases timing, which would make for a leaner environment that the o2 sensors read which in turn would add fuel to get the stoich 14.7

                          But I only heard that adding timing creates a leaner environment.. That's the part I'm unsure of.

                          I need someone who really knows to give some feedback here..

                          TEAM C6V6

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                          • #14
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                            A bad sensor CAN cause terrible gas mileage;however as far as the resistor having something to do with is highly doubtful. You even know what a resistor is a what it does?
                            Leonard
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                            • #15
                              Re: I need everyones input asap please

                              Originally posted by Leonard 3.8L View Post
                              A bad sensor CAN cause terrible gas mileage;however as far as the resistor having something to do with is highly doubtful. You even know what a resistor is a what it does?
                              Yeah, the resistor gives the PCM false readings. So how's it have nothing to do with it?

                              TEAM C6V6

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