| can i some how bypass my air intake sensor? 1987 Toyota Celica - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| Kev-Bo |
| i have a 87 celica and i would like to know if i could get rid of my air intake sensor some how ??? maby if i were to get a newer intake?? |
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| 95EagleAWD |
I would imagine if you "bypassed" your air sensor, your engine wouldn't run. Something about it needing to know how much air is going in.
Why are you looking to do this? |
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| dc2696 |
| You could change it with a stand alone computer system lol, but no you can't bypass it. |
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| Kev-Bo |
| i wanted to do this because i want to make a cold air intake on a 87 celica but i got the gay little box with the air sens on it and i cant do much with it unless i sit for hours and figure out how to fab something up thanks foe the help!!!! |
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| Soulfly |
That MAY be the Intake Air Temp sensor.. But I doubt it..
If It's a Mass Air flow sensor.. Just work it into the cold air? somehow..? :dunno: Maybe Post up some pics.. so we get an Idea? :dunno: |
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| mr_sars |
Go to JB's Power Centre or some place of that sort. They always have loads of AFM adapters in stock. Maybe pop off your AFM one day and bring it into one to see if anything matches up.
I guess you could hope that the AFMs used on Toyota cars share a similar bolt design. If anything it shouldn't be hard to buy something that kind of "fits" and then modding it to work for your car.
I think I spent $10 or something stupid on an adapter with a gasket for my old MR2. |
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| Kev-Bo |
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| Soulfly |
| Yeah.. That Looks like It'd Be a MAF.:p |
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| JustinL |
That's a vane air flow meter. VAF. They measure nicely, but rob horsepower. You could replace with a MAF or go to a MAP system. None of these options are cheap and your engine does need to know how much air is coming in so removing it is not an option.
I would megasquirt that thing. www.msefi.com |
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| Kev-Bo |
| what is mega squirt? |
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| tegpowered |
| click the link. it explains everything. |
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| Kev-Bo |
| why would you do that to this car? |
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| JustinL |
I would ;)
But I like to tinker. |
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| 89civicSI |
| That looks to be the same meter used in a 87-93 supra, you could try getting an apdapter from JB's like said above. |
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| Kev-Bo |
| what is the basic idea of mega squirt?? |
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| DeathBy240 |
I wouldn't bother with a CAI. For the amount of trouble, it won't make a big difference. Maybe get an aftermarket filter... but I wouldn't spend the time fabbing a CAI.
Save your time and money and buy a 3SGTE or at least the turbo components.:) |
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| JustinL |
quote:
Originally posted by Kev-Bo
what is the basic idea of mega squirt??
It's a standalone EMS. Controls fuel and spark. It runs on a MAP sensor. MS really is for people who like to fiddle with things. If you want to just drive your car, then stand alone is not for you. |
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| Britain |
| Pardon my noobishness, but since it's in your intake then cant you just zip tie it up somehwere in your engine bay?? I don't see how the air in yuor intake is different from the air outside (besides the filtering part) |
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| 2ndgenlude |
| it senses how much air is pushing past it in the intake. if it was in free air it wouldn't sense anything and the car wouldn't run. :) |
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| fugumerkur |
definitely a VAM, vane air meter, I am stuck with one too, my options might be similar for you , I am upgrading to a big vam and in ford terms an LA3 computer, (turbo coupe, mustang Svo) this way my motor will allow more measured air in and so on,
Look into variations of your motor and see if there is a larger VAM out there, or wire up a large ford one.!
Good luck, and maybe you can get a cold air intake thats close and just work your Vam into it. |
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| Supra_devil |
you can try finding an AFM from another toyota with the same pinout but is larger, it would need to be adjusted for spring tension otherwise it would read incorrectly. you could also swap your housings guts and electronics over so it is the same pinouts.
by doing this you could have a physically larger opening to allow more air through. however that can be a lot of work and the possibility of fuck ups is good.
i would just make an intake pipe to replace the old, most likely leaking, not the smoothest, stock piece. and put a cone filter on it, maybe with a cold air box if you are worried about intake air temps. after that i would look into doing a header and full exhaust and then tires and suspension. Those cars aren't too bad for power when they have the intake and exhaust freed up. |
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| Kev-Bo |
| ok well after all that im going to buy a new engin the turbo charged one so i dont have to do anything elese |
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