whats too hot of an iat. today while in traffic i saw a 160

 

Could be wrong here, but I thought 160 was waaaaay high. You should be down around the 100's or 120's i do believe.

 

160????!!! if not mistaken as the other guy said thats extremely high unless you re talking about coolant temp my iat is 1-2 degrees warmer than the temp outside but i have a cai

 

Where the hell are you guys getting this temperature from..?

 

huh? u do kno what IAT is right?


160???

 

i dont understand what hes talking about

 

IAT= Intake Air Temperature. Normally, not an issue for 2.2's. It's a big problem with us s/c'd guys tho. If ur IAT's are that high, ur in big trouble. If your coolant is that warm, no big considering you should have a 180* thermostat

 

sc's are pulling timing at 140 right?

 

no its my iat i got a k&n sri and i have an interceptor gauge, and i was just sitting there in traffic and i scrolled through and seen it but once i take off it goes back down but still it was high while being still. my coolant was around 198

 

160 is way too high im guessing somethings wrong

 

dude....198? that's way high too. you need to get urself a 160* thermostat to keep those temps down. What kind of traffic are you sitting in?

Even 140 is a bit on the high side for us. IAT2's shouldn't really ever go over 120, 110 is about as high as you wanna see them go

 

198 coolant temp is regular for 2.2s our thermostat is set higher mine runs from 190-206

 

why do you guys insist on answering questions if you dont have a clue. AIT in traffic dont matter, what is the difference between ait1 and ait2 at WOT thats when it matters , of course your damn iat is gonna rise if your not moving.

 

not up to 160 though....

 

i was sitting around with a/c on too but i think im gonna switch to a real cold air kit

 

hmm.. when i go to the track, my IAT2's hit 150+.. this is on a bolt on ss/sc. good thing im going turbo lol.. but i even have the raw CAI and it still gets that high.

 

what are you talking about man please stop. with all the cooling mods in the world your ait2 will be about 20-30 degrees over ambient temps and when at wot it will climb . outside temp in fl is 90 degrees now my ait2 is at 120 at WOT at the top of 3rd its about 150 where are you getting your info from

 

my buddy has an ss/sc with a 2.9 header downpipe h/e dual pass and the raw intake and his iat goes oer 90 degrees only when he stops

 

once again , you cant give a number for ait2 and say its not suppose to go above that number unless its stupid high like when your pump is dead etc. You have to tell the difference between the outside temp which is ait and iat2 which is the intake temp then we would be able to tell you if its too high or not.

 

i understand that but the temp over where he is are not that high thats why i said 160 is too high
plus its only a 2.2 or 2.4 so i dont think it should get that high when outside temps are no more than 80

 

I was at 130 when in traffic then went to 60 when I was driving...I would say no biggie

 

so with my car being N/A should i monitor iat or iat2

 

nah... its more important on force induction cars especially superchargers because they create alot of heat and loose power.