MAP adapter is $25, SS bung for the temp sensor is $20.

Yes, the MAP sensor is mounted right to the intake, just like the stock unit is that last for oh...200,000 miles. There is no good way to mount the 3.5 and 5 bar MAP sensors, that is why we came up with this. Otherwise you run a hose to it, buy a hose barb and wire tire it like the other hacks.

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

Trust me guys it is the best money you can spend. I will post a pick of it installed on the thread if I have David's approval?

 

I saw a pic of Dave's MAP adapter.

 

I only wished they were closer ... *sigh*

 

Well, the stock MDP sensor also doesn't have a mission critical job to perform. All it does is make sure that the EGR valve is opening correctly. It could probably go out of range by 50% and still do its job properly since all the ECU does is check the difference in vacuum before and after the EGR valve opens and make sure that it changed.

I know that my oil pressure sender died when it was mounted on the engine due to vibration. The solution? Remote mount it. Of course, the AEM map sensor is a lot more robust than my oil pressure sender. But for something so critical and expensive (well, $140), I'd remote mount it on the firewall. But that is just me.

 

We have been mounting the MAP sensor directly to the intake manifolds for well over 2 years, not a single failure. If you want to wire tie yours to the firewall by all means go ahead with your plans. The MAP sensor even directly mounted to an engine with solid (no rubber at all) engine mounts, hard blocked and 10,000 rpm rev limits have not failed.

To do this before you had to remove the intake, drill and tap it to mount it. Now with this adapter we built it is a simple bolt on.

To each his own.

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

If you have a picture of the map sensor mounted in our adapter and you would like to post it, please do.

Thanks,

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

Will do, everyone here is a pic of the MAP adapter installed on my car with a perfect fit in place of the stock MDP sensor. No drilling no cutting

 

Looks like it puts the sensor pretty close to the strut bar. Is it just the picture or does it really sit that close?

 

No it just looks close in the pic it is actually under the strut bar and in front both so it has plenty of clearance.

 

Thanks for putting that up there!

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

How much would a reputable shop charge to install the AEM setup that D. Buschur favors?

 

It shouldn't take longer than an hour or two to install the setup. You splice off of the MDP sensor for the MAP sensor (3 wires). You splice off of the MAF sensor for the Air Temp sensor (2 wires) and you are done. If you wire in the GM boost solenoid you would just change the pig tail on the stock boost solenoid (2 wires). It is very easy to do, the time consuming part would be to have the bung welded in the I/C pipe for the intake temp sensor. Oh I forgot, if you run an external wideband that would have to be wired in as well which is a power, ground (maybe 2 of them - sensor ground and controller ground), and a signal wire that is to be wired into the ECU harness for 02#1. Also, make sure to have the sensors soldered and not put together with wire connectors.

 

We charge $100 to install it all if you buy it from us. That includes the welding of the bung for the air temp sensor. We solder and shrink wrap all the connections. I have seen a bunch of shops just using solderless butt connectors to do the job, looks like *** if you ask me.

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

 

I have had the map sensor mounted on my intake manifold for about a year now. No problems, of course it would have been nice to have an adapter plate instead of having to remove the intake and tap it for the sensor to fit.