air charge sensor questions and cal questions

[juxsa]

I am getting a cal made from tu.com Not sure whether I should bother hooking up the aircharge sensor. My harness doesn't have the wiring for it so I would have to hook the wire up to the SMEC. I asked Paul, but he is super busy with moving. So to the cal designers here or any one who knows, Will having the air charge sensor make a difference? Will having it help with performance or with mileage? As a cal designer what is your take on the air charge sensor?

[tryingbe]

What year, what car, what model, what cal, ....etc...?

[Shel-Game]

If you're going to run a decent I/C, then yes, I think you should run the charge temp sensor. The casl are (typically) setup assuming 140* or so charge temperature. The sensor is sued to add fuel when the charge temp is cooler than that. So, you would theoretically run leaner without the sensor when the I/C is doing it's job. That said, the CTS can be "turned off", and the cal made richer to be safe.

Also, I've heard (but not yet seen myself) that the sensor doesn't actually track the charge temp very well. It seems to track the manifold surface temp instead. Again, not confirmed by me, just something I heard...

[juxsa]

1988 CSXT... SMEC with an air to water IC. I am going to be using a 50 trim t3t4 turbo. its gonna be a 3bar cal.