I'll swing by Pep Boys on the way home and pick up some MAF cleaner.

 

Voyager I love your signature. That was absolutely brilliant!

 

OK, I printed chapter 14 of the service manual, and it only has one section about removing the MAF sensor, and it's on the normally aspirated engine.

Sadly, I can't find the MAF on my SRT. Evidently, I need the "for dummies" version. Can anyone point me to a photo with a nice arrow pointing out the MAF? I don't want to just start taking intake parts off until I stumble across the darn thing.

 

There is no MAF sensor on the SRT.

The MAP sensor is found in Section 7 - Cooling - Charge Air Cooler
The manual fails to mention the IAT Sensor in Section 9 - Engine/Supercharger/SuperCharger Outlet Tube. But it's there.

I have a pic in my gallery.

 

Damn! No wonder I couldn't find it!!!

So, there's no reason to clean it either. Should I clean the MAP sensor instead?

Yes, thanks for the pics. The ones in the thread you posted above were very informative.

 

So the manual is incorrect Brian?
I went out last night & was trying to scope out the location to see if i could help Tom out but couldn't find the little devil: getting dark so I just gave up with the plan to remove my Needswings intake sometime this weekend & do a search for it.

 

You have one on the N/A

 

Well, I went to the track again last night. Still no love. 13.3, 13.3, and a 13.2.

However, I did take my laptop and some OBDII software and logged data from my runs. I hope it can tell me something.

 

Tom,

I'm sure you already tried this, but reset the computer too...disconnect the battery for 1/2 hour. See if that helps.

 

Well, a little update is overdue. Wednesday was an awesome day in north-east Ohio for racing. The temps dropped into the 50's and reasonable humidity between 30 and 50%. So I went to the track - Thompson Drag Raceway.

My first run there the temps were in the low 70's and I ran a 12.76 @ 110.67. Not too shabby! I was pleased but I still think I should be doing better.

Unfortunately, there were a lot of cars there that night, and there were lots of delays. I only got three runs. I screwed up the last two - spinning tire at launch - and run 13.0 and 13.3.

Anyway, part of the mystery may be coolant. I tried to check my car's coolant level, but there are no lines on the coolant overflow tank that indicate what is normal level. So I filled it up with distilled water. I figured any excess would just come out and end up on the ground. But if it was low, it would help in cooling.

I don't know if it made any difference, or if my 12.7 was simply attributably to low temps alone.

 

Thanks, Tom!