Preparing to relocate the IAT sensor from the stock intake to the Brute Force intake pipe:
Take note of the orientation of the IAT sensor in the stock intake tube so that you can reproduce it in the Brute Force intake pipe.
Carefully remove the IAT sensor from the stock intake tube. I found this to be the most difficult part of the install. The sensor is somewhat fragile and you don’t want to bend, or worse, break it during the removal. It is tough, if not impossible with fingers only! I finally used my regular screwdriver to carefully pry it straight out of the stock intake.
Insert the rubber grommet, supplied, into the Brute Force Intake pipe, ensuring that it is fully seated and the edges, both outside and inside, are not pinched or folded. Then gently insert the IAT sensor into the grommet and orient it in the airflow as it was in the stock intake tube.
The AEM instructions then say to first insert the new intake pipe into the heat shield opening, and follow with insertion of the pipe into the intake coupler. Lastly, align the mounting bracket (anchor) to the soft mount on the heat shield. This is where I ran into a slight fitment issue (see picture).
Placing the pipe within the heat shield port was no problem at all. However, there was very little room to maneuver the pipe elbow between the end of the coupling and the front rail of the engine compartment due to a coolant line and the edge of the radiator cowl.
It was not difficult to see that by rotating the pipe downward and into the coupling the insertion could be accomplished.
Once inserted, I looked over at the anchor position. Initially, I could not flex the heat shield, nor wrestle the intake pipe enough to get the anchor onto the soft mount. If I withdrew the pipe from the coupler, the anchor would fit, but then I could not reinsert the pipe into the coupler.
So I took the heat shield hold-down bolt off, pulled out the push-pin at the bottom, and unhooked the heat shield from the coolant reservoir. This allowed me to get the anchor on the soft mount. Then with only slight pressure and paying attention to the anchor, I was able to realign the heat shield into the coolant reservoir slot, reinsert the push-pin, and reinstall the hold-down bolt.
The anchor is secured with the other washer and 8mm flanged nut (not shown).
Continued on the next post...