Placing an intake manifold air temp sensor 3 feet in front of the car serves no purpose whatsoever .... LOL
You actually want to measure the temperature of the air as it enters the intake manifold. Why ? it is the only place to see what temp the air is as it enters the engine.
Ambient temperature (AT on the graph) is measured outside the car as that is the temp environment the car operates in.
Now for those that forgot ...... compressing air by supercharging or turbo charging heats up the air and the air temp (at the intake manifold) on an unintercooled turboed car is much much more than the temp 3 feet in front of the car .... LOL
Bottom line is ... Intake air temp is important and needs to be measured between the IC and the intake manifold. In fact the Polo's own IT sensor sits exactly in that location ......
.... why ... because the ECU adjusts a number of parameters on that extremely important information .....
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