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^^I know what you're thinking, but it doesn't work that way. It's an Intake Air Temperature sensor, not a Manifold Surface Temperature sensor. Does the hot surface of the manifold affect the sensor? Maybe a little, but I don't think it would be a measureable amount since the actual sensor itself protrudes into the manifold into the air.
Ideally you want that sensor as close to the intake ports as you can get so that it gives the most accurate reading of the air entering the cylinders.
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