Aftermarket Coolant Temperature Sensor - Where To Install?

[Phoenix7]

Ok, so I'm looking at the Hitman site to get my Haltech installed and I was wondering on your input.

I am going to Follow Mazda's instructions and gut the thermostat so water is constantly flowing through the cooling system instead of waiting for it to reach "Open T-stat" temps.

If I do this can I install the coolant temp sensor after the thermostat instead of before? The temps will be the same before and after the gutted T-stat, right?

Here is how HITMAN says to install it:




BTW, I already have an efan and thermostat switch installed so the fan will come on at the right temperature.