just leave teh temp sensor below the tubing. It doesn't HAVE to be in the filter, but, gives a slightly more accurate reading if it is
Or, if you're gonna keep it run as a SRI, drill a hole in the intake piping and get a rubber grommet off the first tube and insert it, then put the temp sensor in there
there is a hole in the frame right under the intake, take the lil rubber thing off the cai put in the hole on the frame and put the sensor right there problem solved