Blow through or suck through MAF???
Blow through or suck through MAF??? I know alot of you LS1 guys are blowing through your MAF... My LT1 has always been run with the Procharger sucking through it. For the new motor I have several reasons why I would like to blow through the MAF, mostly for plumbing and packaging. But its not a neccessary step, I could go either way at this point.
My questions:
-Is there one way that is more stock PCM friendly than the other?
-Are there any tuning issues that come up when blowing through the MAF?
Aside from the fact that the MAF will max out at a relatively low boost level.
-Anyone have any problems when switching from a suck-through configuration to a blow-through?
My questions:
-Is there one way that is more stock PCM friendly than the other?
-Are there any tuning issues that come up when blowing through the MAF?
Aside from the fact that the MAF will max out at a relatively low boost level.
-Anyone have any problems when switching from a suck-through configuration to a blow-through?
2001 WS6vert - 2lbs and better driveability? Sounds good, but why did moving the MAF downstream of the blower get you better driveability?
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If you will be using any type of intercooling then the distance between the MAF and the engine is great enough to cause driveability or mixture problems because the MAF sees a certain airflow long enough before it hits the motor.
I'm in favor of blowing through the MAF.
I'm in favor of blowing through the MAF.
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Originally Posted by jyeager
If you will be using any type of intercooling then the distance between the MAF and the engine is great enough to cause driveability or mixture problems because the MAF sees a certain airflow long enough before it hits the motor.
I'm in favor of blowing through the MAF.
I'm in favor of blowing through the MAF.
Could this be why the RPMs always seemed to hang when I would take it out of gear and coast(with the stock motor?)
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Originally Posted by Fire67
...Could this be why the RPMs always seemed to hang when I would take it out of gear and coast(with the stock motor?)
Well I dont think thats it. With the stock motor it would fall from whatever rpm I was at then start hanging at like 2K rpms... It all started when I installed the procharger and the M6 trans. We eventually got it to stop doing it most of the time with programming.
This time we'll be starting with a clean GM program for a M6 car, instead of my program for an A4 car that we made "work" for the manual trans. Then hopefully we wont have any programming related issues.
Is there any difference in the PCM calibrations if your blowing through instead of sucking through the MAF?
This time we'll be starting with a clean GM program for a M6 car, instead of my program for an A4 car that we made "work" for the manual trans. Then hopefully we wont have any programming related issues.
Is there any difference in the PCM calibrations if your blowing through instead of sucking through the MAF?
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Originally Posted by Fire67
Is there any difference in the PCM calibrations if your blowing through instead of sucking through the MAF?
Now that being said, every 'tuning' effort is an effort to correlate the MAF reading with the actual air flow (via the feedback from a wide-band O2), but this isn't anything specific to a blow through system, it's always true for tuning with a MAF.
If you are asking if there will be a difference in the MAF readings vs. actual air flow between the two configurations I wouldn't be one bit surprised. So you simply need to go through the exercise of tuning like normal.
Thanks for the input guys. I imagined it would read the airflow differently because the air it sees in a blow through config would be hotter... And the MAF reads airflow by how much the filaments get cooled down by the passing air.
The reason I asked is that Im just starting to learn LT1edit. I will be paying a professional to make a base tune for the new motor during break in and also to dyno tune it when all broken in. I just bought LT1edit, and will soon be buying data logging software and a wideband so I can keep tabs on things while I "tinker".
<------ I cant wait to be doing this again 
The reason I asked is that Im just starting to learn LT1edit. I will be paying a professional to make a base tune for the new motor during break in and also to dyno tune it when all broken in. I just bought LT1edit, and will soon be buying data logging software and a wideband so I can keep tabs on things while I "tinker".
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Originally Posted by Fire67
Thanks for the input guys. I imagined it would read the airflow differently because the air it sees in a blow through config would be hotter... And the MAF reads airflow by how much the filaments get cooled down by the passing air.
The reason I asked is that Im just starting to learn LT1edit. I will be paying a professional to make a base tune for the new motor during break in and also to dyno tune it when all broken in. I just bought LT1edit, and will soon be buying data logging software and a wideband so I can keep tabs on things while I "tinker".
<------ I cant wait to be doing this again
The reason I asked is that Im just starting to learn LT1edit. I will be paying a professional to make a base tune for the new motor during break in and also to dyno tune it when all broken in. I just bought LT1edit, and will soon be buying data logging software and a wideband so I can keep tabs on things while I "tinker".
<------ I cant wait to be doing this again In theory the hotter air isn't as big an issue as you might think. That, in conjunction with the input from the intake air temp sensor allows the actual air flow to be determined, more or less, despite temp changes.
But I think that overall you are still right. In the 2 different places, the MAF is bound to see a somewhat different reading.
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Originally Posted by Fire67
2001 WS6vert - 2lbs and better driveability? Sounds good, but why did moving the MAF downstream of the blower get you better driveability?
Ah I see.. Well Im definitely gonna go "blow thru" when I put this thing back together.
Thanks again for all the input guys.
I have almost all parts for this project together... So maybe by the middle or end of next month I'll have some good dyno numbers to share.
Thanks again for all the input guys.
I have almost all parts for this project together... So maybe by the middle or end of next month I'll have some good dyno numbers to share.
