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MAF Delete So i have been contemplation deleting my MAF off the intake. i have seemed to get better performance with it unhooked. what is your opinion on this?
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You can have your tuner tune your car in speed density and you can get rid of the MAF all together. Speed density is a good way to get rid of that restriction (MAF) in the intake tract.
Unless your car is heavily modded, to the point where the maf is the restriction, leave it alone.
You're going to need a lot more than an intake and exhaust to max out the factory maf.
There are plenty of sub 10 second cars still running a maf. That alone should tell you something.
You're going to need a lot more than an intake and exhaust to max out the factory maf.
There are plenty of sub 10 second cars still running a maf. That alone should tell you something.
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I'm not looking to.be the fastest out there. I just bought my K&N filter and from factory I have been told that the oil on the filter ruined my maf. I'm not going out to pay 150+ for a refurb and then lose my 60 from K&N. I would honestly like to just get rid of it.
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The k&n was your mistake. It has been proven over and over on here that it adds no power or filtering advantage. A good quality paper filter will do all the filtering your engine needs and not cost you any more power that a k&n won't.
Fwiw, you can pick up a stock maf on here for around 60 bucks...or pm me and I'll sell you one for 50.
Fwiw, you can pick up a stock maf on here for around 60 bucks...or pm me and I'll sell you one for 50.
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Well I know that the K&N has no power advantage, and that it ruins the maf, that's aside from my point of deleting the MAF. Its another component I don't want to fail. And 50 bucks is something I don't have at the moment. I would like to get the use out of my K&N before I go back to paper.
keep your MAF i agree with bww3588 your car is no where heavily modified to warrant a SD tune. did you try and clean your MAF first? if you havent try that first and use the actual spray to clean your MAF and not some other cleaner. and to reiterate
it will cost you 550 or more to get that kind of tune and not worth it for the little mods you have. i still run a MAF on my set up and its heavily modded so if you can get one for 50 id take it
it will cost you 550 or more to get that kind of tune and not worth it for the little mods you have. i still run a MAF on my set up and its heavily modded so if you can get one for 50 id take it
i dont really see your point here. what do you mean car runs better without it? how could you not have 50$ for a used maf and still want to tune? there is noway to delete your maf unless you tune. if its not broken then just leave it alone! regarding your K&N; more than half the members here use it including me. if you use it right it will not cause any harm. right now my maf is throwing a code and ironically it went bad when my K&N was NOT on the car..lol
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i dont really see your point here. what do you mean car runs better without it? how could you not have 50$ for a used maf and still want to tune? there is noway to delete your maf unless you tune. if its not broken then just leave it alone! regarding your K&N; more than half the members here use it including me. if you use it right it will not cause any harm. right now my maf is throwing a code and ironically it went bad when my K&N was NOT on the car..lol
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it seems as if you started this thread with your mind already made up. I'm not sure why you are asking for opinions here if you are not willing to listen or take the advice we are giving you. PICK UP A $50 WORKING USED MAF FOR NOW. after you get the rest of your work done and if your tuner thinks it's a good idea for you to go with a SD tune, then sell it and get your money back out of it. DONE!
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Here lies the problem...if your car is running better with the maf unplugged, you have bigger problems. Obviously it's not working properly, and the car has already reverted to open loop. Which is essentially, limp mode if it's still running a maf tune.
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it seems as if you started this thread with your mind already made up. I'm not sure why you are asking for opinions here if you are not willing to listen or take the advice we are giving you. PICK UP A $50 WORKING USED MAF FOR NOW. after you get the rest of your work done and if your tuner thinks it's a good idea for you to go with a SD tune, then sell it and get your money back out of it. DONE!
I don't believe that K&N would release a filter with "too much oil" on it.to be causing my mafs to fail. Reason I started this I wanted to know of it was possible and how.I would go by doing this, if I could do it myself. I didn't care to hear about how I should buy another maf just.to.have it destroyed by my K&N filter. Its redundant to place another maf on to just archive the same results. Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is repeating something but expecting a different out come. And quite frankly I feel like this whole thread is the majority of you not even.addressing the bloody issue.. I'm asking how to go by deleting the maf off. That is what I WANT TO DO. If I wanted another maf I'd create a WTB: ad on the forum or I would go to my local parts store and buy a new one. So unless anyone cares to address my original topic of how to delete the maf this is dead. Thank you to the two people who actually addressed the issue. To all the others thank you for trying to run my car.
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what dont you understand, Unplugging the MAF is just as bad as having a shitty MAF. Your car is telling you its broken. When you have a broken arm do they just cut it off? no.
To unplug your MAF you need a speed density tune. Unplgging it without a tune is just having no MAF. Have you checked for engine codes?
To unplug your MAF you need a speed density tune. Unplgging it without a tune is just having no MAF. Have you checked for engine codes?
Agreed...your "issue" has been addressed and explained multiple times. Physically remove the maf, get a speed density tune. Done.
All it would have taken is a search on maf delete or speed density tune and you would have got what you're looking for.
I suggest you still do this as there are some cons to not having a maf sensor.
The thing people are trying to tell you that you're not listening to is you're going to cost yourself more money and headaches by insisting on keeping the crappy k&n filter. You can save yourself money and problems by getting rid of the filter and getting a stock maf.
You already said you don't want to tune it until you get other mods, so either get your mods now, and have it SD tuned, or get a better filter and different maf and enjoy, or fork over the 200 bucks or whatever for a tune now, and another 200 for another tune later on...or finally...do none of the above and deal with the fact your car does not run to it's potential.
All it would have taken is a search on maf delete or speed density tune and you would have got what you're looking for.
I suggest you still do this as there are some cons to not having a maf sensor.
The thing people are trying to tell you that you're not listening to is you're going to cost yourself more money and headaches by insisting on keeping the crappy k&n filter. You can save yourself money and problems by getting rid of the filter and getting a stock maf.
You already said you don't want to tune it until you get other mods, so either get your mods now, and have it SD tuned, or get a better filter and different maf and enjoy, or fork over the 200 bucks or whatever for a tune now, and another 200 for another tune later on...or finally...do none of the above and deal with the fact your car does not run to it's potential.