descreen with FIPK or not

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Aug 29, 2004 | 10:17 PM

ty_ty13

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descreen with FIPK or not

I've been reading alot lately about descreening the MAF and wondered if having a fipk and a descreened MAF on a '02 Z28 would make a difference or not...would it be a good idea to descreen or leave it

Aug 29, 2004 | 10:45 PM

Spdmini

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I say leave it. You never know when something freaky may happen then you would have a bunch of **** in your TB and intake, to me personally its not worth the risk

Aug 29, 2004 | 11:09 PM

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I have a FIPK with a descreened MAF sensor; no problems here. Mine is a 99 with an M6. I wouldn't descreen if you have an automatic.

Aug 29, 2004 | 11:13 PM

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I think to be on the safe side leave it alone but what ddelallata said is true. You might get a damn SES light

Aug 30, 2004 | 07:01 PM

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bigger maf?

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Originally Posted by Spdmini

I say leave it. You never know when something freaky may happen then you would have a bunch of **** in your TB and intake, to me personally its not worth the risk

If i dont descreen it...would a larger(granatelli) MAF give me more hp...or what about the ported maf meter housings by thunder racing?

Aug 30, 2004 | 08:04 PM

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You don't need to upgrade. I think that the stocker even with the screen on is good for a little over 600hp. If you are careful you can remove the screen in such a way that you can always just put it back on if you start having driveability issues. Just my .02

Aug 30, 2004 | 09:39 PM

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yea, you're apparently stuck on this maf issue. the ONLY reason you want to mess with the maf is if you can TUNE the differences. the maf is a VERY sensitive peice of equipment.....leave it be. even cleaning it harshly is a bad idea. porting the stocker, or getting ported ends, alters the air flow...which ***** up the pcm's computations(which is why it must be tuned for). all around bad ****** idea.

also....if you port and polish the stock heads...then, by all rights...they wouldn't be stock heads any more, would they??