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Old May 13, 2005 | 10:09 AM
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Default MAF Ends? Are they worth it?

There's been so much negative feedback about the aftermarket mass air flow sensors not really helping much and even hurting your engines performance I don't think I'll be buying any one of them. But what about the MAF ends? Do they work? Are they worth it?
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Old May 13, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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For the price of them I woldnt buy them, but you can de-screen and port your own. Some have had trouble from doing it, others havent. I did it and havent had any trouble.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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my advice don't mess with the maf
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my advice don't mess with the maf
Lots of people have brought headaches on themselves by messing with their MAF. Look at it. There are 3 tiny wires with sensors on them. The ends come off the MAF and thats how you port them. Take care in dis-assembly and re-assembly and you shouldnt have any trouble. But good advice is to not mess with it. I havent dynoed since I did miine so I cant give you any results but it falls in the category of every little bit helps. You could alwasy do what I did too and thats buy a used maf and experiment with it. I have the MAF right here and the ends are on my car. My ends are on the shelf untouched.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 11:41 PM
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I've also wondered about these. I think if i ever do get them they will be used or a great deal from a sponser every once and awhile i see them for like $45 which ain't bad i guess. I would't mess with my stock ends unless i have a spare cause if you mess up and it runs like **** you have nothing to go back to
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MAF ends are a bad idea. If you want your car to run leaner, do it the right way and get a tune so it runs right. MAF ends just trick your car into running leaner.
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