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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 08:13 AM
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How do you cut out the plastic bracket that holds the electronics w/ out breaking them?

Dremel the middle first?

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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 08:20 AM
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You don't want to cut the plastic, you want to cut the 2 metal bars that are in the middle.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 08:32 AM
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I've seen ported MAF's that have no plastic bracket in them. I'm talking about the plastic piece that goes in between the metal bars.
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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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Use a cut off disc on your die grinder. If you have a dremel use a low speed setting of you will melt instead of cut. Hope that helped. Sam <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Apr 11, 2002 | 02:48 PM
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To cut the plastic piece in the middle, simply take the hacksaw blade out of it's holder and cut very slowly and very carefully on that piece. That's how I did mine.
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 11:27 AM
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I used a hacksaw blade, and went slow and was carefull. It worked very nice. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 07:24 PM
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Thanks guys!
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 07:57 PM
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I've got a ported MAF and ends. Looking to go to stock. Email if interested in trade.
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How come your going back to stock? Does ported Maf create Problems?
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Old Apr 15, 2002 | 04:50 PM
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ported mafs have been known to cause some problems on some cars. It all really depends on your specific car. I am holding off porting mine until I can ATAP it to see what the AF ratio looks like.
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Old Apr 15, 2002 | 08:18 PM
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Going back to stock to make tuning with Ed Wright simpler. I have no problems, like some report.
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