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anyone ever cut the metal peice out of the middle of there stock mass air flow sensor?
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Ported mafs are not accurate. Ive seen this first hand. A dyno opperator convinced me to try a stock one in place of my ported one. The stocker made 8hp over the gutted one.
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mine didnt make anymore power but it didnt loose any either.
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Not worth it.
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even if you did do it, it would only make a small difference until the computer learns
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yeah thanks for the input and all, but really i just wanted to know if anyone had cut that thing out of there and if it messed anything up
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Originally Posted by THEBRAD
yeah thanks for the input and all, but really i just wanted to know if anyone had cut that thing out of there and if it messed anything up
it wont hurt it. but it wont help. unless u already did it dont waste the time.
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how did anyone cut it out?
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