Maxed out MAF, now what?
Maxed out MAF, now what? I have been street tuning my 416 and noticed that when I go back to my MAF tune from SD I loose a couple of tenths. I finally logged my MAF cyl air along with Hz whick is hitting 11,800 and found out that I am hitting 500 g/s at around 5,000rpm. The fuel still looks good but it is like the MAF is a restriction now. My MAP KPA also starts at 101 and goes down to 97/98 by 5,500. I have the stock Z06 85mm MAF. So now what? Will a 100mm MAF solve my problems? I am switching to a cam that is going to flow alot more air so this problem is only going to get worse. I don't want to run straight SD due to the temp changes around here.
Another option would be to add a resistor to your current MAF to lower the scale or run a calibrated 85mm F-body MAF and rescale your MAF table. With an F-body MAF, you will not peg the MAF scale until closer to 600 rwhp.
I was running a stock Z06 MAF on my 508 rwhp LS1, but I was almost pegged in airflow. When I added my dry nitrous, I had to go back to an SLP 85mm MAF. It gave me about another 100 grams per second of airflow potential. Just an FYI.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
Thanks. I may just go CLSD in the long run. I priced out an 04 GTO IAT sensor and connector today. I read it had better resolution and reaction and was the ticket for SD. It is about $40 and I still need a grommet and PVC pipe. I am just going to delete the MAF for right now and see what happens. I want to make sure there is an actual gain before I spend $50.
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Only I you must rely on the MAF. With speed density closed loop, you can run way past this limitation.
Another option would be to add a resistor to your current MAF to lower the scale or run a calibrated 85mm F-body MAF and rescale your MAF table. With an F-body MAF, you will not peg the MAF scale until closer to 600 rwhp.
I was running a stock Z06 MAF on my 508 rwhp LS1, but I was almost pegged in airflow. When I added my dry nitrous, I had to go back to an SLP 85mm MAF. It gave me about another 100 grams per second of airflow potential. Just an FYI.
Another option would be to add a resistor to your current MAF to lower the scale or run a calibrated 85mm F-body MAF and rescale your MAF table. With an F-body MAF, you will not peg the MAF scale until closer to 600 rwhp.
I was running a stock Z06 MAF on my 508 rwhp LS1, but I was almost pegged in airflow. When I added my dry nitrous, I had to go back to an SLP 85mm MAF. It gave me about another 100 grams per second of airflow potential. Just an FYI.
Well put Patrick. I guess what I was trying to say is the computer can only read so much of a MAF signal before the signal will exceed the computer's capacity to read it.
