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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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will it hurt the ride or screw up the ecu? I know the car would just stay in speed density right if i pull the maf? Or do i have to pull the maf an o2's?..i know i could get the car tuned for speed density but im still trying to decide if im just going to swap over to carb or not.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:21 AM
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There is no relationship between the MAF and the O2s.
The PCM can't be harmed by pulling the MAF.
But the PCM is tuned for a MAF, so you would want to retune if you wish to remove the MAF.
An easy test is to unplug the MAF and drive it for a while. See what you think.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 07:48 AM
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yeah thats what i thought..will my o2's still give my pc feed back an adj some what? I know running with no o2's would be like running the car in open loop right..my rides a 94..i already know im going to need a tune seeing i got every bolt on..i just want to ditch my maf,k&n cai an run a filter off my throttle body with my air inlet temp sensor about a inche fromt the tb base....i drove the car for a couple miles before my opti went with it unpluged an it just seemed to run a tad richer..but i wanted to make sure i couldnt hurt anything by doing it long term..
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 07:50 AM
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Yeah it will run fine without a maf (make sure you turn on speed density mode via tuner cats or something comparable).
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 08:47 AM
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yeah i got to find some one with that stuff i can use..i would buy all the stuff an tune the car myself but for the cost of all that stuff i can convert to carb now an plus when i go to my lsx turbo deal none of that stuff i could use seeing if anything i would swap over to big stuff 3 if i wasnt doing a blow threw system for it.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 08:56 AM
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Why would you do this?
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
Why would you do this?
He wants to run just a filter off the throttle body (I guess for the look?).. I wouldn't recommend it. Even if I am a proud speed density guy.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 1badzee
He wants to run just a filter off the throttle body (I guess for the look?).. I wouldn't recommend it. Even if I am a proud speed density guy.
Its gonna slow it down, it needs cooler air from outside the engine compartment...we all know this.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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Agreed. But some people have different theories. Remember 1craz28 with his hot-air intake setup? lmao...
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:48 AM
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because at the track ill run no filter..meaning no restrictions..no curves or any other restrictions..just open tb with my air sensor ..car will make more power like that vs running a 2ft long 3.5 inche tube with a filter an 2 90 degree bends..

also im not ruuning my stock rad im putting an after market in the car to gain clearance an an after market fan..ill also be pumping ice water threw the motor after i get the oil up to temp and ill be iceing down my intake..this aint my first rodeo..
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by suicidal racing
because at the track ill run no filter..meaning no restrictions..no curves or any other restrictions..just open tb with my air sensor ..car will make more power like that vs running a 2ft long 3.5 inche tube with a filter an 2 90 degree bends..

also im not ruuning my stock rad im putting an after market in the car to gain clearance an an after market fan..ill also be pumping ice water threw the motor after i get the oil up to temp and ill be iceing down my intake..this aint my first rodeo..
Man I don't know about all that. Open throttle body doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by RamAir95TA
Man I don't know about all that. Open throttle body doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
Thats what I was thinking, I had a buddy with a FAST system on his and an open TB, he was running it that way. We put my K&N CAI on it with no filter and it picked up almost a tenth at the track. IAT temps dropped almost 20 degrees.

But alot of stock eliminator cars run open TB's.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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yep..look at gizmo's cars..im doing my car in a pro stock,super stock manner..ill be using alot of there tricks also..ill probley even run a vac pump on this bolt on motor..ill also only run enough oil for start up,burn out an then 1/4 run..then ill kill the motor..i feel i can put the record around 11.teens or maybe even 10s in good air..
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:35 PM
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Wouldnt running the car with no maf throw the pcm into open loop. Thus making your o2's useless. Its my understanding that your pcm doesnt use o2 reading till its in closed loop.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackBird87
Wouldnt running the car with no maf throw the pcm into open loop. Thus making your o2's useless. Its my understanding that your pcm doesnt use o2 reading till its in closed loop.
This is correct. He was planning on enabling speed density mode though (or at least I thought he was) which will rely off the VE tables, map sensor, etc rather than the maf, and of course the o2's in closed loop.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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good info on that.now im unassure if i even want to pay for a tune,slap my new 02s in it or just do the swap to carb..all i need is carb,intake an th350 trans..

ill probley make the record pass in carb trim though seeing the fuel i want to run will kill my o2's or any o2's now that i think about it.

whats a mail order tune run? im trying to weight my options now..

whats a used maf,intake with tb,fuel rails an injectors sale for on the avg?
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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You could probably get around 150 if you sell everything seperately.
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thanks for the help man.im searching now to figure out who is a good mail order tuner for speed density setups.
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