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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 12:48 PM
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What years used a MAF on the LT1s??
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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i thinks its 94-97
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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All i believe but for some reason im doubting myself on 93's
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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92( only a few had lt1, firebird iirc) and 93 did not use maf. All others did.
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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i thought so but wasnt sure
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 01:36 PM
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92 and 93 were speed density, 94-97 had MAFs.
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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ok well mine is supposed to be a 95 and there is no MAF so im assuming it has an SD tune. im wondering if this is why runs like crap until it warms up?
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ok well mine is supposed to be a 95 and there is no MAF so im assuming it has an SD tune. im wondering if this is why runs like crap until it warms up?
I doubt it....Something isn't right with your cold start tune....Prob starts running better once it gets into open loop....
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Originally Posted by Johnny-LT1-runner
92 and 93 were speed density, 94-97 had MAFs.
^this, for Fbodys and corvettes anyway
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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yeah drive train is supposed to be from a 95 Camaro.
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It's possible to tune them out, my motor wont even run with the MAF unplugged IIRC
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MattSapp95_T/A
I doubt it....Something isn't right with your cold start tune....Prob starts running better once it gets into open loop....
Open loop is what the computer is in when you first start it, once it warms up and the o2s are operational is goes into closed loop.

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It's possible to tune them out, my motor wont even run with the MAF unplugged IIRC
This means that your car was not fully tuned. Removing the MAF will resort to using a seperate Speed density VE-table based tune. If the alternate VE table was not tuned then the car will not run properly if you unplug the MAF.

With a thorough enough tune you can run both MAF-less and without o2s...although that is really not recommended for a street car.

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Have you ever data logged it? It could very well be your open loop tune causing the issues, until the car warms up and starts using the o2s.

You can datalog it and run the file through VE master to smooth the VE table out and get a good starting point for a SD tune.
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Originally Posted by Puck
Open loop is what the computer is in when you first start it, once it warms up and the o2s are operational is goes into closed loop.



This means that your car was not fully tuned. Removing the MAF will resort to using a seperate Speed density VE-table based tune. If the alternate VE table was not tuned then the car will not run properly if you unplug the MAF.

With a thorough enough tune you can run both MAF-less and without o2s...although that is really not recommended for a street car.
My car has a factory tune...wonder why it does that then
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Originally Posted by Puck
Open loop is what the computer is in when you first start it, once it warms up and the o2s are operational is goes into closed loop.
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Yea I had a brain fart! Strike that reverse it...


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I guess I really just need to find somone local who can dyno tune it. Since I have no way of data logging this thing.
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