im looking for alittle more power before i actually buy expensive mods. i heard descreening helps. ive also heard it can hurt your car especially in the low rpms? what would it do and should i do it? i dont know if its worth it or not, what have you guys learned about it?? thanks

 

you can do it but it protects your maf. they are $136 from any discount auto parts, so you tell me $136 or 1 hp?

 

Well... I decsreened my MAF and ported my housing a couple summers ago. I also just reinstalled a bone stock MAF two days ago. I have an M6 but I've heard on multiple occassions not to descreen those things on an A4. I can't say one thing or another about a stock one vs. a ported one/descreened but the consensus seems to be to leave them alone. I bought a stocker because I was advised that my ported unit could be an element in my tuning problems!

 

yeah i didnt think the gain would be big.. but i wasnt sure if it hurt my car either.. i just see SO many people with descreened MAF in there sig. so i was wondering if it actually was worth trying or not.

 

Ya, I've been told that its WAY easier to tune, with a "virgin" MAF, than it is a ported/descreened one.

 

Don't touch the MAF. It's not worth potentially screwing it up.