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Hey everyone spring is here and getting my baby back on the road and would like to add some more ponies to her. I am looking at getting a new lid to help her breath and was wondering what was best. Now before everyone start s yelling at me to use the search button for the many "best lid" threads out there my question is slightly different. I have an a4 98 z28 and heard that i have a small stock maf. I was wondering if it was worth it to get a new larger maf first so that i could get a larger lid or just use my stock maf and go with a new lid that will fit it. Any real hp gains from a new bigger maf aka is it really worth the money or is it better spent else where?
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I would not waste my money on a larger MAF. I think (not sure) but if you put a larger maf that you will need a tune to make your car run correctly. A lid there a very many options. You can't go wrong with any of them really SLP, MTI, whisper among many others. Also a smooth bellow may help there are many different opinions on whether a smooth bellow actually helps. IMO it can't hurt and it gives a "cleaner" look under the hood than a stock achordian (sp) piece.
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Hey everyone spring is here and getting my baby back on the road and would like to add some more ponies to her. I am looking at getting a new lid to help her breath and was wondering what was best. Now before everyone start s yelling at me to use the search button for the many "best lid" threads out there my question is slightly different. I have an a4 98 z28 and heard that i have a small stock maf. I was wondering if it was worth it to get a new larger maf first so that i could get a larger lid or just use my stock maf and go with a new lid that will fit it. Any real hp gains from a new bigger maf aka is it really worth the money or is it better spent else where?
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ok sounds good. i really like the look of the clear lid w/ smooth bellow my friend had one on his ta. yea i took care of the free mods already, tb bypass, free ram air, so forth. so think im just going to get the MTI Store Clear lid for now, and try to snag a ls6 intake from my friends yard.
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I would not waste my money on a larger MAF. I think (not sure) but if you put a larger maf that you will need a tune to make your car run correctly. A lid there a very many options. You can't go wrong with any of them really SLP, MTI, whisper among many others. Also a smooth bellow may help there are many different opinions on whether a smooth bellow actually helps. IMO it can't hurt and it gives a "cleaner" look under the hood than a stock achordian (sp) piece.
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ok sounds good. i really like the look of the clear lid w/ smooth bellow my friend had one on his ta. yea i took care of the free mods already, tb bypass, free ram air, so forth. so think im just going to get the MTI Store Clear lid for now, and try to snag a ls6 intake from my friends yard.
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yea those free mods are pretty cool. for a couple of bucks and an afternoons worth of time for some double digit hp increases its not bad at all. i used this site for my write-ups on them.
http://www.installuniversity.com/lsx...documents.html
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ls1 on a budget is not impossible but pretty hard to do.
http://www.installuniversity.com/lsx...documents.html
yea i gotta keep checking those classifieds
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ls1 on a budget is not impossible but pretty hard to do.
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I have a Whisper lid and I like it alright. You can go to lowes and pick up a FERNCO rubber hose connector. Can't remember what its called. But I used that on my car. It only costs like six bucks. Definitely cheaper than an slp smooth bellows. But don't expect too much of a gain. More for looks.