new MAF question
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new MAF question i have a 2000 ss and am thinking about switching out the MAF to the slp 85mm one. i have an auto and want to know if it is gonna help or hinder. i will be doing programming in the future i believe also. good idea on the MAF or no?
Re: new MAF question I asked,almost everyone basically replied "no" if you have an auto and "why bother" if you have a manual. Do a search on the MAF. I did and have decided against it for now.
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Re: new MAF question because if the maf is not calibrated right and you have more air going thru the maf than it thinks it does then your car will be making more power, but the maf won't make your auto trans use the right pressure tables.
imagine like this...you have a sensor in a 1" opening and it's calibrated that at X velocity of the air you should get Y number of cfm...but if you use the same sensor in a 2" opening and it's reading X velocity it still only thinks your getting y number of cfm when your really pulling MORE CFM thus making more power...thus making hurting your transmission cause it is not upping the line pressure as it should for the clutches to hold and your basically causing premature failure of the transmission clutches, etc.
Hope that made sense.
imagine like this...you have a sensor in a 1" opening and it's calibrated that at X velocity of the air you should get Y number of cfm...but if you use the same sensor in a 2" opening and it's reading X velocity it still only thinks your getting y number of cfm when your really pulling MORE CFM thus making more power...thus making hurting your transmission cause it is not upping the line pressure as it should for the clutches to hold and your basically causing premature failure of the transmission clutches, etc.
Hope that made sense.
