98formulaMAH

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I have the MAF Translator and I dont know which settings would benefit my vehicle the most. All of you can read in my sig the mods I have on my car.

Can someone tell me which settings would provide the most power at the best A/F ratio?

Thanks

Blacker

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I would sell the MAF Translator and get a real tune. The MAFT fools the computer and is a blanket change. With tuning software, you can make specific changes to areas in the airflow table. I live in Richmond and I can use my HP Tuners on your car. I live in Richmond and would be able to help out. Plus, I can delete and codes that you want as well.

horist

without a scanner... adjust it so the car runs best in the 1/4 mile.... the MAFT is a temp fix... if you run too rich WOT then you lean WOT out...


there is no "best setting" ... it depends on how your car is running.....

98formulaMAH

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Horist?....adjust it so the car runs best in the 1/4 mile?....I'm soo glad you told me that? What I was looking to do was spend about $100 to make my car slower. Thanks for that great tech advice.

P.S. The reason I started this thread if for someone to tell me which settings are the "best settings" for my a/f ratio. and YES there are "best settings"

jay_99z

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You might want to rethink talking **** to Horist. He has helped many on here and he didn't mean it to be a smart *** I'm sure.

You're right there are best settings.......but those are found by adjusting and then checking the performance.....not pulling some number out of your ***. I'm sure this is what Horist was getting at.

Every car reacts differently to mods. Without a scan tool or timeslips you will have no idea where those "best settings" are. Unless your butt meter is very well calibrated.

Just for future referance......you will get a lot more help if you try not to be a smart *** to those trying to help you.

Blacker

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With the MAFT, it will taking some logging to find out how the car is running prior to making adjustments. When I had my MAFT, the base was +2 and the WOT was +2. The base is a blanket change to the MAF Table. So, it can make you rich in some areas and lean in others. Since you decreened the MAF, that will skew the table a little. When using tuning software, you can derive a different MAF Table with the appropriate curve. The MAFT was a good idea many years ago when tuning software, like LS1 Edit, was just coming out.

horist

Sorry didn't mean to come off as a smart ***.. was tired, guess it didn't come out the way I was thinking it.

I meant... the best settings are unique to your car... w/out a scanner to be able to see about how rich (based on Narrowband O2s, which aren't very accurate but they are a starting point) your best bet to find the best settings is to go to a track and try small changes for a few runs at a time and see if the MPH goes up

98formulaMAH

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ok thanks for the help everyone.

I got the best advice from Blacker, who convinced me i need to throw away my MAFT and my HPP3 and just get HP Tuners.

But back to the thread, I think what I was really looking for is an educated estimate of my current A/F ratio? Then should it go more lean or more rich.

Right now, I think I'm running a bit lean with my current mods.

Blacker

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With the Direct Flow Lid and descreening the MAF, I needed to add 10%, or +2, using the MAFT. Also, since you have the HPP3, HP Tuners will be much better as I decribed in the PM. The HPP3 is really basic and you have to accept Hypertech's parameters. Withy HP Tuners, you get the editor and scanner. Not bad for $500 and if you find someone else to go in with you, that is only $250.

MiaSSmaro98

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i know the post is old but how much does a translator cost?i descreen and ported my maf on my 98 ss and it feels it bit slower right now.also wat else can i use besides the translator?can a dyno tune fix it?because i have a local shop that dyno tunes using hptuners they charge 450 for an hour of tuning but if it doesnt take that long they charge a bit cheaper.

SmokingWS6

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Horist nailed it from the beginning. He's not being a smartass, he's very knowledgeable in the ls1 tuning world.

There's really no way to guess somebody's air fuel ratio w/o at least scanning it as every car is unique. Most cars go lean with mods at part throttle, others go pig rich.