Aftermarket MAF on GTO
Aftermarket MAF on GTO Im am looking at a guys gto tomorrow that installed a aftermarket maf and has a preditor handheld. I guess he has messed with so much stuff with the hand held that he is getting a check engine light for being rich sometimes. I plan on having him flash it to stock and then I am going to data log his car and try to see whats going on. All he has is the maf and bolt on mufflers, is that enough to make it rich? Do you have to adjust the maf table for the aftermarket one, he said the paper work never said anything about it.
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aftermarket mafs are the devil.... they can cause lots of differences in AFR....
Stock MAF is best... when that is exceeded then it's time for speed density ...
Aftermarket MAFs work by reporting different flow numbers.... they do this in an attempt to change the OEM AFR (richen or lean the car) .... if he can ditch the aftermarket MAF he'll be better off...
Stock MAF is best... when that is exceeded then it's time for speed density ...
Aftermarket MAFs work by reporting different flow numbers.... they do this in an attempt to change the OEM AFR (richen or lean the car) .... if he can ditch the aftermarket MAF he'll be better off...
Im sure that not the anwser the owner will want to hear, lol. I don't have his stock tune to look at but I down loaded a stock gto tune and compared it to what he has done with the handheld. His fuel and timing have been changed which he told me did, but they are far from being smooth. I was hoping to be able to help him out with the maf. He is going to flash his car back to stock and sell his handheld and I am just going to do a little tweaking till we can get it on the dyno or a wideband installed. I have a script that I use on pretty much all corvettes, it should work fine on the gto, right.
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Originally Posted by minytrker
Im am looking at a guys gto tomorrow that installed a aftermarket maf and has a preditor handheld. I guess he has messed with so much stuff with the hand held that he is getting a check engine light for being rich sometimes. I plan on having him flash it to stock and then I am going to data log his car and try to see whats going on. All he has is the maf and bolt on mufflers, is that enough to make it rich? Do you have to adjust the maf table for the aftermarket one, he said the paper work never said anything about it.
