Just caught this thread
here is the straight scoop.....The only guaranteed way of getting the proper original style l986-l987 turbo regal maf sensor back from any rebuilder is to send in your ORIGINAL CORE and pray that whatever middle man company you go with can get yours back to you.
We eliminate that problem as we have original cores and we deal direct with Cardone I think we are the only Turbo Regal company that does deal direct with Cardone.
The one you got works for most people that don't care about being correct or working at hiher rpms. What it is is a Camaro 6 cylinder that they rivet mounting points to.
Richard Clark has tested Cardone original units and they work great.
Buy it from us and we allow for your original core.
Cardone's headquarters is near our shop and those are rebuilt at their headquarters so we get a fairly quick turn around.
Its true rebuilt is not 100% perfect but nobody is. We have had great success with them as we have with their other products.
Point is, as time goes on it is getting tougher and tougher to keep these cars original looking.
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Other options exist which have been pointed out. I merely wanted to explain the Cardone factor.