Valued Opinions On MAF's

[UNDER-PRESSURE]

TurboDave has been doing this longer than most of us put together, I wouldn't just toss aside his opinion. He knows his stuff and deserves a little more respect than is being given.

Thanks for your valued input. :wink: It's nice to know there are a few other nuts who have been playing with these cars for 20 years. :biggrin:

So now that we know rebuilt stock MAF's are "crap" as stated from a well respected expert, What is involved to get these setup's "optimally" tuned? If i can really pick up .2 from just a MAF change i might just have to try one.

 

[Sweet6]

I bought one remfg maf and it was bad. Car leaned out because the grams only went to 210. Could have cuased major damage if I was not paying attention to the knock gauge. My buddy tried 2 napa MAfs and they did not work either. Maybe we had bad luck. But that was enough to make me stick with a known good GM one or try another route. IE translator or Mafless.

I talked to the Max Effort guy and he said the cars he saw picked up about a tenth going from a MAF version of his set up to a MAfless set up. And that was on a mid 10 second car. Steve told me in general, he does not think there is a big performance gain going Mafless. I know opinions very.

 

[DonnieShort]

Thanks for your valued input. :wink: It's nice to know there are a few other nuts who have been playing with these cars for 20 years. :biggrin:

So now that we know rebuilt stock MAF's are "crap" as stated from a well respected expert, What is involved to get these setup's "optimally" tuned? If i can really pick up .2 from just a MAF change i might just have to try one.

Valued to some I suppose

Put a T+ and a LS1 maf on yours and see what you pick up. I picked up 3 tenths back in the day when I switched to the T+ and 3½ maf when I was basically stock. Since the TPro and Gen2 has come out a T+ can be had pretty cheap nowdays.

 

[Dreamcar86]

You want my opinion on MAF sensors? GET RID OF IT! Go to a translator PRO system with a wideband and never look back. My car has never ran better in its life.

MAF Translator

Is there anything complicated with the initial setup and getting it run properly? I like the idea of going MAFless but do not want to pull all of my hair out trying to get the darn thing to run right.

 

[Dreamcar86]

Been thinking about getting rid of the old stocker. What does it cost to get set up with a translator + 3.5" maf? Can you still run a Turbo Tweak alky chip ? Will the fuel and timing parameters still function? If I can gain .2 sec or 2mph that will be money well spent. Have a couple friends BigAir and ROC 87 that said they like theirs. Hopefully I can get set up for close to 250 bills. Who has the best prices Full Throttle? Think Turbo Tweak has them I'll check out his site. Also need a Aluminum wing so this Buick will look like the NASCAR COT .

This is off the subject but your car is killer! I never would have guessed silver would look that good.