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  • L36 maf sensor in an LS1 type housing

    Reason: not for improved air flow but as an option to relocate the maf sensor further up stream from the throttle body.

    a simple cover plate could be made to go over the hole in our stock maf sensor housing. rather than buy an Ls1/Ls6 maf and then have a PITA on going tuning fest it sure would be nice to have an independant maf houseing similar to the v8's that could be relocated so easily yet retain the stock 3 wire v6 maf.

    i highly doubt that an actual ls1/ls6 housing could be used for this cuz that would just be way to easy but i have access to one and plan to compare the two maf housings. im not above butchering and old ls1 maf houseing by gutting it to fit the stock v6 sensor but i will allso consider fabing up a housing for the stock maf sensor as well. i might even be able to use a 3" (or so) silicone coupler with a hole cut into it for the prob end of the sensor to fit through and then bolts with steel AND rubber washers on both sides of silicone coupler AND liberal amounts of silicone based gasket sealer on the fay and fillet surfaces. I might even want to make a custom 'collar' to further help retain the sensor as this will be a presureized discharge tube.

    Reason for moving maf is to allow puting a meth/water nozzle further away from the TB, allowing for better atomization with the compressed air as well as allowing use of IAT sensor for an accurate temp reading of the incoming blower air.

    wow im long winded sometimes.
    Last edited by grayman; 07-22-2008, 03:30 AM.
    01 Firebird A4 3.42
    Powerdyne @ 6 PSI
    and other mods
    Visit Project Unleashed for guides and info.

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    Re: L36 maf sensor in an LS1 type housing

    not going to work. Get a vette MAF off of ebay for like 30-50 bucks. Has a IAT sensor built into it and you can get a 5-to-3 wire from zzperformance that makes it plug and play. Then just upload a ls1 maf table as a base table to go from.
    http://www.bowtiev6.com/

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      Re: L36 maf sensor in an LS1 type housing

      right, but it seems the worst part about swapping in an ls1 maf is the never ending tuning and the fact that the untuned or partialy tuned maf can be dangerous.

      i dont want the IAT sensor where the maf is. according to my research meth will not degrade the IAT sensor. if im wrong on that then i in fact have no reason to move the maf in front of the IAT in the first place. this would put me back to just plumbing the meth nozzle into the front of the upper intake. (basic fall back plan)

      blower >>> maf >>> meth nozzle >>> IAT >>> throttle body. if i can work that out it seems like it would maximize the benifits of the meth/water injection and not have the headaches of an aftermarket maf. (will never be over 9-10 psi on this daily driver so not too woried about maxing the maf tables, and an aftermarket maf would not help with that anyway)
      Last edited by grayman; 07-22-2008, 02:39 PM.
      01 Firebird A4 3.42
      Powerdyne @ 6 PSI
      and other mods
      Visit Project Unleashed for guides and info.

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